BCM Additional Labor Costs Due to Covid

6. Strictly control “choke points” and “high - risk areas” where workers are unable to maintain minimum six-foot social distancing and prohibit or limit use to ensure that minimum six-foot distancing can easily be maintained between workers. 7. Stagger stop- and start-times for shift schedules to reduce the quantity of workers at the jobsite at any one time to the extent feasible. Stagger trade-specific work to minimize the quantity of workers at the jobsite at any one time. 8. Minimize interactions and maintain social distancing with all site visitors, including delivery workers, design professional and other project consultants, government agency representatives. 9. Stagger breaks and lunches, if practicable, in order to reduce the size of any group at any one time to less than ten (10) people. During lunches and breaks employees should continue to adhere to the social distance requirements. 10. Employees will be encouraged to minimize ride-sharing. While in vehicle, employees must ensure adequate ventilation and the use of face coverings. 11. Every effort will be taken to minimize contact between workers and the general public, including securing work area and maintaining a minimum of six feet of social distancing at all times.

C. Work Practices and Hygiene

1. In order to comply with OSHA standard 29 CFR 1926.51 “Sanitation”, the adequate supply of water, number of toilets, and hand soap or similar cleansing agents, such as hand sanitizers, will be ensured by contractors. 2. Workers, project staff, and visitors will be instructed to clean their hands frequently with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer or wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Soap and water should be used preferentially if hands are visibly dirty.

3. In lieu of using a common source of drinking water, such as a cooler, employees should use individual water bottles.

4. The use of co- workers’ tools and equipment shall be minimized. To the extent tools must be shared, alcohol-based wipes or other methods will be used to clean tools before and after use. When cleaning tools and equipment, consult manufacturing recommendations for proper cleaning techniques and restrictions.

5. Additional recommended safety practices:

a) Do not touch your face with unwashed hands or with gloves. b) Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing or cough or sneeze into the crook of your arm at your elbow/sleeve. c) Constantly observe your work distances in relation to other staff. d) Do not share phones or PPE. e) Do not congregate during breaks and lunch-breaks. f) Do not share any multi-user devices and accessories such as iPads, laptops, hand- held radios, computer stations, etc.

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