725 E Parr Road, Berne, IN 46711
Berne, IN
permanently cased to top of sound
rock. From land or jetties, the team
drilled 190 piles; another 10 marine
piles were drilled from barges. BFCA
completed the project on time without
any safety or environmental issues. The
replacement bridge is scheduled to be
completed by December 2018. With
more than 50 million vehicles crossing
a year, the Champlain Bridge will carry
the heaviest bridge-crossing traffic
in Canada.
“For us, safety is our top priority.
Over the last few years, we have worked
on developing a safety program, a cul-ture
and values to ensure the highest
levels of safety for our employees,” said
Hebib. “Working across different prov-inces,
and sometimes also in a trade
union environment, creates challenges
when it comes to bringing together dif-ferent
teams with different experiences
and safety cultures.”
He cites projects such as Diavik as an
example of the challenge where many
multicultural teams worked together.
The onus is on BFCA to communicate
to each individual how systems work
and how to work safely in a manner
that values their own safety and their
colleagues’ safety.
“Aside from keeping all our employ-ees
safe, this safety record gives BFCA
an advantage when it comes to tender-ing
projects, particularly in the mining
and oil and gas sectors where the safety
standards are high and having good
safety records is a pre-requisite for con-tractor
prequalification,” he said.
BFCA has earned accolades for its
outstanding safety record and has won
the prestigious International Asso-ciation
of Foundation Drilling (ADSC)
Safety Award for five consecutive years
as well as the “ADSC Rick Marshall 2015”
Award, which ADSC describes as “an
award given to an ADSC member com-pany
whose commitment to providing a
safe workplace is of such superior qual-ity
that it deserves special recognition
above the rest.”
“BAUER’s future plans are to primar-ily
consolidate our safety achievements,”
said Hebib. “Our goal is to remain the
leader in this field and – above all – make
sure that we maintain a safe working
environment for our employees and for
others. We will also continue playing an
active and leading role within the ADSC
and other industry organizations to
promote safety within the industry.”
BFCA’s team of around 55 personnel
travel to wherever they are needed for
projects. In addition to being known
for their outstanding safety record, the
team is also known for client service.
“Providing the best service to our cli-ents
is equally important,” said Hebib.
“We would like to introduce innovative
solutions whenever possible to help
our clients complete their projects in
the most efficient manner. Stretching
the boundaries of what can be done to
new limits is our mission.”
COMPANY PROFILE
“Stretching the
boundaries of
what can be done
to new limits is
our mission.”
– Samir Hebib
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