Coronavirus impact in UAE: What construction companies in Dubai are doing amid outbreak

Coronavirus impact in UAE: What construction companies in Dubai are doing amid outbreak

It is business as usual for hundreds of construction workers across the UAE in compliance with the precautionary measures put in place by the government of Dubai, companies are adopting all possible steps to keep their health in check.. Azmi Ahmed, business development and contractual manager at Dubai based construction company - Bharat Construction, said the company has safety officers at all the three sites to monitor the precautionary measures the workers have been advised to take when onsite.. " We have 120 construction workers spread across three sites.. To keep a check on their health and well-being we have deputed safety managers who see to it that the workers are maintaining the required physical distance between each other while working on sites.. We have given masks and gloves for their protection that they have to wear at all times apart from keeping sanitizers around them.. The safety officers also keep telling the workers to wash their hands after every half an hour or so.". Ahmed added that body temperature scanners check the workers temperature before they enter the site and when they leave the site.. He added that even after the workers reach their labour accommodations, they are required