Cement factory in Behbahan, Iran, with process towers, conveyors, silos, and industrial buildings

Construction and Cement

A construction project moves from one phase to the next. A factory alternates between production and work on equipment. In each situation, planning and execution need to share the same understanding of the risks.

Safety follows work as it changes

In construction, risk moves with the project. Excavations, structures, installations, work at height, load handling, and energization take place at different stages and often in parallel. Protection suited to one phase may no longer address the conditions of the next.

The layers of contracting also influence management. Companies with different experience share the same space and depend on one another. Onboarding and procedures create a common foundation. During the work, the organization still needs to know who stops an activity, how a change in method is assessed, and what response a deviation receives under deadline pressure.

In the cement industry, quarries, kilns, mills, bagging, dispatch, and maintenance involve different exposures. Planned shutdowns change the number of people present and concentrate work on equipment. The distance between corporate functions and sites can produce different understandings of priorities and controls.

When recovering the schedule begins to guide every conversation, conditions previously considered unacceptable may become normal. Leaders need to recognize this shift before an exception becomes standard practice.

Observe how planning reaches the field

With the organization, we examine how safety criteria are maintained when work sites, teams, and deadlines change. Indicators, interviews, and observation of activities can help explain the routines used to plan, authorize, and supervise work.

The involvement considers relationships between the client and contractors, engineering and execution, operations and maintenance, and corporate management and local leadership.

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Project experience

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2019

InterCement

Indicator analysis, strategic planning, and support for cultural transformation, with an assessment at Brazilian sites and development for safety teams.

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2017

General Electric

Development of the ToolKit de Construction Safety, communication campaigns, and training within Programa PDR at the wind farms managed by the GE team.

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A conversation about work in the field.

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