Safety Leadership

Ownership starts at the top

CEO Hazim Gaber sets the expectation that no schedule or budget is worth an injury. Ghilda Gaber, our Director of Health & Safety, turns that expectation into practical requirements that project teams can follow and that leaders can check.

This is not delegated away. When leadership takes an active interest in how work is planned and carried out, project teams do the same.

Safety goals are discussed at the same table as schedule and cost, so crews never get mixed messages about what comes first. If the work cannot be done safely, it is changed.

Leaders on site

Our project managers and trade leads spend time where the work happens. They walk the site, talk with crews, and look at conditions firsthand instead of relying on reports alone.

Because most of our trades are our own employees, those leaders already know the people doing the work. Adam Williams leads electrical as a Master Electrician, and Brian Wright leads interior systems with two decades of experience. Their crews hear safety expectations from people they know and work with every day.

Leaders also set an example. They follow the same rules they ask of others, from protective equipment to site orientation, because crews watch what leaders do more than what they say.

Stop-work authority for everyone

Every person on an HSM site, whatever their trade or experience, has the authority to stop work they believe is unsafe. No one is penalized for using it.

• Stop the task and tell the foreman or project manager
• Fix the hazard or change the plan before restarting
• Share what was learned with the rest of the crew

Clear accountability

Responsibility is spelled out for each project. The project manager owns the site safety plan. Trade leads own the safe practices of their crews. Individual workers own their own conduct and look out for others.

When something goes wrong, the focus is on understanding why and fixing the cause. Accountability means leaders answer for the system as well as the individual.

Safety performance is part of how project teams and trade leads are judged, alongside quality and schedule. That keeps attention on prevention and on the quiet, everyday work that stops problems before they start.