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Say hello to...Tim LeBlanc,
Commodore’s Director of Safety |
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A Boston College
Varsity hockey player…Economics major…passionate motocross rider and
the fastest guy on two wheels. It’s not exactly the profile of your
typical safety guy…but from the time he was a kid, Tim wanted to be
in construction. Following in his father’s footsteps, he joined
Richard White Sons in
1984, and
remained there for 13 years. He |
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began as
a laborer…moved up the ladder to labor foreman and set his
sites on the path to Project Management.
One cold
February day, he walked into his boss’s office to talk about
where his career was headed. He learned that Richard White
Sons wanted a Safety Officer…their first. He wasn’t overly
enthused about filling that need, but he talked it out with
his father, who advised him to take a shot at it. So, he
gave the new position a try…he thought for a year, maybe…a
year that turned into a career.
Tim turned
to the OSHA Training Institute and Northeastern University
for his formal training. That was in the mid ‘80’s. Since
then, he’s chaired the AGC Safety Committee and is certified
to teach the 10-Hour and 30-Hour Certificates as part of the
OSHA 500 Outreach Train-the-Trainer program.
He joined
Shawmut Design and Construction in 1997, as Safety Officer.
He became Director of Safety in 2001 and remained at Shawmut
until 2005 when he joined us at Commodore. |
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Tim’s
philosophy on safety…
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“I’m not a
compliance guy. I’m an advisor to our teams. I want
superintendents to welcome me on their jobs as a
resource.
We have a
lot of work to get done for our clients. That’s the big
picture and the one I look at because I understand the
construction process. I don’t go around taking snapshots.
Sure, hard hats are important…but I want people to have a
deeper understanding of safety that goes beyond compliance.
If they get it and internalize it, safety will come
naturally.
Safety is
our number one priority. Every superintendent who walks onto
a Commodore project site is required to attain the 30-hour
OSHA certificate and to participate in ongoing annual
training focused on special operations. But the burden of
responsibility for safety is carried equally on the
shoulders of Project Executives and Project Managers, too.
Everyone is responsible for participating in the program.
If one of
our people sees something that’s not right, they have the
responsibility and the authority to fix it. Construction can
be a dangerous business, but we’re hyper-vigilant and we
plan enough before the work is done, so that we’re sure
everyone goes home safe, every day.
My ongoing goal
is to extend our internal safety training program
to include our subcontractor base and the trades who support
us. I want them to participate in and to benefit from our
internal training so they have the same level of safety
awareness and performance that we require from our own
staff.” |
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The
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Mod Rate
.74
Incident rate (0)
No Loss Time
Recognized by the AGC
for
outstanding safety performance.
Commodore partners with the
regional OSHA Office through Chase Partnering. |
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