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There’s always something happening at Devco. Here you will find news, interesting projects and other information we like to share. Please contact us if you want some more information on anything you read here!
How to Conduct a Weekly Safety Meeting
Why have a Weekly Safety Meeting?Weekly Safety Meetings are a fundamental part of safety awareness and can be one of the best motivators to drive safety in the workplace. Having a Weekly Safety Meeting will continue to encourage employee awareness and involvement by...
Hazard Hunts
Every day when we venture into the field we should be constantly scanning for hazards and documenting them on our FLRA/FLHA cards. Usually we jot down the same common hazards over and over, day after day because we believe we “know” these typical hazards intimately....
Line of Fire and Complacency
It doesn’t matter if you are a front line worker, office staff, supervisor, manager or CEO at some point during the day we all put ourselves in the line of fire and we don’t realize it. So why do we put ourselves in the line of fire? Could it be complacency,...
The Cost of an Incident
When having a workplace injury, the number one concern for any company is the worker themselves. With that being said, the cold hard truth is that a workplace injury can cost a company more than most people think. Every year injury costs can add up in a hurry affect...
Get the Most Out of Your Toolbox Talk or Safety Meeting
Whether it is your first or hundredth Toolbox Talk or Safety Meeting that you conduct, remember to keep our audience awake and engaged. The success to these meetings is the amount of participation we get from our audience…the more the better!. Ensure that in all...
Complacency – Ego Driven?
Smugness, self-satisfaction, self-congratulation, self-regard, gloating, triumph, pride, and self-contentment. These words are synonyms to "Complacency" . They suggest ego-driven feelings of inflated self-reflection that can and will lead to injury if left to foster...
Congratulations on First Oil!
Congratulations to Fort Hills and Suncor on achieving First Oil! A huge milestone for the Fort Hills team and we're looking forward to all the exciting changes in 2018. (BTW, our banners look good up there, good job to the install team.)
2017 Wood Buffalo Food Bank Food Drive
On Dec 9, the Wood Buffalo Food Bank did its annual Food Drive. This was a hugely successful event due that we were excited and proud to be a part of. Devco was the print sponsor and provided all of the printed materials, backdrops, banners, wraps, decals...
Suncor Family Day
Suncor's Family Day went great this year with employees and their families getting treated to a number of entertaining and informative items throughout the mine site. Devco provided a number of fun items and we had a great time building them. Our...
Building Wayfinding Pedestal
Custom Built Pedestals that hold a map for wayfinding in an administration building. Built out of birch, brushed aluminum and lexan with two custom prints, built in back weighting and casters. Not only did we make these, but we did the wayfinding site...
Crosswalk installation
Installation of a Pedestrian Crosswalk using Themoplastic stripes. The asphalt was first scored 1/8" to exact size of the stripe, then the thermoplastic was heated to flow into the area, ensuring a long life.
Thank you First Responders
During May to Aug of 2016, a devastating Forest Fire raged through the Ft McMurray, Alberta area, forcing over 88,000 people from their homes in the largest mass evacuation in Alberta's history. Thank you to the First Responders during this time who were a...
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