In Prince Edward Island and across Canada, as well as globally, several major decisions regarding closures and operational reductions of schools, universities, government, retail and travel, illustrate the urgency of the COVID-19 threat to public health. With increasing measures at the Provincial and Federal level to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 (“flatten the curve”) Engineers PEI has assessed operations and identified several measures that can reduce risk to internal and external stakeholders by decreasing the number of interactions where inadvertent spread could occur.
Through consultation with the Executive Committee, Engineers PEI will take the following actions to conform with the Province’s public safety measures, while maintaining operations - albeit at a reduced capacity:
1. The Engineers PEI office will be closed to visitors (members, volunteers, the public) until the Chief Public Health Officer's restrictions are lifted. The phone number will direct callers to send emails to Kim Levesque at info@engineerspei.com. Any critical business activities with visitors during this period will be executed through email or virtual meetings (teleconference or videoconference).
2. The office will still be open for Kim and Jim who can be reached by email should they decide to work from home.
3. All planned activities between March 17th and April 6th will be postponed or cancelled (e.g. networking or social events, professional development and non-critical committee eetings).
Critical activities planned for after April 14th will be re-evaluated on April 6th. All non-critical committee meetings will be postponed.
Engineers PEI intends to adjust and update our action plan as needed to suit the current government and health care professional recommendations to reduce the spread and threat of COVID-19.
