BCM Additional Labor Costs Due to Covid

March 3, 2022

Sean Bronson Executive Project Manager XBR Inc. 35-12 19 th Avenue, Suite 2E Astoria, NY 12210 RE: RESUBMISSION - SPEARHEAD COVID-19 INCURRED COSTS CLAIM / COR 11 R2 Project: BCM – PV262 – AUD Brooklyn Children’s Museum Auditorium Mr. Bronson: Spearhead Construction, LLC (“Spearhead”) provides the following, additional information to clarify the added expense to comply with New York State Department of Health, New York City Department of Design and Construction, and New York City Department of Buildings (“Agencies”) mandates and site-specific requirements, located in the references below, for performing construction during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum Auditorium. References: 1. NY Forward Business Re-Opening Safety Plan Template 2. New York State Department of Health Interim Guidance for Construction Activities During the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency, 2020. 3. NYC Department of Design and Construction COVID-19 – Construction Sites Safety Protocol Reconstitution Phase, June 2020. 4. New York State Department of Health Guidance on the Contacts of a Close or Proximate Contact of a Confirmed or Suspected Case of COVID-19. 5. NYC Department of Design and Construction COVID-19 Recommended Practices for Construction Jobsites. 6. NYC Buildings Phase 1: NYC Construction Restart. 7. Pandemics and Productivity: Quantifying the Impact – New Horizons Foundation, July 2020. 8. Empirical Productivity Impacts of the Novel Coronavirus 1 st Edition – J S Held University, 2020. 9. Impact of Covid-19 on Field and Office Workforce in Construction Industry – Project Leadership and Society, December 2021. Clarification: Different Site Conditions – New, Added Tasks Compliance with the Agencies’ and site specific COVID-19 procedures caused additional work steps, which were not anticipated at time of bid nor included as part of the Contract documents. These different site conditions caused added work steps resulting in unplanned, additional labor hours beyond the contracted scope of work. As a matter of public safety, the Agencies, Owner, and General Contractor (GC) required Spearhead to perform additional tasks, which resulted in

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