“You weren’t just bringing home a paycheck; you were helping people. I think that made everybody work a little harder and maybe take a little more pride in what they were doing. That’s a huge motivator.”
– Travis Clausen, Sully-Miller Contracting Co.
PROJECT AT A GLANCE
Eaton & Palisades Fire Cleanup
Operational
Accomplishments: • Total Debris Removed: 2.6 Million Tons
The Altadena Golf Course in Los Angeles County was set up as the Eaton Fire’s Temporary Debris Staging and Reduction site, part of the coordinated federal and local effort for debris removal and property cleanup. Image courtesy ECC.
speed of not just getting the crews we needed, but quickly finding the people that met all the requirements for this physically taxing work was challenging. And because of all the contaminants out there, anybody working on this site had to have 40-hour hazwoper training.”
Common Purpose Viramontes noted that despite the chal- lenging nature of the work, contractors working side by side on adjacent job- sites who normally are arch competitors
helped each other out and maintained a collaborative atmosphere. “Tere were times when there were
requests for our labor force to show oth- er people how to do things or what our processes were, since we were one of the first contractors out there,” Viramontes noted. “Normally that’s not something you would do with your competition, but in this situation we did. Tere was really a feeling of community and shared common purpose.” Travis Clausen, regional construction
• Fire Damaged Structures Cleared: 9,672
• Total Truckloads: 224,000 • Asbestos-Abated Structures Completed: 5,750
• Hazardous Trees Removed: 25,000
Safety Record: • Total Exposure Hours: 3.7 Million
• Total Recordable Incident Rate: 0.59 (BLS Industry Average = 4.5)
• Lost Workday Rate: 0.23 (BLS Industry Average = 2.0)
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