BCM Additional Labor Costs Due to Covid

incurred costs of additional labor hours. These new, added tasks for each worker, are summarized in the following Table 1.

Spearhead Extra Work for Covid-19 Protocols Table 1

Minutes / workday

Hours / workday

Extra Work Task

Daily health screening and temperature check

6

0.10 0.17 0.03 0.05 0.10

End of day tool cleaning

10

Social Distancing

2

Daily and weekly administrative record keeping

3 6

Additional hydration, personal hygiene, extra handwashing

Mask mandate - labored breathing, physical fatigue, obscured vision (fogged eyewear), additional hydration, and mental fatigue reduced effectiveness by a minimum of 10% (6 minutes per work hour, or 48 mins per 8 hour workday)

48

0.80

75

1.25

Extra time devoted to Covid-19 Compliance Protocols (per 8 hour workday)

Different Site Conditions - New, Added Tasks Prior to Commencement of Work Due to differing site conditions caused by the unprecedented COVID-19 event, additional tasks were required at the start of each workday. An average of six Spearhead workers stood in line and waited to have their temperatures measured and recorded. Workers had to verbally confirm no COVID-19 symptoms to the Foreman. Additionally, to adhere to the Agencies’ guidelines, workers were also required to complete an electronic COVID-19 self-reporting form on Monday mornings. Prior to work assignments: 1. daily health screening questions and temperature readings, (+ 6 mins / workday) 2. weekly confirmation that workers had not returned from restricted COVID areas, 3. daily protocol information entered and submitted to office. (+3 mins/workday) • Once all workers were deemed “fit for duty,” the Foreman assigned crews and tasks, while taking into consideration social distancing throughout each area of the jobsite. Screening, administrative tasks, crew reassignment, and daily temperature readings amounted to nine additional minutes per worker, per workday. For reference, morning assignments of Spearhead average crew size of six workers in a pre-pandemic environment typically accounted for 10—15 minutes. During Spearhead’s work at Brooklyn Children’s Museum, morning assignments increased from 10—15 minutes to 19—24 minutes because of these added tasks.

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