Client Milestones

Hard work pays off for local award winning team

This article was originally printed in the Canberra Times.

CORD excavations, a locally owned and operated civil construction and plant hire business, was recently awarded with the ACT Occupational Health and Safety Excellence Award for 2005. The awards were a highlight of ACT Workcover's "Opt for Safety" month, which is aimed at increasing awareness of occupational health and safety.

Cord Excavations was started by Nigel Forde and Greg Corchrane in 1993 and concentrated primarily on plant hire. The company gradually grew and moved its focus to both civil contracting and plant hire. Over the years the number of plant and vehicles has increased dramatically as has the size of the workforce, which now has numbers in excess of 20.

A major turning point for the company was achieving third party certification of it's Quality Management System in 2002 because it made management aware of it's responsibilities. Federal Construction Management (FCM) provided the foundations for the system which included a standard health and safety plan that Cord continues to refine to their specific industry. FCM also continues to regularly audit the system to ensure that compliance with Australian standards and legislation is maintained.

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