Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) has started testing all of its employees for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in its headquarters in Cebu City and its project sites in other cities in the Visayas-Mindanao area to ensure the safety of its personnel upon their return to their offices and work sites.
In a statement, the VisMin residential developer around 600 employees in Cebu City and its environs from CLI, its property management arm, and its first hotel property Citadines Cebu City would initially undergo testing to be conducted by a hospital accredited by the Department of Health.
Those in Bacolod, Davao, CDO, Iloilo, Bohol and Dumaguete will follow.
“Testing all our employees is the beginning of the long road back to normalcy as Cebu Landmasters embraces the new normal. We want our teams to feel safe at work. Testing will also allow us to identify and assist those who turn out positive for COVID-19 but may not know it,” said CLI Chairman Jose R. Soberano III.
The listed company said it would ensure social distancing at its headquarters by scheduling employees so that 50% are working on a “skeletal arrangement” at the headquarters while the rest are working from home.
It said all CLI offices throughout the region would undergo deep cleaning and misting before the return of work teams, “and regularly thereafter.”
It also said thorough disinfection of all offices is also in place. All employees will be provided with N95 masks and undergo daily health checks. A company clinic will be operated by a nurse and a doctor who will do regular visits. Company buses will also be deployed to ensure employees’ safety as they commute to and from work.
CLI said the new norm is backed by the digitization of the firm’s sales transactions. The move has allowed clients to seek, inquire and book for projects online and do payments online. The company also launched a sales promo to stretch buyers equity terms to make them more accessible to economic and mid-market buyers.
“We understand that having a stable and secure home is extremely important especially today. In CLI, we adjusted our terms to make it more accessible to our market. As a result, we are happy that demand for our residential projects remains strong in this challenging time. One of our projects in CDO, Casa Mira Towers CDO, sold over 400 units in the month of May and now is sold out,” Mr. Soberano said.
