SUPPLY CHAIN meeting those requirements as absolute minimum standards . Our people are very clear about our expectations in relation to safety , and that is strongly supported by leading indicators .” It is through these strategies that John Holland Rail has reached such achievements as a lost time incidence frequency rate of 0.08 per million man-hours .
Building Communities But this focus on people does not solely apply to its employees , either – John Holland Rail is also committed to positively impacting and improving the communities in which it builds . “ Community relations are something we ’ re very strong on ,” says Stewart . “ All of our projects have community initiatives embedded in their delivery – things like assisting skills within the local communities near projects we ’ re working on , working with local community groups on initiatives that they ’ re looking to implement , and aiding healthcare organizations and local care centers . We spend millions of dollars per annum initiating these projects and monitoring them as part of our monthly board review .”
John Holland Rail boasts several examples of this community outreach activity , including the work that its staff did at a neighboring elder care facility while conducting work on its Cronulla rail line upgrade and duplication project . “ We were duplicating a line from Sutherland to Cronulla , and we had a project office at Sutherland and those project offices were next to an aging care center ,” says Stewart . “ Our people on that project dedicated their own time to do some landscaping of the aging care home grounds , updating the kitchen and retiling , as a ‘ thank you ’ for putting up with us being next door to them for an extended period of time .”
John Holland Rail workers have achieved a number of successful community initiatives , from raising $ 150,000 in donations for New South Wales-based children ’ s hospice care facility Bear Cottage to partnering with Camp Australia for a two-day program over school holidays for children of workers on John Holland ’ s South Morang Rail Extension project . “ It was a very
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