Shaun Carvalho is joined by Brian Mello, Associate Vice President of Engagement and Regulatory Affairs at AGC CA, to discuss how to have candid conversations with trades to establish respect and relationships. He reflects on his experiences in the industry so far and how the industry can adapt to change rather letting it happen to us.

Today, Bob is joined by Bill Aalerud, Executive Vice President of Columbia Construction Company, dives into best practices for creating and fostering a psychologically safe and acceptable workplace environments, where people feel comfortable speaking up and sharing their opinions to cultivate a better pull plan because everyone participates, and you get the most amount of feedback on the project.

On this episode of Construction Safety Perspectives, Jason Edic joined by John Ferrante, CEO of AGC MA, discuss the universal safety orientation. The goal of the universal orientation is to have high quality video that general contractors or managers can share and easy access to trades people’s completed certifications. This process creates an efficient, simplified procedure for trades people going from project to project.

On this episode of Construction Safety Perspectives, Jason Edic discusses safety orientations on projects with the trades. He challenges how we can make the lives of construction workers more efficient with fewer reiterating orientations.

Shaun Carvalho is the Chief Safety Officer at Shawmut Design and Construction.

Jason Edic is the Vice President of Risk Management at Lee Kennedy Co., Inc.

Doug LaPlante is the Health and Safety Director at Turner Construction.

Bob Kunz is the Corporate Safety Director at Dimeo Construction Company.

Welcome to the Construction Safety Perspectives Podcast! The show where competing construction companies come together to discuss and educate about the inner workings of safety procedures and practices within in the industry.