MEETING PENT-UP DEMAND
Canada’s Top Contractors prepare to shift out of neutral after a year focused on the pandemic
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BY DAVID KENNEDY
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ith the vaccination rate rising, COVID-19 case counts falling and a wave of new work coming down the pike, Canada’s Top Contractors are looking ahead to the second half of 2021 – and the post-pandemic construction market – with a sense of optimism. Between conventional infrastructure work, a diverse flurry of activity in major
cities and new transit projects getting on track, Mike Wieninger, COO of PCL Construction’s Canadian operations, expects the industry will have its hands full as the country emerges from the pandemic. “There’s been a pent-up energy and a pent-up demand,” Wieninger says. Stimulus dollars from the federal and provincial governments are one driver, he adds. Other segments of the industry restarting projects
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