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The Constructor

The Journal of the Worshipful Company of Constructors

There was not an issue of The Constructor last year, primarily due to the
impact of Covid-19, which very much curtailed the real life activities of the
Company, but also due to the illness of the Editor, who became a guest of
the National Health Service at around the time that the Journal would
normally have been assembled.
However, this year we are back, and although our programme has been somewhat sparse, we
have kept going with on-line events, and, in the latter part of the year, a return to real life events.
Also, because of the impact of Covid-19 we (like many other City institutions) decided to ask our
Master to hold the post for two years rather than one, so Arthur Seymour has had a longer tenure
than usual, steering us forward in impeccable style.

But we cannot forget the impact of Covid-19 on the City — it was empty! This view of London
Bridge during lockdown in early 2021 only emphasises just how big the impact really was.

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London Bridge and the City in Lockdown early in 2021.

However, out of the adversity that surrounded Covid-19, came some good. The Worshipful
Company of Constructors’ Charitable Trust recognised that many deserving causes were
responding to the challenges of Covid-19, and by establishing a Covid-19 Fund provided financial
support to deserving causes specifically related to the pandemic, and the Company supported the
City and the wider UK to respond to the challenges that accompanied the extraordinary situation.

The Constructor