Blitz is demanded on major sites
Managers want an “aggressive blitz” when construction sites reopen May 11, hoping to catch up to deadlines. But this may mean closing a lot of streets at the same time.
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david76 21:18 on 2020-05-06 Permalink
They need this. People don’t realize what a giant industry construction is in Quebec, and also don’t realize the time horizons that builders need to manage. Balancing permitting, loans, subcontractor availability, rentals, etc. you get to this situation where even minor sequencing interruptions can lead to giant escalations in costs. And major hits like this . . .
david76 21:23 on 2020-05-06 Permalink
And in case people are thinking “great, let the bloodsucking developers lose money” – remember that we have massive waves of foreigners moving to Montreal, along with massive housing speculation, enabled by cheap money. When developers/builders can’t make money, and so don’t bring new units to market, all this excess demand just gets dumped onto the existing supply of housing units. So that we get gentrification, as people bid up the cost of existing units, leading to new owner move-ins, and all sorts of other changes. And we see a decrease in population density, as housing prices increase, which threatens the viability of our long-cherished shops.
Kevin 21:31 on 2020-05-06 Permalink
The first question to ask workers is : what OTHER projects/jobs/companies are you working on?
david76 21:51 on 2020-05-06 Permalink
You mean that keeping them off mega projects could redound to the benefit of smaller builders? This affects everyone.
Kevin 23:41 on 2020-05-06 Permalink
I mean that it’s no use for three projects to plan blitzes when many of the same workers are at each site.
I think one of my brothers is juggling work at seven different locations…
dwgs 07:48 on 2020-05-07 Permalink
Also, and this is going to be a big issue, there won’t be enough cement to go around. Even pre-pandemic there was usually a four or five day wait for a delivery. With everyone starting at the same time and a two month backlog that’s going to be far worse.