Mechanical services typically comprises
about 50 percent of the business, according
to Dan Kozakiewicz, the company’s
president, while design/build and general
contracting make up the other half, with a
10percent variance in either direction.
Still, while the list of offerings is impressive
and the customer footprint the business has
established across nearly four full decades is
without question, much of the success
reflects back toone thing:
Safety.
In fact, it takes about five minutes of
chatting with Kozakiewicz and his Three
Rivers colleague, Safety Director Paul
Crivac, to understand just how seriously
they take thewell-being of their people.
“Our most important asset is our people,”
Kozakiewicz said. “We have a philosophy of
taking care of our people and there’s
nothing more important than that to them
and their families. From a business side, and
all of our employees understand this, you
can’t work while you’re injured. We can’t
deliver our services if we don’t have people
on-site that are able toperformtheirwork.
“It’s also important to our customers for
obvious reasons, but especially when you’re
working in the chemical industr y.
Construction can be categorized as
hazardous work, but when you work in a
chemical plant it can be especially
hazardous. There’s opportunity for
difficulty in a lot of instances.”
Injury frequency has decreased and the
emphasis on safety has increased during
Kozakiewicz’s 28-year tenure with the
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