CRH Europe Distribution Outstanding Safety Cultures

Jozef Van Ballaer – September 2014

WELCOME to the world of CRH: Cement Roadstone Holding

1970 : Fusion of cement companies in Ireland

Top 5 player next to: Saint-Gobain/Holcim-Lafarge/Heidelberg /Cemex…

YTD: 35 countries 76.000 employees on 3,600 locations, 18,5 bilj. sales

Cement & Aggregates

Asphalt and surfacing

Ready-mix concrete

Pre-cast concrete products (blocks, pavers and roof tiles)

Clay (bricks/pavers/tiles)

Construction Accessories

Fencing & security; Shutters & Barriers

General Builders Merchants

DIY

SHAP (Sanitary Heating and Plumbing)

Three core businesses 1. Primary materials 2. Heavy & Light

Building products

3. Distribution

Introduction CRH ED

3. Distribution Introduction CRH ED

CRH Europe Distribution – 14,000 employees – 4 bilj. sales BM Benelux

Stoel van Klaveren (NL)

BBN (NL)

StucCenter (NL)

DeBoo (NL)

Van Neerbos (NL)

BMN (NL)

KMC (NL)

NVB Ubbens (NL)

Bakker Nijboer (NL)

Bouwmaat (NL)

Creyns , Heamatop

Halschoor , Costermans, Van den Broeck

BM France

Raboni

Buscaglia

BM France

Doras , Samse Holding

BM Switzerland

Gétaz Romang (CH – F)

Miauton (CH – F)

BauBedarf (CH – G)

Richner (CH – G)

Reco (CH – IT)

Regusci (CH – IT)

BM Austria

Quester

BM Germany

Bauking

Hagebau (franchise)

SHAP & SBM

Andreas Paulsen (DE)

D.F. Liedelt (DE)

Paulsen & Eckhardt (DE)

SAX (BE)

Schrauwen (BE)

Lambrechts (BE)

Royal Roofing (NL)

DIY

Gamma (NL /BE – franchise)

Karwei (NL – franchise)

MaxMat (PORT – JV)

2010 HSE new position !

Bronze statue – once/year – changing trophy

How to change the game for the good of the business ?

Making it alone? Push or pull ? What are we paid for ? Where is safety created where prepared ?

How does safety support the business ? Commercial impact – customer support – peer

to peer recognition…

Dynamic in the team is max. - BBS – safety is an interest, not a task

We have an excellent safety culture, although it is centrally managed

We don’t want accidents any more and we will be strong in controlling them

We have so many priorities that safety is not in the upper league

Accidents

Key elements:

- positive, dynamic

- celebrate successes

- open communication

- looking for opportunities

Key: • sad, serious,

• loss and costs…

• what we don’t want and

don’t like to talk about

Key : • Reward, stimulating

• in line with merchant culture

• what we want to see on our

locations

OSC

Outstanding Safety Culture

Came about in 2012 after 2 years of

using these workshops

Safety Cultural Ladder

Key questions !

Outstanding Safety Culture

Outstanding Safety Cultures

https://sm.britsafe.org/building-outstanding-safety-culture-

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