Construction Safety & Compliance: An Interview with Jeff Gram Vice President/Managing Partner J2M Consulting Associates, LLC
UCANE’s Construction Outlook editors recently caught up with Jeff Gram at a busy construction site in Boston. Jeff is the Vice President/Managing Partner with UCANE member firm J2M Consulting Associates, LLC of Mansfield, MA. We were able to get a few minutes of Jeff’s time to talk about the importance of safety in today’s heavy construction industry. What is your background in Construction Safety and how long have you been with J2M Consulting? I have over 41 years of experience in performing safety management and environmental support activities at heavy/civil construction projects and site locations. My start was as a field technician/ site safety officer, and I progressed through various management levels to the position of Safety Director for Modern Continental Construction. Well-known to many UCANE members, MCC was not only the largest heavy civil contractor in Massachusetts at one time, but had a national presence with revenues peaking at over $1 billion annually. In 2007, I began working for J2M Consulting and I am presently VicePresident and managing partner. We are a specialty consulting firm serving small to medium size heavy civil contractors to address civil engineering, land survey, safety engineering, and environmental compliance needs. I also have been a Certified Instructional Trainer, as administered by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, for 22 years. What range of Safety related services does J2M Consulting offer to contractors engaged in excavation, highway, and utility construction?
perform periodic on-site audits, identification of corrective actions, craft worker and management level safety training, as well as subcontractor management. We work with contractors on all types of safety and environmental issues that they may encounter on a site. We assist clients with sampling and testing of soils or air quality and making sure construction operations are meeting regulatory compliance standards. J2M prepares required reports and interacts with federal and state agencies as needed to keep the project moving, to document activities, and to close out the project.
Safety services provided to most clientele consists of the formulation and application of corporate safety programs and processes and development/ implementation of site-specific safety plans. We also
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