BRAETR Construction
Safety & Quality

Written. Trained. Audited.

A safety program is only useful if crews follow it, and a quality plan is only useful if it ships paper that holds up. Ours are built to be practical in the field and defensible on paper.

Safety Program

Built to be practical in the field.

  • Written program

    A documented safety program covering OSHA-required topics, site-specific hazard analysis, and crew training records — auditable on request.

  • Pre-task planning

    Daily pre-task plans before crews break ground. Hazard ID, controls, PPE, and crew acknowledgement — every shift, every site.

  • Substance-free workplace

    Substance abuse policy with pre-employment, post-incident, and reasonable-suspicion testing. Required for federal work and our standard for everything else.

  • Field accountability

    Site supervisors hold stop-work authority. Near-misses get logged and reviewed. Corrective actions get assigned and closed out, not forgotten.

QA / QC Plan

Quality you can audit.

Our Quality Assurance / Quality Control plan follows the federal three-phase inspection standard — applied on every project, federal or private. The goal is simple: defects caught early are cheaper than punch list at closeout, and documented quality is the only kind that survives an audit.

  • Three-phase QC inspections

    Preparatory, initial, and follow-up inspections on every definable feature of work — the federal QC standard, applied to every project regardless of owner.

  • Daily QC reports

    Daily Quality Control Reports document inspections performed, deficiencies found, corrective actions, weather, materials received, and crew/equipment on site.

  • Submittal management

    Material submittals reviewed against contract specifications before procurement. Mill certs, test reports, and product data tracked through approval and into the closeout package.

  • Material testing & verification

    Independent testing for compaction, concrete strength, asphalt density, and aggregate gradation — coordinated through approved third-party labs and reported with each pour or lift.

  • Punch list discipline

    Pre-final and final punch lists worked to zero before requesting substantial completion. Closeout packages — O&M manuals, warranties, as-builts — delivered before retainage release.

What you can expect from our jobsites

Daily JHA, weekly toolbox talks, monthly site audits, quarterly program review. Three-phase QC inspections on every definable feature of work. Documentation flows back to project owners on request, not as an afterthought at closeout.

  • OSHA 10/30 trained crew leadership
  • OSHA Excavation Competent Person on every dig
  • Subcontractor safety pre-qualification
  • First aid / CPR certified site supervision
  • Site-specific safety + QC plans on every project
  • Three-phase QC inspections (prep / initial / follow-up)
  • Daily QC Reports with photo documentation
  • Incident reporting within 24 hours
  • Annual third-party program review

Training & Certifications

Credentials carried by our staff.

Our project and field staff hold the certifications federal, state, and municipal owners ask for. The list below covers core credentials — additional crew-level certifications (forklift, rigging, traffic flagging, etc.) are maintained per project need.

  • Federal

    Construction Quality Management for Contractors (CQM-C) #784

    Issued by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / NAVFAC

    Federal construction quality management certification required for prime contractors on USACE and NAVFAC projects.

  • Safety

    Excavation & Trenching Competent Person

    OSHA 29 CFR 1926.650–652, Subpart P

    Issued by OSHA

    5-hour Competent Person training for excavation and trenching safety per OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P.

  • Safety

    Highway Work Zone Safety & Construction

    Susan Harwood Grant Training Seminar

    Issued by Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

    8-hour Susan Harwood Grant Training Seminar covering highway work zone safety standards and construction practices.

  • Safety

    Traffic Control Design & Supervision

    Issued by Industry-recognized

    Traffic control plan design and field supervision for road, highway, and street construction work zones.

Need our safety + QC package?

Owners and primes can request our written safety program, QA/QC plan, EMR letter, OSHA logs, and certification documentation.