Safety is Our Priority
This strongly held belief is deeply embedded in Slayden’s team culture. Our respective records, with hundreds of thousands of hours worked routinely without incident, reflect our commitment to making safety our number one priority.
Everyone is accountable for safety. From new hires to our Executive Board members, we strive to achieve our daily goal of zero incidents. Our continual commitment is to identify unsafe work practices and conditions, especially unsafe equipment, to perform work in the safest manner possible and consistent with first-class design and construction practices. Safety of the general public, the environment, our employees, and other personnel on or near the work site will always be our team’s top priority.
Slayden’s level of commitment has been recognized through multiple local and national level AGC awards, and by OR-OSHA, when the company graduated from the five-year SHARP program in 2013. Slayden’s Safety Program continually exceeds the requirements of both state and federal law.
Safety Awards
The Oregon-Columbia Chapter’s Recognition of Safety Excellence (ROSE) Award recognizes chapter leaders in safety excellence, provides an excellent way to document your achievements in safety, and offers an opportunity to receive well-deserved recognition from your peers in the industry.
Winners: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
Winner of Outstanding Program Award: 2016
The AGC Safety Program Recognition Indicating Dedication & Excellence (PRIDE) is a state-wide voluntary recognition program offered for contractor members of the Oregon-Columbia Chapter. Safety PRIDE recipients are members who demonstrate safety excellence in our industry.
Winners: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Construction Safety Excellence Award (CSEA) is an effort to recognize companies who have developed and implemented excellent safety and loss prevention programs achieved through management commitment, employee involvement, and program innovation. The CSEA Award is considered the most prestigious safety award in the construction industry.
Winners: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009
Management Skills that Help Reduce Costs
"We have been impressed with their management skills, starting with preconstruction where they performed value engineering that reduced costs, lead procurement with detailed bid packages that brought our project qualified subcontractors and manufacturers and produced a schedule that would get our project completed on time. Slayden has continued this into the construction phase by managing the work to stay on schedule."
Randy Rosane, P.E., Project Manager with Water Environmental Services
Positive and Goal-Driven
"Slayden’s positive approach and eagerness to achieve the project goals was a tremendous benefit and a driving force to the project and its success. Slayden achieved all minority, woman, and emerging small business subcontracting goals and also met the 20% Workforce Training and Hiring Program’s apprenticeship requirements. They also held their subcontractors to these same goals and requirements."
Michelle Lostra, P.E., City of Portland, Water Bureau
Strong Communication and Community Outreach
"I feel confident in recommending Slayden for their approach to neighborhood outreach and desire to work with our community outreach and communications team to help keep neighbors informed, resolve issues and mitigate issues."
Katy Fulton, Lake Oswego – Tigard Water Partnership
Efficient and Safe
"I enjoyed their management style, which was efficient while paying attention to cost. This was done without sacrificing safety. I would welcome the chance to work with them in the future."
Daniel G Shepard, Manager, Grants Pass Irrigation District
Positive Relationship Builders
"Slayden has met all conditions of approval and does a great job of keeping the neighborhood informed. Slayden works diligently to accommodate the neighboring citizens. In several cases, Slayden has gone above and beyond the conditions of approval in an effort to solve citizen’s issues. This has led to the development of relationships between the project team and the neighborhood, which have contributed to the project in a positive manner."
Thomas Lebo, Construction Manager, Brown and Caldwell
Respectful, Courteous, and Safe
"Slayden Construction is true to their word, without a doubt I would hire them for future projects. All of the employees that worked at the plant were respectful, courteous, and preformed the duties at hand in a safe manner. I can’t say enough good things about Slayden, as you can see in this evaluation. Surround yourself with good people and it makes you look good. And it doesn’t get any better than Slayden Construction."