Ensure that the project office is outfitted with a portable, battery operated weather band radio and extra batteries.
Develop, maintain and distribute a list of emergency telephone numbers and email addresses for employees and authorities.
Organize a Damage Survey and Repair Team. This team will be the first on the site to assess damage after the storm and make the site safe enough for the return of the entire workforce.
Prepare a system to inform employees of when to return to work. (A company website with a bulletin or discussion board, etc.)
Identify and avoid long-term material storage in areas prone to flooding.
Identify vulnerable work in progress and determine how to best protect it from damage whether by boarding up windows, sand bags, capping pipes, buried incomplete underground, etc.
Develop a list, procure and store supplies necessary for preparing the site for a hurricane.
Keep the project free from an accumulation of debris and scrap material that can become windblown hazards. This will reduce the amount of time necessary to complete preparations on the job site in the event of a hurricane emergency.
Ensure that fuel supplies, de-watering pumps and generators are adequate for repairs after the storm.
Be prepared to anchor or restrain everything that could blow away with netting for dumpsters, banding and banding tools for lumber, form work, scaffold planks, port-a-potties, etc. Look and see what will fly, then restrain it.
Be alert to job conditions that require advance attention or special material so as to reduce emergency preparation time.
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