Safety Playbook

TRADE PARTNERS/SUPPLIERS

Trade partners/suppliers are solely responsible for the health and safety of their workers and providing them with all training necessary to perform their daily tasks to meet the State, Federal, and local regulations. It is not the responsibility of Century associates to determine how the trade partners/suppliers chooses to be compliant according to regulations/codes. Rather, it is the trade partners/suppliers’ responsibility to: • Identify, correct, or eliminate any hazard in respective work area • Train workers on proper PPE and required protection to perform respective duties • Ensure all associates adhere to Century job site safety rules • Ensure trade partners/suppliers or Century associates report and/or remedy any hazard they create • Report any injury or unsafe conditions to the Century Site Manager immediately • Ensure their workers are following good housekeeping practices. All trade partners/suppliers must clean up after themselves prior to leaving the job site.

BUILDING A TRUE PARTNERSHIP

What is a partner? According to Webster’s Dictionary, a partner is “…one that shares; one associated with another especially in an action.” We truly are associated with our trade partners/suppliers in an action. That action is to build homes. Without them, building homes would not be possible. Our trade partners/suppliers are a very important part of our business. When we form a partnership, we also form a relationship. Think of the positive relationships you have in your life. You likely gravitate to the relationships that mean the most to you – family and close friends. In that relationship, certain qualities exist: trust, respect, consideration, and care. It could be argued that any strong relationship should be built upon these qualities. Now, you may never have as deep a relationship with a trade partner/supplier as you do with a family member, but the same principles apply. As the Site Manager, it is up to you to create the culture on your job site. Strive for a culture filled with trust, respect, accountability, consideration, and care. It is never appropriate to talk down to, belittle, or disrespect our trade partners/suppliers. We should treat them just as we treat our potential buyers and homeowners. Keep these things in mind every time you interact with your trade partners/suppliers and notice the positive changes that will follow. Not only in your relationships, but in your site culture, construction quality, and cycle times. TRADE PARTNER RESPONSIBILITES A trade “partner” is a company that has a contract with Century to perform work on our job site. Trade partners/suppliers are responsible for helping us develop our land, build our homes, build our parks and amenities, clean our job sites and homes, and many other tasks that are necessary to help us deliver on our promise to our customers.

All trade partners/suppliers are solely responsible for their employees when it comes to health and safety practices. They must provide all training, materials, direction, and require their employees to adhere to all local and state regulations. All trade partners/ suppliers must provide a competent person who is “capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them”. OSHA 1926.32

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