About Skandia Concrete
Skandia Concrete is proud to have served Invermere and the East Kootenay region for over 25 years.
Our Services
We have a full line of concrete mixes and services for your project.
- Standard concrete mixes
- High performance concrete mixes
- Customized concrete mixes
- Shotcrete
- Construction aggregates
- Custom crushing
- Concrete pumping
At Skandia, our Safety Culture is central to everything we do. Nothing matters more than taking care of our people our community, and our environment.
Our Commitments
Our Commitment to Safety and the Environment
Goal Zero is our commitment to Safety and the Environment:
- Zero medical incidents
- Zero damage
- Zero spills or environmental incidents
Every step of every project has employees at all levels assessing risk and adhering to safe practices. This safety culture is the backbone of our business, and helps to guarantee that all workers go home safely at night. The guiding principles include:
- Maintaining a comprehensive health, safety, and welfare program that includes assigned responsibility for compliance
- Continuously identifying hazards in the workplace and either eliminating them or reducing the risk associated with them
- Reviewing all accidents and improving processes to ensure it doesn’t happen again
- Providing appropriate training and instruction
- Enforcing this policy equally among employees, contractors, and visitors
Our Commitment to Quality
Our Commitment to Quality runs deep throughout our organization, and touches on all aspects of our operations.
- Corporate leadership and focus on job quality performance metrics,
- Engineered asphalt and concrete mix designs
- Comprehensive training of our QC and operations staff,
- CCIL-accredited asphalt and concrete testing labs at our plants
- Quality Management Plans implemented on all projects
- Vertical integration on critical materials supply
- Intensive Quality Control testing during aggregate production
- Continuous Improvement (CI) and Best Practice programs implemented for operations excellence
We understand the value of Quality to our clients- and its importance to our reputation. Delivering On Time and In Spec for all of our clients and projects is the only way we do the job: the RIGHT way.
Our Commitment to the Community
Founded by local entrepreneurs Rune and Rolf Barck, Skandia Concrete is proud to still be locally managed and based in Invermere. We now part of the Terus Construction Ltd. group of companies, a BC based group of road construction and concrete operations.
We live and work in our community, and we believe in giving back to the community. We are proud sponsors of many local programs and events, such as Rod & Gun club, Wings over the Rockies, local Food Bank, Family Dynamix through the Rune Barck Memorial Tournament, David Thompson Secondary School Bursary, and Chamber of Commerce.
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