The Government announced yesterday that construction sites in some areas of Sydney would reopen from Saturday 31 July. A further announcement was made today to allow for preparations to be made ahead of Saturday’s recommencement.
Preparation for restarting construction
From today, Thursday 29 July 2021, work and activities in preparation for construction work at construction sites in Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour local government areas (but excluding the Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool and Parramatta local government areas) may be carried out. This includes:
- checking or maintaining installations and equipment
- cleaning, waste removal or waste management
- stocktaking or restocking
- delivery of materials or equipment
- servicing or installation of amenities
- relocation on the construction site of plant or equipment
- issuing permits or certificates
- establishing COVID Safe arrangements or procedures
- erecting fencing or hoarding
- inspections, including for
- technical reasons, or
- safety, including work, health and safety, or
- for valuations or other financial reasons
- removing water
- connecting power, fuel or services
- safety work, including work related to fire safety or electrical safety
- surveying or marking out
- training required to be carried out on the construction site.
When construction resumes
From the beginning of Saturday 31 July 2021, work at constructions sites in Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour local government areas (but excluding sites in the Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool and Parramatta local government areas) will be permitted to resume with each site required to have a COVID-19 Safety Plan.
Western Sydney restrictions
Until further notice, work at construction sites in the Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool or Parramatta local government areas is not to be carried out unless the work is urgently required:
- to ensure the safety or security of the construction site
- to deal with environmental risks
- to maintain and ensure the integrity of critical plant, equipment or assets, including partially completed works, that
- would otherwise deteriorate
- to receive deliveries of supplies that would otherwise deteriorate
- to maintain public utilities
- to ensure the safe operation of existing transport infrastructure
- by or on behalf of NSW Health in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- because of an emergency.
You do not need an exemption or confirmation from the NSW Government to carry out work that falls within one of these exceptions and is permitted.
If you live in the Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool or Parramatta local government areas, you are not authorised to leave the local government area you live in to work at a construction site.
What this means for you
We take the safety of our team (and yours) very seriously. We have updated our safety plans to include the new requirements for mask wearing, maximum occupancy numbers on site etc. Our team continues to be available to undertake mandatory inspections on sites outside the Blacktown, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool or Parramatta local government areas. Any certifiers that visits your site do not live in the affected Council areas and will adhere to any additional safety measures implemented on that site.
For further information please contact your project managers or call 02 8270 3500.