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About ECM

Safety & Certifications

ECM is COR certified through the Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association. Its sites run to that standard, and every trade on them is held to it.

At a glance
CertificationCOR, through the SCSA
Safety recordsKept in SiteDocs [tk]
Lost-time incidents0 since August 2018 [tk]
BondingBonded [tk: single-project capacity]

The standard

Everyone on an ECM site goes home safe at the end of the day.

Safety on an ECM project starts with the people running it. A superintendent is on every site every day, and the firm’s senior people are on site through the job, not only at the start and the end.

ECM’s own crews do the concrete, framing, excavation and earthwork, some of the highest-risk work on a building site. Keeping those scopes in-house means ECM trains and supervises the people doing them, instead of relying on someone else’s program.

COR, the Certificate of Recognition, is awarded through the Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association to employers whose health and safety programs pass an audit against the national standard, and it has to be kept up with regular audits. [tk: the year ECM was first certified]

Certifications and memberships

Certified, and accountable to the industry.

  • Certificate of Recognition (COR)

    Health and safety certification, through the Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association.

  • SiteDocs

    Site safety records: hazard assessments, toolbox talks, inspections and incident reports, kept digitally and available on request [tk].

  • Saskatoon Construction Association

    Member. ECM's leadership is a past president and an honorary life member [tk].

  • Saskatchewan Construction Association

    Member [tk]. ECM's leadership chaired the association in 2006 and 2007.

Crew finishing a new concrete floor inside the Churchbridge water plant

On site

How an ECM site is run.

  1. A superintendent every day

    Every ECM project has a superintendent on site daily, responsible for the site, the crews and the trades.

  2. Orientation first

    Everyone new to a site, from ECM's crews or a trade, is walked through the site, its hazards and its rules before starting work [tk].

  3. Hazards assessed before the work

    Hazard assessments before each task, and regular toolbox talks with the crew [tk].

  4. Records, not just meetings

    Inspections, toolbox talks and incidents recorded in SiteDocs [tk], and available to the owner.

  5. One standard for everyone

    Trade contractors are held to the same site rules as ECM's own crews.

Trade contractors

What ECM asks of every trade.

The same requirements ECM asks for when a trade registers, and holds every trade to on site.

Register as a trade contractor
  • General liability insurance to project specification
  • Good standing with the Workers' Compensation Board
  • A safety program that meets or exceeds OH&S requirements
  • Management and trades people available to hold a schedule
  • A competitive price, and willingness to sign ECM's form of subcontract

For prequalification

Bonded and insured.

ECM is bonded [tk: single-project capacity] and carries the insurance public owners ask for [tk: general liability limit].

More about ECM

Excavator and dump truck on an open prairie site

Need ECM's safety records for a prequalification?

Send the prequalification form, or call 306-519-7569.

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