BCM Additional Labor Costs Due to Covid

• In pre-pandemic conditions, Spearhead typically completed taping and finishing with one crew working simultaneously in a space as a team and in an assembly line fashion. Crew members focused on specific tasks and worked efficiently, in tandem with one another. However, due to social distancing requirements, Spearhead crews had to switch between various tasks to limit the number of personnel in each area at the same time, which added time to complete the work. Each of these new, added tasks required additional time that employees would have otherwise spent performing job tasks during pre-pandemic conditions. New PPE requirements caused an increase in physical exertion to complete tasks. The burden of wearing a mask in a construction environment is different than wearing a mask in an office setting. Neither scenario is ideal, but construction workers expend far more energy throughout the day. • Fatigue: Spearhead workers handled materials by accepting and unloading deliveries, carrying materials to specific work locations and installing materials. At the Brooklyn Children’s Museum project, workers had to unload materials from delivery trucks parked more than 400 feet from building, move materials across two floor levels and hand individual pieces up to a scaffold platform. Handling 200- to 300-pound Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) panels, 64-pound buckets of finishing compound and other construction materials required additional exertion and time to complete work tasks due to breathing through a facemask, which led to labored breathing, an increased need for hydration, and resulted in greater fatigue. • Obscured Vision/Fogged Eyewear: After moving materials to their final place of rest, workers had to hoist these heavy GFRG panels up to 8 feet above the platform to install and finish the GFRG panels at the ceiling. Wearing a facemask also caused an increase in physical exertion which led to labored breathing. The warm, moist air moving through the facemask also led to condensation of protective eyewear. Workers had to stop, periodically, and wipe the glasses clear, which added more time and frustration to complete their tasks. • Dehydration: To illustrate the effects of COVID-19 safety procedures on the fatigue and dehydration levels of workers, on average in pre-pandemic conditions, workers consumed two bottles of water per day provided by Spearhead. However, during COVID- 19, workers at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum project consumed an average of four bottles of water per day to replenish electrolytes caused by physical exertion while breathing through a mask all day.

• Personal Hygiene: Mask wearing requirements necessitated additional water breaks as a direct result of fatigue, dehydration, and a need to urinate more frequently. Workers

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