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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Safety begins at the Top</span><BR>
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<img src="safety1.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;"><span style="font-size:24pt;color:#ff0000;float:left;padding-right:4px;">G</span>onzalez and Son’s safety program has a proven successful track record.  Through an innovative proactive approach to supervisor and employee accountability and involvement, we continue to move closer to our vision of achieving zero accidents for everyone associated with our projects.  We accomplish this in part through a philosophy built around conducting and measuring effective safety activities, not merely accident statistics.
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G & S has integrated safety as a key responsibility at all levels of management and supervision throughout the organization.  Accountability for safety performance at each level has resulted in a cultural change that places the importance of jobsite safety alongside profitability and quality.    
Our big picture commitment to safety management is through a realization that we are partners with everyone involved in our projects.  This “one team” approach allows G & S to embrace the challenge to lead the project team through a caring, firm, fair, consistent approach. 
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A staple to our safety program is our preparation efforts to our employees. All first line supervisors have completed the OSHA 10 hour course and have yearly FRA training. All of our operators have completed compliance courses for their respective pieces of equipment and carry certification cards.  Additional G & S offers training in Excavation Training, Scaffolding Training, Confined Space training, Fall Protection Training, and lead and Asbestos Awareness training. At the beginning of each day a tool box meeting takes place on each project to discuss all safety related issues of the day’s activities.
All G & S personnel are tested prior to their employment, and randomly tested every quarter for drug and alcohol use. We have been certified as a Drug Free Workplace through the U.S Department of Transportation and Pipeline Testing Consortium. Our Safety Program has been designed and approved by NCMS. 
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Building Quality on Every Project</span><BR>
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<img src="safety2.png" style="float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;"><span style="font-size:24pt;color:#ff0000;float:left;padding-right:4px;">G</span>onzalez and Son’s commitment to quality has been its core strength since our company's humble beginnings in 1983. Our quality program leverages best practices from throughout the G & S Team to ensure that our tradition of delivering quality to every client continues to pass to each generation. Our employees keep that tradition of excellence alive by making a personal decision to build quality at every level, throughout all of our projects and complete organization. 
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We are committed to leading quality in our industry and to continuously seek opportunities for quality improvement. Quality is the commitment that will be established at the beginning of the project and will continue throughout the life of the project. 
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Our quality assurance programs are continuously reviewed against the latest codes and standards and upgraded to meet the ever changing market requirements. 
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