Construction activity holds steady through pandemic
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Construction activity could have sunk in 2020 but instead wound up treading water, and observers are expecting better flow in the year ahead.
New figures for building and development in Medicine Hat during the pandemic year show that while no new major projects were approved, several were completed, and residential activity shifted from new home building to an “astronomical” increase in renovation projects.
“It’s something we tracked early on,” said Kent Snyder, the city’s manager of building and planning services.