Manitoba has released its full list of essential services that will continue to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it includes construction businesses.
The list includes a business engaged in construction work or services in the industrial, commercial, institutional and residential sectors – including demolition services and expanding, renovating, converting or repurposing existing spaces, a business engaged in construction work or services that are required to ensure safe and reliable operations of provincial and municipal infrastructure, a business engaged in construction work or services that support an environmental rehabilitation project, institutional, residential, commercial and industrial maintenance, a business that provides support and maintenance services – including urgent repair to maintain the safety, security, sanitation and essential operation of institutional, commercial, industrial and residential properties – and includes property management services, the skilled trades, custodial services, fire safety and sprinkler system installation and service, and similar service providers.