About HVC Canada
HVC Canada is an employee owned company incorporated in Alberta. Our folio of seasoned construction veterans is unparalleled in the electrical and mechanical construction industry. Integrity, reliability, and ethical business practices are the foundation of our organization.
Our extensive experience in the institutional and industrial sectors enables us to undertake projects of any size and complexity. With this experience our staff can safely deliver any project on time, on budget, and with stellar results.
At HVC Canada we are governed by policies and procedures developed to optimize risk management, creating significant value for all stakeholders.
Further, at HVC Canada we make safety our priority objective. All project execution plans include a comprehensive safety management component. Our “Safety for Life” program is a behavior-based program, where safety execution targets life style changes to encourage a positive safety attitude with each and every employee 24/7. We combine this with detailed project execution planning, pre-task hazard awareness, and work face planning to ensure the highest probability of successfully meeting objectives of zero incidents.
Sectors
HVC Canada strives to be one of Canada’s premier mechanical and electrical construction management and construction companies. We operate in most sectors in the construction industry throughout Canada. The majority of these sectors are:
- Institutional Health Care
- Airports
- Transmission and HV distribution substation and switchyards
- Pulp and Paper
- Petro Chemical
- Pipeline Compression Stations
- Water Treatment
- Mining
Safety, Health, and the Environment
HVC Canada ensures that safety is the number one priority objective. Therefore, we have a sincere company commitment to safety. A good Safety and Health Program is the foundation from which both management and employees can strive to create a safe and healthy workplace. To further this endeavour, we have created the “Safety for Life” Safety, Health, and Environmental Program, a program that specifically requests that all employees share both interest and input into the heath and safety of all workers and visitors to HVC Canada worksites and throughout the Industry. This program is based on the following principles:
- Safety at Work
- Safety at Home
- Safety at Play
- Safety in the Community
- Safety with the Environment
The “Safety for Life” program is all encompassing. We offer extensive training for supervision and trades. The program is a behavior based program that includes a Behavior Observation Audit System. All of HVC Canada’s project sites have a daily Pre-Task Hazard Assessment Program and Job Hazard Analysis Process. Our “Safety for Life” program also incorporates a Claims Management Program which includes a Modified/ Early Return to Work Program.
At HVC Canada we recognize that the requirements for health, safety, and the environment are constantly evolving as technology and legislation change and as knowledge increases with respect to industry standards and the standards of our clients. Therefore, we work hard to stay at the forefront of safety initiatives in the industry. We constantly perform reviews and updates to incorporate new developments in health, jobsite safety, and the environment as they occur.
Quality Management
“Organizations must be dynamic in nature and have the capability of adjusting to the unexpected.”
-- from PMI “Principles of Project Management”
At HVC Canada we have created a dynamic organization that fosters a synergistic atmosphere to fulfill all project and corporate objectives. This atmosphere allows for an integrated project and functional organizational structure that maximizes strengths and minimizes weakness.
This foundation for success has been created by the combination of PMI (Project Management Institute) best practices, risk management guidelines, and industry experience. Imbedded throughout our policies and procedures are strategies for building a learning organization. Creativity and innovation are standard characteristics of HVC Canada’s staff.
Risk management for large electrical and mechanical installations requires a high level of understanding of both internal and external risk events. This includes early identification and strategic planning in order to mitigate deviations from the project objectives. HVC Canada identifies, analyzes, and responds to all risk factors throughout the life of a project to maintain those project objectives. We integrate risk management into all processes.
The success of all projects requires collaboration and integration of all stakeholders, committed to achieving common project objectives. In addition, it requires a disciplined approach to managing the construction process, and recognition and management of its inherent risks.
At HVC Canada we incorporate strategic planning based on ISO quality management, CAN/CSA Q850-97 risk management guidelines. We also utilize the organizational dynamics of a learning organization.
In developing our policies and procedures, we have incorporated best practices from:
- Project Management Institute “Principles of Project Management”, “PMBOK Guide”, and “Project and Program Risk Management Guide”
- CSA Quality Management Systems, “ISO 9001 2000”
- CSA Q850-97 Risk Management “Guideline for Decision Makers”
- The “Fifth Discipline” Strategies for building a learning organization