Our number one priority at Apex Custom Homes is the health and safety of our team, our clients, and the community.
Apex Custom Homes is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation as it evolves and updating our operating procedures daily to ensure the safety of our people and the continuity of our business.
We are working to ensure a safe work environment for all trades, and we are adhering to all regional and provincial health regulations. Additionally, Apex Custom Homes has implemented site specific protocols which include strict compliance with government orders related to essential and non-essential services.
We are communicating frequently with our employees and trades to ensure the safest possible environment for all stakeholders. Apex Custom Homes has implemented safety bulletins and briefings, health screening measures, and updated self-isolation requirements based on new guidelines by health authorities. We have also changed our work procedures to follow physical distancing guidelines, heightened personal hygiene practices and increased cleaning activities at all sites and offices.
The situation surrounding COVID-19 remains very dynamic and we continue to remind employees and sub-contractors to take all the precautions they can by following public health protocols.
We are committed to providing our teams with the safest working environment possible.
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Apex Custom Homes Ltd. - Workplace COVID – 19 Safety Plan
Below are some of the measures we have taken to reduce the risk of transmission, help protect our employees, serve our clients, and continue to support the economy during this pandemic. Let’s work to fight together.
1. Social distancing: Those that can work from home are encouraged to do so, we are scheduling as many meetings/interviews as possible to be done through technology rather than in person when that isn’t possible we have organized our office and worksites to ensure that all our workers and visitors can maintain a 2 Meter (6 foot) distancing between each other.
2. Masks: Apex Custom Homes Ltd, is supplying and encouraging the use of masks at our office and worksites for everyone that works for Apex Custom Homes Ltd. As well as visitors to our office and worksites. We are encouraging subtrades to do the same on our worksites.
3. Sanitization/Cleanliness: Apex has staff dedicated to daily sanitization of commonly touched surfaces as well as sanitization and hand washing areas set up within the office and our worksites, and daily clean-ups to allow for better pathway clearance for all workers.
4. Education: Apex Custom Homes Ltd, will educate and involve our frontline workers, management and supervisors to ensure that there are postings both at our office and our worksites educating all of our employees, visitors and subtrades on COVID-19 safety to our site orientations.
5. Gatherings and trade organization: Apex Custom Homes Ltd is limiting the amounts of visitors into our office during this time as well as working with our trades to organize their site work so as to be able to limit the amount of people onsite and the chances of contact with each-other.
The first level of protection is elimination: reducing the individuals surrounding you and limiting the places you go; all contribute to avoiding the contraction of COVID – 19.
Second level of protection is controls: barriers that help prevent possible contact with others.
Third level of protection is administrative controls: guidelines, policies and controls that establish good safety procedures.
Fourth level of protection is PPE: such as masks that are suitable and proper use of those masks.