Tropical Storm Fred

With Tropical Storm Fred forecasted to possibly come our way, it is important to give yourselves time to prepare your construction job sites for the possibility. The City of Marco Island has adopted a hurricane preparedness property maintenance ordinance for these situations: https://www.cityofmarcoisland.com/ordinances/relating-hurricane-preparedness-property-maintenance-making-findings-amending-section-6-1.

Planning now can make a big difference in how well construction sites fair during a storm.

Approximately 60 to 48 hours before a hurricane is expected to make landfall, consider canceling the delivery of building materials to all job sites except any materials needed to secure the building site from storm damage. Contractors are encouraged to activate their hurricane job site plan during this window of time.

Requirements of our hurricane preparedness property maintenance ordinance for site protection include:

  • Secure all job sites, giving priority attention to those located in the most populated areas,
  • Clean up all construction debris,
  • Materials stockpiled on top of any structure under construction must be permanently installed. However, if such installation cannot be completed prior to the storm, then the property owner or contractor must:  
    • Tie or band together all construction materials and mechanically fasten them to the top of the structure in such a manner so a threat of becoming airborne during a tropical storm or hurricane is not experienced;
    • Remove the construction materials from the top of the structure and mechanically tie them down to the ground;  
    • Remove the construction materials from the job site; or
    • Store the construction materials inside a protected structure.
  • Interiors of structures under construction must be secured to prevent materials from becoming airborne,
  • Commercial containers and portable toilets must be removed from a construction site or mechanically tied to the ground.
  • Piles of dirt, sand, and stone on a construction site must be located away from the canals, right of ways, adjoining properties, swales, culverts, and inlet grates.
  • Locate and turn off electricity, water, and gas.

In the event of significant inclement weather conditions or other similar types of inclement weather warnings for Marco Island or portions of Collier County, we may interrupt our inspections ahead of the event to make sure we are able to visit each jobsite to ensure that the attached guidelines are followed.

 

Stay safe