Posted on July 6, 2018
Throughout its safety journey, Manson Construction has upheld the belief that it is, at core, in the people business. Recognizing those who plan, engineer, survey, maintain, operate, administer, manage and build projects, Manson continually defines and refines what it means to be safe at work. Manson instills safe production – not safety and production – as an absolute value into the mindset of every Manson employee, subcontractor, and supplier who steps foot on or around the company’s offices, yard facilities, and project sites.
In 2017, while working well over 1,000,000 man hours, Manson celebrated its safest year on record for Total Recordable and Lost Time Incident Rates. By combining elements of a traditional Safety Management System with employee-engaging strategies like safety teams that extend from the deck level to the Executive Team, a mandatory three-phase planning process for all operations, and internal audits to gauge the safety program’s effectiveness, Manson persists in its mission to achieve zero incidents and injuries.
Manson’s exemplary safety commitment and dedication meet and exceed the Western Dredging Association’s stated desire to raise safety awareness throughout the dredging and marine construction industry and are greatly appreciated.
CEDA Dredging and Fluid Management – Syncrude Mildred Lake Site – Dredging Project
Working in the Athabasca Oil Sands just outside of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada the CEDA Dredging and Fluid Management (CEDA DFM) team provide ongoing critical support to Syncrude mine tailings, water management, and reclamation activities. The project scope includes supply and operation of service boats, crew transfer boats, dredges, portable pumps, and temporary pipelines as well as ice breaking in the winter to maintain open channels.
Throughout 2017, they operated twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, in temperatures ranging from -50.6°C to 37°C for approximately 154,450 man-hours with zero recordable incidents.
While executing the technical elements of CEDA’s Safety Management System, the CEDA DFM Syncrude team used Hazard Identification, Safety Observations, and Field Level Hazard Assessment quality inspections to ensure all employees were encouraged to engage actively in the identification and elimination of safety hazards. CEDA’s HSE Dashboards provided increased transparency of activities which led to the team’s ability to proactively identify positive performance and areas for improvement.
CEDA’s exemplary safety commitment and dedication meet and exceed the Western Dredging Association’s stated desire to raise safety awareness throughout the dredging and marine construction industry and are greatly appreciated.
Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. – Flint River Sediment Remediation East Boulevard Former MGP Site – Dredging Project
In partnership with Consumers Energy and Barr Engineering, Sevenson Environmental Services successfully remediated sediment on the Flint River at the former Flint East Manufactured Gas Plant in Flint, Michigan, a high-profile project that occurred on an active university campus during the Flint water crisis. The project included the mechanical removal and stabilization of over 84,000 cubic yards of impacted sediments, as well as placement of a six-layered engineered subaqueous cap that consisted of over 115,000 tons of approved fill materials.
Sevenson successfully navigated the challenge of complex construction under increased public scrutiny, while safely logging more than 65,000 man-hours in eight months. The project concluded with zero lost time injuries, zero restricted days, zero recordable injuries, and zero releases to the environment.
Achievement of safety excellence on the Flint River Sediment Remediation Project is attributed to the company’s development or refinement of four distinct advances in its safe operations: Temporary Fabric Structure (TFS) management, management of short service employees, working with other site contractors, and elimination of at-risk behaviors.
Sevenson Environmental Service’s exemplary safety commitment and dedication meet and exceed the Western Dredging Association’s stated desire to raise safety awareness throughout the dredging and marine construction industry and are greatly appreciated.
For all information regarding the WEDA Safety Awards, including past winners, please visit the Hall of Fame page of the WEDA website or click here. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@westerndredging,org.
