CANADA establish both continuity and one point accountability through a strong engineering service within our contracting group .
“ These are the changes we wanted to make .”
Safety Above all else , Cementation is committed to safety . The company recognizes that a safe contractor is more attractive to both employees and clients and this aligns with the company ’ s goal of being both an employer and contractor of choice .
“ We wanted to be the employer of choice and we ’ ve worked extremely hard at that ,” says Slack . “ We wanted to align employee goals with corporate goals in order to help our people succeed . We have a strong training program in and out of office . We believe safety is the right way to work and we believe in treating employees with respect . If benefits come from that , good , but we look at it as simply the right way to work .”
To maintain the highest level of safety , the company has implemented training programs developed from its internal corporate values as well as legislated requirements specific to the jurisdictions they work in . Cementation has also developed a risk management protocol .
“ We ’ ve developed a system for hazard recognition . The people in our group have a lot of long-term experience and they ’ ve the ability to recognize hazards ,” says Slack . “ We wanted to implement that insight into this program .”
The program is structured to have project managers coach their teams on safety precautions and provide insight for recognizing potential hazards . The goal is to establish and support a culture of safety .
“ In safety , we talk about structure and culture . Safety culture is the mindset of the people : the attitude , the respect and the ability to work together ,” says Slack .
“ Structure is also very important ; if it is missing you ’ re in trouble . Structure includes a strong orientation program , ongoing training and evaluation , along with hazard recognition and detailed work procedures .”
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