By Cheryl Jahn

April is Construction Month

Apr 1, 2022 | 3:50 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – April is Construction Month and the annual Lunch Bucket Challenge took place today, with free lunch for the crew working on a project for PRD Construction. Construction was and is considered an essential service despite COVID. They’ve had a number of local projects.

“There has not been a shortage of jobs by any means,” explains Paul Danbrook, Owner of PRD Construction. “We’ve worked on the YMCA daycare downtown, we’ve worked a lot with the ABC Government, we’ve worked a lot with private sector businesses here in town. So there’s been no shortage of work, it’s been more the shortage of employees and supply chain issues that affect things, more or less.”

Over 200-thousand people work in BC’s construction sector. It’s anticipated that more than 11-000 construction jobs will remain unfilled by 2030. The construction industry was considered an essential service throughout the pandemic and still is. And that is just one of the challenges. And because of the supply chain issues, materials are in short supply, making it virtually impossible to accurately nail down what a project will cost as materials are worth their weight in gold.

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“That has been huge and escalation clauses have actually have had to be put into contracts because you can only hardline things for three days. With the fluctuation in the wood market, within 24 hours, the prices are going up so you can no longer hold prices no longer than a week.”

So, while the PRD crew took a brief respite for lunch, they won’t be able to rest for long. There’s work to be done.

by Cheryl Jahn

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