Masonry Magazine March 2007 Page. 17
After working back East, we teamed up with another Utah general contractor to do some U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service buildings in Hilo, Hawaii. While traveling these distances creates some challenges with manpower and equipment, we have been able to successfully overcome them and perform to the quality and safety standards for which we are known.
Masonry: Your website mentions the emphasis your company places on safety. Tell us a little about the Behavior Based Safety Program you've implemented.
Johnson: Back in 1994, we started to aggressively chase industrial work in our state. They had already started setting higher standards for safety on their projects. If we were going to do work in an industrial setting, we were going to have to build a strong safety program for our company; in doing so, we have opened new opportunities for our company. We continued to evolve, with safety at the forefront of our company. Yet as much emphasis as we placed on safety in our company, we still had enough small, little incidents that it bothered us. With the aid of an outside consultant, we developed our Behavior Based Safety Program. As part of that program, an employee takes about 10 minutes each morning to observe job site activities. The responsibility rotates on a weekly basis on each of our projects. The responsible employee is not only looking for omissions in our safety activities but watching fellow employees' personal work habits, including lifting properly, wearing proper eye protection, climbing or descending ladders and scaffolding, etc. In turn, the active participation and reporting of their visual inspections provides a greater understanding to both the employees and management as to why we do the things the way we do it.
Masonry: Your website offers a comprehensive view into the company, including a portfolio, references, company history and recruitment information.
How has the site helped as a marketing tool to help grow your business?
Johnson: Most often, we use our website as a reference to companies looking at IMS Masonry for the possibility of working together on a future project. It is easy for us to refer them to this site, to educate them on our diverse abilities and our past performance on similar projects. We were originally directing contractors that we didn't know to the website for information; as time went on, we're getting hits and people investigating us through the MCAA. It has brought work to us and it
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