Celebrating the Career of Anant Prasad

After a remarkable and distinguished career, Anant Prasad has made the decision to retire as Terracon’s full time Vice President HR and HS&E effective July 1st, 2015.

Lee Nichols, President of Terracon, says, “Anant has been an integral part of Terracon’s leadership team these last 16 years, and instrumental in creating the safety culture that we have today. Anant has always been a man of wisdom, integrity, professionalism and dedication and has inspired many of our employees to recognize that these values are key elements to a long and rewarding career.”

We would like to thank Anant for his efforts at Terracon, and for his significant contributions to Terracon’s safety culture of which we are all so proud. We wish him well in his retirement years.

Repeat Honours at Syncrude Safety Awards

Terracon is both proud and honoured to announce that it has been awarded Syncrude Canada’s 2014 “President’s Award for Contractor Safety Performance”. Terracon is especially proud to recognize this as their 6th win in the category and 2ndin as many years.

“This award demonstrates that our clients value safety and strive to put it at the forefront of their culture and strategic plan. This award is only possible with the impressive dedication that it shown by all our employees while aligning their values with Terracon’s core value of safety. By winning this award in back to back years and multiple times in the last decade it reiterates our passion and dedication to safety. We look forward to continuing to provide Syncrude and all our clients with exceptional quality service coupled with the highest standard and priority for safety.” ~ Lee Nichols, PEng, PGeo. President

The award presentation was made at a recent reception at Keyano College in Fort McMurray and was received by the Terracon team of Ernest Arsenault (Site Manager, Syncrude Projects), Erin Fleming (General Manager, Fort McMurray), Ian McNeil (Site Manager, Syncrude Long Term Projects) and Lee Nichols (President).

Setting the Standard of Safety

Terracon is proud to announce that June 25th marked our 1,000th day LTI Free! It is through each and every employee’s strong dedication to the safety of themselves and others that have allowed us to reach this milestone.

In addition, Terracon recently underwent two Canadian Nuclear Safety Council inspection audits and recorded zero deficiencies on both. “Our industry leading HSE culture continues to be a driving factor behind our success and it would not be possible without our Quality Management System, and support from all our employees. Both those on the front line, in the field and those in the support roles within the office have aided Terracon in reaching these achievements.” ~ Lee Nichols, PEng, PGeo. President.