Material supply, strikes and COVID-19 driving potential delays on Gordie Howe bridge: Construction association – CBC

Bridge completion might be delayed by months

Aug 10, 2022

A Windsor construction association that represents Gordie Howe International Bridge contractors is not surprised that supply chain issues and labour woes could push back the completion date.

Jim Lyons, executive director of the Windsor Construction Association, said many projects in the region are playing catch up in wake of the pandemic.

“Since things have opened up, there’s just so much volume out there we’re trying to catch up to, as are all the material suppliers, so it’s been really challenging to get all the materials in a timely manner to run any job, let alone that big bridge job,” Lyons said.

Lyons added that steel and concrete are the two big materials that they’re waiting on. Strikes in the industrial commercial institutional sector could have also played a role in slightly delaying the bridge, he said.

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