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Teichert is a general contractor that provides infrastructure construction services such as roads, utilities, and facilities. It values its role in building infrastructure for communities and prioritizes safety. Teichert is currently working on projects including a new medical center and lifestyle center, providing earthmoving, paving, and utility work. The biggest challenges are coordinating work and meeting tight schedules on complex projects with many contractors.

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Teichert is a general contractor that provides infrastructure construction services such as roads, utilities, and facilities. It values its role in building infrastructure for communities and prioritizes safety. Teichert is currently working on projects including a new medical center and lifestyle center, providing earthmoving, paving, and utility work. The biggest challenges are coordinating work and meeting tight schedules on complex projects with many contractors.

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vide access to food and housing for those ways, dams, canals, levees, driveways, water; grading and paving; concrete; the
in need, preserve nature, increase aware- parks and recreational facilities. relocation of existing utilities and widen-
ness of our environment, build an educat- It also works on projects in the health- ing existing major roadways.
ed citizenry and a well-prepared work care sector. For instance, the company is Teichert says the most significant chal-
force, and strive to provide better health for providing earthmoving, concrete, under- lenges on the project were building an
all,” the company says. ground and paving services for the seven- on-site detour to reconstruct and widen
story Mercy Medical Center Merced project the existing major street that travels
Doing Its Part in Merced, Calif. This includes earthwork through the site, and working with multi-
Teichert values its role in society. “We are and topside improvements as well as the ple trades to coordinate activities and meet
a general contractor that builds the infra- off-site reconstruction of three perimeter “an aggressive completion schedule.”
structure most people use every day,” it streets.
says, “including hundreds of thousands The project began in May 2007 and Safe and Sound
of miles of roads, sidewalks, freeways, will be phased over a three-year period. No matter what type of project Teichert
curbs, utility trenches and gutters.” Teichert says the greatest challenge to works on, it vows to do so safely.
Its services include: date has been coordinating with the “Teichert has placed the highest value
■ Sewer and drainage prime contractor and other subcontrac- on safe production for generations, as
■ Water tors on the project to meet deadlines. the company’s official safety program
■ Utilities was started in 1959 by Henry Teichert –
■ Earth moving The Fountains long before OSHA was established in
■ Excavation The Lincoln District of Teichert Construct- 1970,” it says.
■ Grading ion began work on The Fountains in “Because our employees are Teichert’s
■ Paving Roseville, Calif., for developer Fountain greatest asset, safe production is impor-
Partners LLC in summer 2007. The upscale tant to every job we perform. To achieve
Mercy Medical Center lifestyle center offers a variety of business- this, Teichert uses the Construction
Teichert works in residential and com- es and services, including a Whole Foods Industry Institute technology to com-
mercial subdivisions, commercial devel- store. It opened in mid-2008. plement our own vision … to create a
opments, office complexes and shopping Teichert’s work scope included earth- culture and environment where employ-
centers, as well as on bridges, airport run- moving; underground storm, sewer and ees work injury-free.” ■

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