A project’s “Best Value” can only be reached with superior safety performance. Novene’s company wide safety policy provides safety and incident prevention education and training, and enforcement for all employees, subcontractors, and visitors. Novene is also familiar with compliance with the stringent safety measures of DOSH & NCA regulations required on all construction work sites.

Additionally, our Project Managers, Project Superintendents, and QC Managers also receive our current 30-Hour HSE safety training and actively contribute to a safe workplace on a continuous basis. Safety violations will not be tolerated. A “Safety First” policy is always Novene’s standard requirement from initial construction activities, throughout the long-term management of the project. Our team will never sacrifice safety for production or profit.

We have witnessed vast improvements in the quality of work outputs and the safe performance of project work phases since implementing our upgraded and comprehensive safety program starting in 2016. Almost immediately, we experienced a reduction in the number of recordable injury and illness cases as well as a reduction in first aid cases. Our site offices have noted that this aggressive approach to safety has resulted in the following types of improvements: 

• More worker involvement
• Greater worker ownership in the safety program resulting in improved quality and productivity
• Improved labor/management relations
• Enhanced positive image of management leads to greater worker trust
• Lowered incident rates and reduced mitigation costs
• Enhances the mission to assure continuous improvement
• Improved motivation to work safely, leading to better quality, improved productivity, and a happier work force
• Increased partnership and mentoring opportunities with DOSH, and safety companies
• Improvement in lost workday case rates at sites, directly relating to increased productivity
• Created a positive “behavioral” impact where employees work safer at home as well as work

It is the intent of management and our on-site supervision to provide a safe and healthful working environment including establishment of safe work practices and continued training of our workforce and subcontractor’s employees. Our program has clearly demonstrated a substantial value added in terms of not only reduction of injuries, lost workdays, and the associated costs, but further enhancement of worker involvement in safety programs, partnership and improved management-worker relationship.