b'INDUSTRY TRENDSThe post-COVID world Whats ahead for construction?By/par John KenneyLe monde aprs la COVID Quel est lavenir de la construction ?A s we are moving away from the pandemic and intoQ uellessontlesperspectivespourlindustriedela the endemic world of COVID-19, what does it lookconstruction maintenant que la COVID-19 passe de likefortheconstructionindustry?Ouroldfriend,la phase pandmiquela phase endmique. Notre the labour shortage, is still with us, and now we have to addvieil ami, la pnurie de main-duvre, est toujours l, et il faut materials shortages, supply chain issues and price increases tomaintenant y ajouter les pnuries de matriaux et les hausses the mix.de prix. OngoinglabourshortagesareacontinuedcauseforLe recrutement sannonce difficilelaube du printemps. concern for the industry as we enter the spring season. It has cela sajoutent les pertes demplois des phases initiales de been compounded with the loss of jobs in the initial stages ofla pandmie. the pandemic. la fin de 2021, notre industrie ne stait toujours pas By the end of 2021, our industry still had not recoveredremisedes20%demploisperdus.Denombreuxautres from the 20 per cent of jobs that were lost to the pandemic. Many other sectors competing from the same labour pool,secteurs comme le transport et lentreposage les ont cepen-like transportation and warehousing, have on the other handdant rcupr.recovered lost jobs, according to government statistics.Un autre facteur critique est le manque de candidats quali-Another critical factor is a lack of qualified candidates asfis. Les donnes de BuildForce Canada indiquent quedici theconstructionindustryundergoesatechnologicalshift.2030, le travailleur de la construction canadien moyen aura 34 ROOFING CANADA SPRING/SUMMER 2022'