Responding to a request from the country’s major construction industry trade associations, German ministries on March 25 announced that building, transportation, water supply and other infrastructure construction could continue in order to limit economic consequence from business lockdowns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The directive follows an appeal earlier in the week from the main German construction trade associations—Central Association for Construction Industry (ZDB), German Construction Industry Federation (HDB) and Federal Association for Small- and Mid-Size Construction Businesses (BVMB).