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Quality able to speak to this contractor directly about the
with Trey Griffith
Director, Quality
The quality process works! Only if we all work
together to ensure that it works. I wanted to take
a moment to talk about going from a negative to a
positive ... we have a project that saw some issues
with work that was being put in into place by a
contractor. Some of these issues where very critical
to the project, such as potentially using the incorrect
waterproofing products and poor workmanship in
16 other areas. As the team kept me informed of how
they were handling the issues, I made notes and
identified them with the contractor.
As it turns out, we were bidding another project
in the same area and this contractor was bidding to
us as well. After hearing this, we started talking to
the project management team putting the proposal
together to let them know of the issues. With this
information the team working on the new project was
Field
Focus
Four years ago, Joey
DeGiovanni began working
as part of the Gray Ohio
Valley team. He’s currently
a Concrete Foreman
working on the White
Dog project in Midway,
Kentucky, where he
spends his days outside Joey DeGiovanni
in an ever-changing Foreman
environment.
Joey, who initially came to Gray after knowing
an Ohio Valley Foreman that he grew up with,
was interested in working in construction for a
few reasons.
issues we knew they had and they were able to re-
evaluate the bidding process.
So the process works! When the first team simply
let us (Field Operations) know what was going on
with their project, no action was needed by Field
Operations; they were just keeping us informed. We
were able to prevent repeat issues on another project
by notifying that team during the proposal phase of the
project. Continuous improvement works, and we have
a plan and a process, but this only works with open
communication. Again, we are taking negatives and
turning them into positives!
“We were able to prevent
repeat issues on another
project by notifying that team
during the proposal phase.
Continuous improvement
works ... but this only works
with open communication.”
“I like being outside and being able to see what
I’ve done at the end of the day,” said Joey. “I like
watching a project grow from the ground up.”
Now that he’s been with the company for several
years, Joey has worked on a variety of projects and
tasks, and he’s used to doing whatever the job takes.
“I do a lot of things; building things, breaking them
down...anything that needs to be done,” said Joey.