By Adam Turteltaub

I live in Los Angeles and was fortunate enough to get through the fires unscathed.  Around me, though, were others who were not so fortunate.  A cousin and several friends lost everything.

After the fires came a cleanup of epic proportions.  For Glenn Sweatt, Vice President at ECC, the company charged with remediation at all those burned out lots in Altadena and the Palisades, that’s when the work began.

The workforce had to be assembled, contractors brought in, and everyone needed to be trained and trained well, since the company is a federal contractor.

Making that all happen required flexibility and agility.  The compliance organization, like the company, had to be adaptable to changes in conditions and be responsive to local communities which suddenly, and unhappily, had thousands of trucks running through them.

Language had to be considered since Los Angeles is a diverse city.  Spanish translations were expected.  Hindi turned out to be more common than anticipated.

Listen in to learn more about the challenges the compliance team overcame, and, maybe, pick up some tips for how to handle compliance requirements at your organization when things are bad, urgent, and everyone is watching.