Building firms are seeing more light among the Covid-19 gloom than other industries
Building firms are seeing more light among the Covid-19 gloom than other industries
30 October 2020
A confident Construction Industry Council matches a bank survey showing building is more upbeat than retailing or agriculture.
Chairman Graham Burke says the numbers are better than expected after a bleak forecast during the lockdown.
He says they haven't fallen off a cliff, and the residential sector is charging ahead.
Burke says commercial building is slower as a result of tourism and education struggling.
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