Safety Playbook

TROPICAL STORM & HURRICANE PROTOCOL

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Risk Management team at Century is crucial to ensuring that our company and its leadership are aware of potential difficulties, aiding them in developing solutions, and lowering risk. Site Managers must notify Risk Management of a concern on their job site for a variety of reasons. Here are a few instances: Homes under construction (Builder’s Risk Coverage) • Vandalism • Theft • Tornado • Wind • Any other property damage to homes under construction

Massive storm systems frequently migrate toward land after developing over ocean water. Hurricanes bring tornadoes, flooding, storm surge (an increase in water level), powerful winds, and heavy rain. These storms can harm areas far inland and are dangerous.

Make your preparations right away to ensure your safety! • Develop, maintain, and distribute a list of emergency telephone numbers and email addresses for employees and authorities • Divisions must 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 job site safe for the return of the entire workforce • Find and avoid storing long-term materials in flood prone and low-lying zones. Determine how to best protect susceptible work in progress from harm, such as covering open trenches, sandbags, capping pipes, or boarding up doors & windows. 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 Site-Work: • Ensure that all loose materials are neatly stacked and banded • Make sure to remove everything from excavations and low-lying areas that could flood or be harmed by rising water, including tools, sheds, gang boxes, and small equipment • Remove any non- essential barricades • Anchor essential barricades • Ensure that incomplete underground utilities and storm drain systems are protected against the

• If applicable, ensure that fuel supplies, de-watering pumps, and generators are adequate for repairs after the storm • Be prepared to anchor or restrain anything that could blow away. Place netting on dumpsters, banding for tools and lumber, form work, scaffold planks, port-a potties, etc. If port-a-potties cannot be picked up, be sure to fill them with water. • Observe any material or equipment that have the potential to blow away, and make sure to restrain it • Be alert to job conditions that require increased attention or special material to reduce emergency preparation time • Ensure that all loose scrap material is gathered and disposed of in the dumpsters • Ensure that the dumpsters are emptied. If the dumpster service is unable to pull the dumpsters, they shall be securely covered with nets to prevent the debris in them from becoming windblown hazards infiltration of sand and silt • Ensure that all equipment is removed from excavations • If you cannot move cranes off site, be sure to lower mobile crane booms • Top off the fuel tanks of all equipment and ensure fill caps are properly secured and ensure fuel-operated equipment is in well-operating condition

• Hail • Fire • Flood

• Please report any of these types of claims that are more than $5,000

Completed Homes (General Liability) • Any construction defect/repair issue to a completed home that has caused damage more than $10,000 • A construction defect issue that involves the same defect issue in 3 or more homes

• Any time a homeowner threatens a lawsuit

Pollution Coverage: If there is any issue regarding pollutants, sediment runoff or storm water or mold, notify the Risk Management team immediately.

If you need to report an incident, please contact the National Risk Management Leader.

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