b'LEGAL CORNERCOVID, Construction and CanadaHow the industry can adapt to the new normalBy/par Jeremy PowerLa COVID, la construction et le Canada Comment lindustrie peut sadapterlanouvelle normeA s with most industries, the COVID-19 pandemic hadL a pandmie de la COVID-19 a eu un impact dvastateur adevastatingimpactontheconstructionindustry.sur lindustrie de la construction. Les pnuries de main-Labourshortages,jobsiteshutdowns,governmentduvre, les arrts de travail, les restrictions gouverne-restrictions, and the uncertainty about peoples health were allmentales et lincertitudepropos de la sant taient tous bien front and centre on peoples minds.prsentslesprit des gens. Now, we find ourselves in a different place. Mass vaccinationHeureusement, la situation a volu. Les campagnes de campaigns have largely been a success, with most of Canadavaccination ont t un franc succs : plus de 75 % des gens seeing upwards of 75 per cent of people fully vaccinated. Thesont compltement vaccins dans la majeure partie du Canada. risk of jobsite shutdowns has largely dissipated, along with theLe risque darrts de travail sest en grande partie dissip, ainsi fear that workers may come down with COVID at any time,que la peur que les travailleurs puissent arriver avec la COVID. given the high rate of vaccinations. Government restrictionsLes restrictions ont t assouplies, et nous commenonsacross Canada have been relaxed, and a consistency is emergingvoir une certaine normalit,savoir que lon peut fonctionner that we have not seen up until this point in the pandemic normalementcondition de respecter certaines rgles. that being that certain rules must still be followed (for now),Mais une chose que nous aurions tous d apprendre mainte-but if they are followed, well, then its business as usual.nant est que cettenouvelle normeest instableles condi-But one thing we all should have learned by now is that thistions pourraient se dplacer sous nos pieds en tout temps. new normal is unsteadyconditions could shift beneath ourCommentlindustriepeut-elleseprparer ?Ci-dessous, feet at any time, throwing the construction industry, like everynous proposons nos rflexions sur ce que tout le monde dans other aspect of lives these days, back into chaotic disarray.lindustrie de la construction devrait envisager.26 ROOFING CANADA FALL/WINTER 2021'