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Page 9 of 10 8.0 - Hurricane Watch This means that there might be hurricane-like conditions within the next 36 hours. During hurricane watch, prepare to take immediate action to protect your family and property in case a hurricane warning is issued 9.0 - Hurricane Warning This means hurricane-like conditions are expected within 24 hours. Complete all storm preparation and immediately follow local emergency management official advice about evacuating dangerous or low-lying locations. The Project Manager is responsible for these preparations and implementations of these plans. All the line managers will assist the Superintendent as directed. The site will not be occupied during the storm if it is in the hurricane path. Preparations will be made in time for personnel to prepare for the storm at their homes. 10 - Preparations • 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, sandbags, 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, formwork, 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. 11 - The Site-Work Superintendent shall: • Ensure that all loose forming materials are neatly stacked and banded. • Ensure that all materials, tools, sheds, gang boxes, and small equipment that can be damaged by rising water are removed from excavations and low areas prone to flooding. • Ensure that continuous berms are installed at excavations. • Remove any non- essential barricades. • Anchor essential barricades. • Ensure that all equipment is relocated out of excavations.