P.J. Hoerr Quarterly Company Overview & Safety Meeting - Washington, IL

On July 22^nd P.J. Hoerr/Summit held their quarterly Company overview and Safety Meeting at the Five Points Washington meeting facility. Dinner was catered by Lindy’s Market in Washington. Approximately 130 were in attendance. CEO Bob Hoerr opened the meeting with an overview of the company’s workload. He indicated that over 90% of the current projects either in process or waiting to begin were projects directly negotiated with the client. He further emphasized the role that superior customer service as well as high quality workmanship and a strong safety record played in maintaining that business model. Corporate Safety director Hans Hinrichsen then presented an overview of the company’s safety record to this point in the year. Additionally, Hans outlined the company’s new hand safety program given the recent rise in hand injuries on company jobsites. Hans concluded by handing out superintendent safety awards to those in attendance who had earned them. Bob then presented a closing talk stressing the intangible value of our companies’ human assets. He did this by first pointing out the typical assets listed on the company’s Balance Sheet and then went on to talk about the importance of understanding the intrinsic value of our most important asset…our people.  He used superintendent Les Koehl as an example given Les’s 26 year record of superior performance. Bob then showed clips from seven different newscasts from around the country each in reference to a real life jobsite accident and/or OSHA fine. In each of the clips the contractor was named along with the fines and often with reference to previous infractions on the contractor’s part. Bob closed by stating that one of the most important assets that a company has and one of the greatest contributors to P.J. Hoerr’s 100 year longevity is the intangible yet invaluable asset of reputation…something that has taken 100 years to build and that can be destroyed in a moment through a single act of carelessness or lack of integrity. Bob closed with his signature sendoff… “Be safe out there everyone, thanks for coming and God bless!”