Safety
We Put Safety and Quality of Life First
At Gray, safety isn’t just our No. 1 core value: it’s the cornerstone of everything we do. We empower and challenge our team members, subcontractors, vendors, and other partners to make smart, measured, and safe decisions across offices and jobsites. Through a personal commitment to one another and to ourselves, we put safety and quality of life first.
Our dedication to occupational safety goes above and beyond OSHA requirements. We conduct company-wide trainings, set measurable goals, and stringently monitor our jobsites and field teams. Still, we view even one incident as unacceptable. Our goal is always to make sure everyone goes home safe at the end of each day.
From our perspective, worker safety is the most important enabler of quality. See how our thorough approach to safety informs our comprehensive approach to delivering quality projects for our customers.
A Reputation Rooted in Safety Excellence
Gray has been recognized for achievements in safety with national and regional honors. We are a recipient of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Willis Construction Safety Excellence Award. We are two-time recipients of the first-place honor in the 500,000+ Construction Management Hours Worked division. The Design-Build Institute of America and Engineering News-Record have awarded Gray for our project-level safety programs. At the corporate program level, we’ve been recognized by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) with the Safest in the Industry Eagle Award and Innovation in Safety Award and received Diamond-level honors as part of our longtime participation in the STEP program.
Promoting a Proactive Approach to Food Plant Safety
Delivering safe, high-quality food is the top priority for food & beverage processors, and at Gray, we’re proud to be a part of this mission. Through deep project experience and a unique service offering that covers every aspect of facility design, processes, data reporting, and equipment, we help manufacturers prevent contamination incidents, protect workers, and ensure product integrity and safety.
Our approach to hygienic design helps you:
- Minimize allergens, biohazards, and contamination risks through hygienic zoning, ingredient segregation, and optimized material & worker flows
- Simplify sanitation with process layouts that employ easy-to-clean materials and equipment
- Leverage the full value of AI-powered robotics & vision systems for greater traceability and more flexible, efficient operations
- Maintain FSMA compliance and achieve Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification
With facilities that are optimized for food safety, food & beverage processors are free to focus on fine-tuning operations and maximizing flexibility and efficiency—efforts perfectly suited for Gray’s process integration, automation & controls, and specialty equipment fabrication services.
Food safety isn’t just an advantage—it’s a necessity. Our purpose-built solutions ensure your people, products, and processes all work together to deliver reliability and peace of mind.
FAQs
Construction Site Safety FAQs
Get answers to the most common questions about Gray’s safety standards.
Our safety program is proactive and prevention-focused. We prioritize risk management through ongoing comprehensive training, regular inspections, digital reporting and analytics, and leadership involvement. Every job site is continuously monitored to identify and correct potential hazards before they cause harm, keeping workers safe and projects on schedule.
At Gray, safety is more than a benchmark, statistic, or obligation. It’s the ultimate reflection of the value we place on people, from our team members to the subcontractors who work alongside us to the customers we serve. Every team member has the authority to stop work if they see a risk. This shared responsibility empowers individuals, strengthens teamwork, and minimizes downtime caused by workplace incidents.
Our teams perform routine safety audits, conduct worksite safety assessments, and provide continuous education. This ensures full compliance with OSHA and customer-specific requirements while helping us exceed construction industry benchmarks for incident prevention.
Gray provides ongoing, hands-on training focused on job-specific safety risks like fall protection, equipment operation, and emergency preparedness. Our approach goes beyond one-time instruction and focuses on keeping every team member informed, confident, and prepared to make safe decisions on every jobsite.
A strong safety culture directly improves productivity, quality, and efficiency. Fewer incidents means fewer delays, lower costs, and more predictable outcomes. A safety program that aligns oversight with task sequencing gives our dedicated craft laborers and trade professionals the time and space they need to safely put great work in place.
Our teams perform regular hazard analyses, jobsite walkthroughs, and real-time monitoring. From heat stress and working at heights to heavy equipment operation, we proactively address and communicate risks—and best safety practices—before they escalate to ensure every site is safe and productive.