Irby Construction Company hosted its annual Superintendents’ Meeting on August 12-13 in Biloxi, MS, where more than 120 leaders from across the organization attended.

“From battery energy storage to critical transmission line river crossings, substations, and more, it is an exciting time to work at Irby and in our industry,” said Jason Clayton, President of Irby Construction. “Bringing our superintendents, foremen, supervisors, and other leaders together in one location to provide updates and share information is crucial to our continued growth and success.”

The theme for the meeting was “Leading Change. Reaching New Heights.” Topics included safety, recruiting, fleet and equipment, operations support, panel discussions on field operations, project management, corporate services, and business development. The keynote speaker was Chad Hymas, a world-class wheelchair athlete, best-selling author, and, as noted by the Wall Street Journal, one of the 10 Most Inspirational People in the World.

Working with Irby’s parent company, Quanta Services, Hymas helped develop the Capacity Model, which drives the company’s safety culture. The Capacity Model provides guidelines and critical focus areas deeply-rooted in and driven from the highest levels of Irby to the crews on the job to ensure the safety of employees, subcontractors, and the community.

“Our culture and success are built on safety, forward-thinking, innovation, a sense of adventure, a cooperative spirit, a desire to perform, and a lot of hard work,” said Rick Shouse, Irby Executive Vice President. “Our leaders in the field continue these qualities at every job site generation after generation. That’s what keeps Irby strong and prosperous.”

Better, more sustainable energy for our community and the world is always a great topic for Irby Construction to listen in on and be a part of.

That is exactly what Andre Foster, Irby’s VP of Business Development & Major Projects, did recently when he attended a panel discussion on The Future of Energy hosted by Jackson State University’s Department of Urban & Regional Planning in the College of Science, Engineering & Technology.

The night before the panel discussion, Irby sponsored a dinner for more than 20 guests and members of the panel which included key leaders from Corporate Environmental Risk Management (CERM), Covanta, Entergy and Mississippi Power.

Irby is proud to participate in Energy events like these within the community, and you can learn more about the panel discussion here.

Mississippi Blood Services was on location recently at Irby’s corporate headquarters in Richland where 25 employees donated blood.

“We registered 25 and drew 27 units,” said Dana Brohaugh, marketing representative with Mississippi BloodServices. “Because of Irby’s generous employees, Mississippi Blood Services will be able to help over 80 Mississippi patients receive the life-saving gift of blood!”

Thank you Irby employees for your community and giving spirit!

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In this month’s issue of ADSC Magazine, Irby Construction partnered with Quanta sister company, Crux Subsurface, to tell the story of how we implemented a quality management program to build trust and win work with key clients. Together, we created real-time technology and clear accountability to change the game, and deliver on our promise of performance!

The article, titled Changing the Game with Effective Quality Management: How Process and Accountability Translate to Performance, chronicles the challenges overcome in phases of a 500kV line rebuild project with Florida Power & Light.

Click here to read the full article.