Like workers in many other industries, Manitoba’s homebuilders are facing challenges due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Manitoba Home Builders’ Association president and CEO Larry McInnes told 680 CJOB that all of his members are following Manitoba public health recommendations closely and that the level of preventive measures being taken depends on the type of build. “In residential construction, there’s really two aspects: one is on new-home construction, which are in unoccupied homes, and then the second is on renovations, which are generally occupied,” said McInnes.
New home construction, he said, has a lower chance of multiple people being in a closed, confined space and has generally experienced little impact from the novel