Builders likely to face Covid-19 curbs for rest of year, construction report warns

As reported in the Irish Times, more than 14,000 workers are due to return to house building from April 12th under Government plans for a partial easing of the current lock down.

Quantity surveyors and project managers, Turner & Townsend, predict in a report published at the beginning of April that curbs on the industry could continue for the rest of the year.

“Unfortunately, even with the current vaccination programme for Ireland in place, it is likely that construction sites will operate under the current Covid-19 restrictions for the remainder of 2021 at a minimum,” the firm says.

Turner & Townsend estimates that construction will begin to recover more fully towards the end of this year.

Building stopped on most sites across the State in April last year but reopened with restrictions at the end of May.

Construction has been locked down along with many other industries so far this year, but the Government said this week that house building, which employs 14,400 people, could return on April 12th.

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