Republic Cement, a leading construction solutions provider in the country, recently launched the Antibody Rapid Testing on Wheels (ARAW) Truck to help provide easy access to COVID-19 Rapid Testing to its customers, contractors, and communities.
Designed as a public service, the ARAW Truck provides a safe and convenient testing facility by bringing the testing straight to Republic stakeholders. Republic coordinates and partners with the chosen healthcare and testing provider of the customer, contractor, or community and provides transportation and logistics support free of charge in order to get the tests where they need to be as quickly as possible. The initiative also helps stakeholders in the construction sector comply with government directives to test employees before return to work.
By implementing additional stringent health and safety precautions, the truck allows for the increased protection of health workers, minimal PPE wastage, easy disinfection, organized unidirectional flow for entry and exit supporting social distancing, and provides an area separate from offices or public areas for testing.
“Deploying the ARAW Truck is an initiative that is in our DNA. It brings together the two things that is at the very core of all we do: health and safety and our strong commitment to nation-building and supporting the country through this crisis,” shares Republic Cement CEO Nabil Francis. “Now, more than ever, it is important for us to evolve and adapt the ways we provide value to our stakeholders in order to support industry’s transition to a new normal together.”