scrubbedexpat141

Taking many precautions I have no doubt...

HiHo

Great time to live in Qassim. The road less traveled might be safest in the present circumstances. Do you have any tips for the lonely in Dubia?

co durham boy

It's an absolute total clusterf**k mate . Thousands upon thousands of men being transported around aimlessly . The quicker a decision is made the better for everyone .

Millhouse

Good man. That concrete don’t mix itself.

Millhouse

Do they check the labourers or just carry on as normal?

scrubbedexpat141

Decision on what? I figured the decision on construction being critical was made already?

co durham boy

Big decision being made this week which will probably drive the whole industry one way or the other .

co durham boy

We have a very good comprehensive plan in place regarding procedure which covers everything from illness , quarantine and testing . Our quarantine areas are up and running which separate facilities and management and all our international movement suspended of men , that includes labour and staff . We haven't had any cases yet .

Different projects and clients have different expectations obviously and its changing hour by hour. Iv been impressed in how we've rolled it out so quickly and got ahead but im not sure how many are following what we are doing and to what scale .

scrubbedexpat141

Heard through the grapevine from a colleague who heard form a mate's cousin in the yacht club or more legit?

co durham boy

Pretty legit mate to be fair . Hopefully there's a solution .

HiHo

We have sent "vulnerable assets" home and are working 7:00 to 14:00 6 days a week within curfew. We only have 40% of normal staffing levels in the office at one time. We are bolstering this with remote working. I got back to compound yesterday afternoon, I thought I was at Butlin's. I assume by those lounging round the pool that everybody has sent the "vulnerable assets" home. They didn't appear to be taking the social distancing very seriously.

scrubbedexpat141

For selfish reasons, I hope the market stays open and busy and clients can keep the cash flowing.
I think the only way it can really happen is if sites have testing immediately. Test and isolate and source contacted people. Not sure how else they can really justify keeping them open

co durham boy

Agreed a full lock down would just have a massive knock on effect but some of our major projects are putting in constraints which basically renders you incapable to complete . Having to manage the clients expectation and your own workforce's well being is a very challenging scenario indeed .

There's obviously some major decisions to be made on major projects and that could drive where we head to basically . For us we need to operate and operate efficiently and we're adhering to the federal advice given .

Lets hope for the best

scrubbedexpat141

Indeed.
There are big name clients asking for rate reductions though. It's the cash protection game now and even if you stay on a job there's no guarantees you'll get paid on time or anytime soon. Deep pockets needed to ride it out for sure.
Nice to hear your firm are taking the safety of people seriously though

co durham boy

We always try and stay ahead of the game on the employee welfare side . We've had to suspend leave for obvious reason but those guys will have been paid a full encashment has been given . We're also paying the guys we have overseas on leave there full entitlements which is around 850 people .

We've had a full sanitisation of accommodation and vehicles and are only running people in vehicles at 25% capacity which is a very challenging logistic when you have to move 5,000 people per day to sites and back .

Obviously we review everything as things change but its a really tough time .