Question: When do we need to practice social distancing at construction work?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Construction and other outdoor work
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
section_content: In this section

3.1 Coming to work and leaving work
3.2 Moving around buildings and worksites
3.3 Making the main workplace safe for people who work statically
3.4 Meetings
3.5 Common areas
3.6 Accidents, security and other incidents

Objective: To maintain 2m social distancing wherever possible, including while
arriving at and departing from work, while in work, and when travelling
between sites.
You must maintain social distancing in the workplace wherever possible.
Where the social distancing guidelines cannot be followed in full in relation
to a particular activity, businesses should consider whether that activity
needs to continue for the business to operate, and, if so, take all the
mitigating actions possible to reduce the risk of transmission between their
staff.
Mitigating actions include:

further increasing the frequency of hand washing and surface cleaning
keeping the activity time involved as short as possible
using screens or barriers to separate people from each other
using back-to-back or side-to-side working (rather than face-to-face) whenever possible
reducing the number of people each person has contact with by using ‘fixed teams or partnering’ (so each person works with only a few others)

Social distancing applies to all parts of a business, not just the place where
people spend most of their time, but also entrances and exits, break rooms,
canteens and similar settings. These are often the most challenging areas to
maintain social distancing.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has detailed advice about social distancing at work, but isn't specifically focused on construction sites.
This talks about social distancing in businesses in general and not specifically construction sites.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Construction and other outdoor work
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.2 Moving around buildings and worksites
section_content: Objective: To maintain social distancing wherever possible, while people
travel through the workplace.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Reducing movement by discouraging non-essential trips within buildings and sites. For example, restricting access to some areas, encouraging use of telephones where permitted, and cleaning them between use.


Reducing job rotation and equipment rotation, for example, single tasks for the day.


Implementing one-way systems where possible on walkways around the workplace.


Using signage such as ground markings or being creative with other objects to mark out 2m to allow controlled flows of people moving throughout the site.


Reducing occupancy of vehicles used for onsite travel, for example, shuttle buses, and when needed, social distancing measures should be followed within the vehicles.


Separating sites into working zones to keep different groups of workers physically separated as much as practical.


Planning site access and ‘area of safety’ points to enable social distancing.


Reducing the number of people in attendance at site inductions and consider holding them outdoors wherever possible with social distancing.


Regulating use of high traffic areas including corridors, lifts, turnstiles and walkways to maintain social distancing.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has detailed advice about social distancing in the workplace, but it doesn't specifically address construction sites.
This addresses the question extensively.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Excellent

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Construction and other outdoor work
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.5 Common areas
section_content: Objective: To maintain social distancing while using common areas.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Staggering break times to reduce pressure on break rooms or places to eat.


Using safe outdoor areas for breaks.


Creating additional space by using other parts of the workplace freed up by remote working.


Reconfiguring seating and tables to maintain spacing and reduce face-to-face interactions.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Gives basic information about maintaining social distancing at work, but doesn't specifically address construction workers.
This answer gives necessary steps needed to practice social distancing at construction sites.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Excellent