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How We Build

Environmental Health & Safety

Dedicated to the pursuit of incident-free building

Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) is more than a program at DPR—it’s a foundational pillar of how we do business. DPR strives to have an evolving culture that raises the bar for the entire construction industry. Simply put: EHS is a value at DPR.
Ehs Expertise

Our goal is straightforward: zero incidents on every project.

We integrate EHS into every phase of the project life cycle, from pursuit to closeout, and our teams measure and evaluate safety daily. We use a mobile audit system to collect and analyze raw data from each jobsite, which helps teams identify potential risks and develop valuable prevention plans.

A worker wearing PPE stands next to steel framing.

A focus on people, not statistics

Behind every safety statistic is a person. That’s why DPR’s approach to EHS centers on people.

We focus on competence, instilling and reinforcing safe behaviors throughout our company and our project teams. We provide the tools people need to make informed decisions, plan fully and identify incident root causes.

The result is a robust, value-based EHS program that looks upstream at leading indicators to produce results downstream.

Two workers wearing PPE smile on a jobsite.
A worker wearing PPE stands next to steel framing.

Our goal is straightforward: zero incidents on every project.

We integrate EHS into every phase of the project life cycle, from pursuit to closeout, and our teams measure and evaluate safety daily. We use a mobile audit system to collect and analyze raw data from each jobsite, which helps teams identify potential risks and develop valuable prevention plans.

Two workers wearing PPE smile on a jobsite.

A focus on people, not statistics

Behind every safety statistic is a person. That’s why DPR’s approach to EHS centers on people.

We focus on competence, instilling and reinforcing safe behaviors throughout our company and our project teams. We provide the tools people need to make informed decisions, plan fully and identify incident root causes.

The result is a robust, value-based EHS program that looks upstream at leading indicators to produce results downstream.

The fundamentals of Environmental Health & Safety

DPR's EHS culture is based on the following seven fundamentals:

1. Safe Mindset: I am personally responsible and committed to my own well-being and that of others.

2. Engagement: I am actively contributing to an incident free environment.

3. Integration: We strategically align EHS into our entire business and the entire project lifecycle.

4. Competence: We ensure everyone has the knowledge, skills and behaviors to do their jobs safely.

5. Planning: We establish EHS goals, identify & mitigate risk in every phase of the project.

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6. Leveraging Data: We capture and apply EHS data to influence and drive change.

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7. Continuous Improvement: We are committed to improving our culture through continued education, innovation and the application of lessons learned.

Everyone has a role in Environmental Health & Safety

The correlation is clear: When clients participate in EHS efforts, project culture is stronger. To help achieve this goal, we ask our clients to:

  • Prioritize health and safety when pre-qualifying contractors
  • Ask questions, not only about injury rates and trends but also about how EHS standards and techniques are communicated between the office and field
  • Recognize that, from a business standpoint, EHS goes hand-in-hand with quality, schedule and budget
  • Meet regularly with project teams and actively participate in holding all members accountable

Everyone has a role in Environmental Health & Safety

The correlation is clear: When clients participate in EHS efforts, project culture is stronger. To help achieve this goal, we ask our clients to:

  • Prioritize health and safety when pre-qualifying contractors
  • Ask questions, not only about injury rates and trends but also about how EHS standards and techniques are communicated between the office and field
  • Recognize that, from a business standpoint, EHS goes hand-in-hand with quality, schedule and budget
  • Meet regularly with project teams and actively participate in holding all members accountable
Industry Recognition
Awards &

Recognition

2023

Vantage Data Center’s Vision Zero Award for North America

2023

ROSPA Silver Award

2019

WWCA Safety Award

2019

ABC National Award Safety Excellence Award

2019

Construction Employers Association Presidents Safety Award, Northern California Region

2019

Construction Employers Association Excellence In Safety Award, Northern California Region

DPR Customers

Change the World

'We are all family here’ is what our DPR safety manager said and said it with such sincerity that everyone who worked on the project here still carries a sense of ‘Family’ on the job. DPR’s client-centric approach combined with genuine concern for the team and the project were a recipe for success. I sincerely hope that we have an opportunity to work together again in the future.

Ken Langworthy,

HAZTEK Safety Management

Meet Our Leadership
EHS Shared Leadership Team
Lonnie Schock
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Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and Leadership Team Member

Lonnie Schock has spent the majority of his career in Environmental Health and Safety leadership roles, including diverse roles at Hughes Aircraft Company and Intel Corporation. As part of DPR’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) shared leadership…

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José Garza

EHS Leadership

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