Built Right: Quality Utility Construction
With utility construction often involving live powerlines, schedules built around planned brief outages, and mistakes that can impact entire communities, quality is paramount.
Poettker Industrial maintains a rigorous quality program with ongoing training and continuous improvement to ensure work is executed to project specifications and exceeds client expectations.
Our Quality Program combines Quality Control tasks with systematic Quality Assurance processes in a structured, five-step approach applied throughout our company and the project lifecycle.
Process Management
Developing and implementing standardized procedures and workflows help ensure consistency and quality across all Poettker Industrial projects. Regularly reviewing and updating these processes enables teams to incorporate best practices and lessons learned for continuous improvement.
Documentation
Maintaining detailed records of inspections, tests, corrective actions, and all quality-related processes and procedures keeps Poettker Industrial teams informed and consistently approaching every project with the same quality best practices.
Inspections and Testing
Regular inspections of materials, equipment, and workmanship ensure all components meet project specifications, and testing of materials and structures verify compliance with established quality standards.
Compliance
Poettker Industrial ensures its employees, subcontractors, and suppliers adhere to all quality requirements, relevant codes, regulations, and industry-recognized standards to ensure accurate, consistent execution. Ongoing training and professional development opportunities provide teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to fulfill their duties to the company’s high quality standards.
Continuous Improvement
Poettker Industrial isn’t satisfied with the status quo. We are always working to improve our performance. We prevent recurrence through root cause analysis and targeted process refinements. This approach supports a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback, applying lessons learned, and conducting regular training for our employees.
Quality Is at Our Core
“Quality is at the core of everything Poettker Industrial does, so work is done the right way, the first time, for the right reason. We take the time to assess our work and perform continuous improvement activities. We solve problems and share those lessons companywide for even stronger outcomes the next time.”
— Jay Timmermann, Corporate Quality Director