Construction industry ‘very positive’ about ability to resume work under new plan

Metricon NSW General Manager Patrick Eather says the construction industry is “very positive” about their ability to safely resume work under a plan which they have presented to the state government. “We’re very positive, we put forward our plan through our industry associations yesterday afternoon and people have worked through the evening and overnight to qualify those plans,” he said. “So we’re back in talks with the government again today. “The plan’s a strong plan, it’s a proven plan. It’s something that shadows a little of what happened to Victoria. “I think Victoria classify themselves as 180 days under lockdown, so the building industry worked with a plan during that whole period.” Mr Eather told Sky News the plan was designed to achieve the health department’s “objective about reducing mobility”. “We can 50 per cent mobility reduction in the plan that we have,” he said. “I think the disappointing thing for us was that we’ve certainly got the capacity to be able to put a plan like that together quickly and we weren’t asked. “Notwithstanding, within 48 hours we’d already had the framework of that plan put together and as recently as yesterday had that plan presented.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au