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morale were common issues that have been brought being implemented on our projects. This system will
to our attention and we want to solve these issues on a make us more efficient in onboarding our contractors
company level. We are currently working on something on our projects, and improve our ability to track safety
that we are calling the “Perfect Project Framework;” the incidents and improve our pre-task planning and
idea behind this is to create a document that still allows permitting process.
each project to operate individually, however, creates With the growth of our industry and with the growth of
guardrails that helps build consistency between each Gray, we will continue to find new ways to be successful
project. The main focus is to create a positive safety and new ways to make our projects safe. It will take all
culture/climate and great craft level worker morale. of our team members – not just the safety professionals
Finally, the Optimization objective will have a continued – to accomplish this. If you ever have an idea on how
focus on the processes and technologies that we use to make your project safer or how to improve our
as a company. You have probably already seen the safety program, please do not hesitate to reach out
implementation of new technologies such as Procore to myself or anyone else on the safety team. We are
and TradeTapp over the past few months. You will all responsible for safety, and we will continue to be
also see a new safety program called HammerTech successful together. 3

Gray Construction Updates

Gray Construction When Robert, Assistant Design Manager with
with Patrick McCowan Gray A/E left Gray in 2015, he was eager for an
Chief Operating Officer opportunity to work with his family and learn more
about the culture at other companies. It didn’t take
We’ve all heard about it by now, and most of us him long to realize that the comfort of working at
have probably experienced the aftermath of it – the Gray was not easy to maintain if it wasn’t something
last couple of years have kept us on our toes and the company was passionate about. “My friends
the great resignation has been no exception. Starting are here – people I enjoy sharing time with are
in early 2021, employees voluntarily resigned from here. I can talk about my family, my kid’s baseball
jobs for a variety of reasons. It was reported that game, my interests outside of work – the ‘family
more than four million Americans quit their jobs feel’ is genuine.” Robert spent a few years focused
per month, over 150,000 of those being in the on furthering his education and jumped at the first
construction industry. As I began thinking more opportunity to come back to Gray. “I came back to
about resignations, it led me to these two questions: Gray for many reasons – but the culture of cohesive
#1 – The Why. Why do team members stay teams – all experts in the company working together
at Gray? to achieve one goal – that culture is why I came
#2 – For those who have left, Why did you return? back.” In less than a year, Robert contributed to a Company
I had the pleasure of talking to Robert Barnhart and handful of projects and looks forward to many more updates
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Daryl McCane recently about their thoughts on the with his Gray family. on next
great resignation and their experiences outside Gray. page