Company rallies Industry Leaders and Safety Experts around a
Culture of Safety in Construction
RESTON,
Va., July 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- While
construction has made great strides in safety over the past decade,
the industry still has one of the country's highest rates of
workplace injury. In response, DPR Construction gathered nearly 100
people including trade partners, safety experts and industry
leaders for a summit aimed at helping the industry take the next
steps to keep workers safe.
The summit's interactive workshops and discussions highlighted
the variety of behaviors throughout the project lifecycle where
participants can positively affect safety, not simply rely on
regulations and personal protective equipment (PPE).
DPR is hosting a series of these conversations throughout the
northeast US to help accelerate industry momentum, elevate
standards and redefine industry practices. The company seeks to do
this by emphasizing that safety stems from meticulous planning and
education. The goal is to empower all project partners to identify
high-risk activities, conduct thorough job hazard analyses and have
a unified approach to both every day on every job. Then, together,
teams can engineer out risks before they materialize.
"Everyone has a role to play in Environmental Health &
Safety," said Adam Eckert, a DPR
safety leader. "The safety and success of any construction project
are determined by the individual decisions and actions of every
team member. It's critical to create an engaging, supportive
jobsite environment that promotes communication, ownership, and
teamwork."
The recent DC-area summit sparked discussions, surfacing gaps in
work scopes, additional training needs, and behavioral shifts
required to ensure a safer workplace. Participants also explored
how to integrate EHS planning in every project phase and how new
technology can help identify and mitigate risks. Attendees left
with practical strategies that can be put to work immediately as
well as areas for future focus.
"Safety is at the core of how we do business," said Chris Littler, DPR's northeast safety lead. "DPR
is recognized among the safest contractors, but we're not content
to stop there. We believe it is time to reevaluate what we want our
safety metrics to look like over the next five years – and what it
will take to achieve them – if we want to truly change the game.
It's not going to be easy, but we are committed to getting every
person who works on our jobs home safe."
Similar summits are planned in East
Brunswick, NJ (September
2024), Boston (2025), and
Richmond (2025).
About DPR Construction
DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general
contractor and construction manager specializing in technically
complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life
sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets.
DPR's portfolio of work ranges from large-scale new construction to
small tenant improvements and special projects. Founded in 1990,
DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private,
employee-owned company that has grown to a multi-billion-dollar
organization with offices around the world. Strategically focused
on delivering more predictable outcomes through applications of
virtual design & construction, prefabrication, its team of
self-perform craft, and leveraging data to learn and improve from
DPR consistently ranks among the top building contractors and
employs approximately 11,000 professionals across its family of
companies. For more information, visit http://www.dpr.com.
For more information, please contact:
Lisa Ruano
DPR Construction
Tel: 908-451-9622
Email: lisaru@dpr.com
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