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utility relocations, storm drainage, and utilities, including a 42” water transmission main. This is a three-year project valued in the $ 90 million range.
“ Simultaneously, our Indiana branch is working on a project for Indiana-American Water and involves replacing approximately 1400 lead-pipe water services,” he continues.“ This includes replacing the water service from the water main all the way into the houses. Many of these are installed by directional drill up to or near the house to avoid obstacles and improvements in the homeowner’ s yards. This is a two-year project valued at about $ 10 million.”
The Woodruff Way
Central to Woodruff & Sons’ long-term success is its unwavering commitment to people development. The company recognizes that delivering consistent quality and upholding its standards across every project begins with comprehensive training, strong leadership, and a culture where knowledge is actively shared and refined in the field.
“ Most of our training is done in-house. We have found that this gives us the most consistent results, and we call it the‘ Woodruff Way’,” Don says.“ We are very proud of our annual Safety Day. While we have regular safety training throughout the year, we also shut down all our projects for one day each year to bring all the employees into one location for a full day of training. We do use some outside specialty instructors on this day, but also have many sessions taught by our supervisors. On this day, we have multiple stations set up and the employees are split into groups that rotate through each station during the day. At many of these stations they get hands-on training
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