Building industry affects 250,000 workers in greater Sydney and shutdown will cost the NSW economy about $1.4bn

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NSW plans to reopen the construction industry at the end of the month, with premier Gladys Berejiklian saying “green shoots are showing” from the lockdown.

Berejiklian said she had “made a commitment” to the industry to get construction workers back to work by 31 July and that the current rules banning construction work were a “pause” only to allow workplaces to introduce Covid-safe plans.