The largest housebuilder in Britain stresses the importance of taking your time to reopen safely.
About the organisation
Barratt Developments is the country’s largest housebuilder, known in the industry for both customer service and the quality of the homes it builds. Over the past seven years Barratt increased its housing output by 40% - building more of the homes the country needs. Barratt sold 17,856 homes in the year to June 2019 and employs over 6,000 people.
What challenges were you trying to address?
As the coronavirus outbreak gathered pace, the challenge was about how to go into hibernation, which we have never done before, and closing all 400 of our sites across the country in late March.
What goals or outcomes did you want/need to achieve?
Health and safety is our number one priority. We wanted to look after our employees and customers and develop a range of enhanced measures to keep people safe whilst getting back to building the homes the country needs to support economic
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