To the Assiniboia & Area Business Community:
As you may know, the Golden South Wind project has restarted construction. Everyone involved with Golden South understands the stress and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 global health pandemic and the impacts on families here in Assiniboia and across Saskatchewan. We want to assure you that our company will always put the health and safety of the community and the Province first.
We know that the Assiniboia community has questions around how the risk of COVID-19 is being managed at the project and we are taking additional steps to communicate with the community about the strict protocols we have put in place to ensure everyone’s safety, but also to listen to any concerns they may have and do everything we can to address those.
We have posted (and updated) an open letter to the community addressing these concerns on our website www.goldensouthwind.com. Our lead contractor Borea has also posted their industry-leading COVID-19 protocols on their website (www.boreaconstruction.com). These protocols, which include having a nurse on site and temperature checks for everyone entering the area, have been reviewed and approved by Saskatchewan Public Health, the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, as well as South Saskatchewan COVID Response. You will find a link to those protocols on www.goldensouthwind.com as well.
Additionally, we will be implementing a COVID-19 Q&A section on our website within the next few days where we will receive and answer the community’s questions. As part of our health and safety protocols, out-of-Province workers at the project will be segregated from the community for their first 14 days, and all workers at the project are being directed to maintain that segregation during their entire time on site as long as the COVID-19 crisis continues.
To facilitate this segregation, we are implementing a “Virtual Work Camp” protocol where workers are restricted to either their accommodations or at the work site and avoiding entering town for food or supplies. However, Golden South and Borea would like to ensure that your local businesses can continue to participate in economic activity related to the project. For this reason, we are reaching out to you to understand what services you can offer to our workers either remotely or through deliveries, and to discuss how those services can be provided under the Virtual Work Camp protocol.
Please contact Potentia’s Juergen Kraus (goldensouthconstructionservices@potentiarenewables.com) if you have any ideas, are interested in proposing your services/product or have further questions. We look forward to working with you to move our exciting project forward and increase economic activity in Assiniboia while ensuring the local community and our workers remain safe and healthy.
-- Potentia Renewable Resources
200 Wellington Street West - Suite 1102
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3C7
