BIRLESIM_2021_ANNUAL REPORT

BİRLEŞİM MÜHENDİSLİK 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 109 Regarding all of its headquarters, worksite, and operational personnel as its most valuable resource, Birleşim Mühendislik strives to provide employees with a healthy and safe workplace environment and to take measures to protect them against work-related accidents and illnesses. OHS activities gained even greater importance after the onset of the global pandemic in 2020. To the efforts that were previously and routinely made to protect personnel health and safety were added measures and precautions to deal with contagion risks both at headquarters and at worksites. Through rapid response and intervention, Birleşim Mühendislik was able to ensure operational continuity and sustainability. A total of 27 class C OHS specialists and technicians are employed at the building sites of the company and its subsidiary Erde Mühendislik. The activities of these personnel are coordinated by a headquarters HSE unit. An outside firm specializing in the provision of such services has also been contracted to fulfill the class A OHS specialist and workplace physician requirements of worksites. Occupational Health & Safety Policy OHS has gained even greater importance since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020.