FAQ

How long has CIMS been in Business?
What trades is CIMS signatory to?
What size project does CIMS normally handle?
What separates CIMS from the rest of the competition?
What is the supervisor to trades men ratio?
What is the foundation of the safety program?
What is CIMS frequency rate?
Can CIMS Integrate with an owner’s work force?
Does CIMS provide tools?
What documentation does CIMS provide?
Does CIMS believe that cost and leadership on the floor make or break the project?
Are “Tool box meetings”, signing in and out and documenting injury free status of employees part of your safety procedures?
Does CIMS believe that safety and attitude on the floor is very important?

How long has CIMS been in Business?

CIMS was incorporated on January 30, 1991.

What trades is CIMS signatory to?

  • Boilermakers
  • Bricklayers
  • Heat & Frost Insulators
  • Ironworkers
  • Labourers
  • Millwrights
  • Pipefitters
  • Sheetmetal Mechanics


What size project does CIMS normally handle?

  • CIMS handles:
  • Emergency Shut Downs ( 24hr.,7 day Emergency Line)
  • Planned Maintenance Shut Downs
  • Capital Projects
  • Project costs range from $30,000 to $30 million.


What separates CIMS from the rest of the competition?

  • CIMS is an experienced contractor that is large enough to take on and effectively manage large multi million dollar projects but the company is small enough that we still maintain close contact with each job to ensure our high standards in terms of safety, quality of work and efficiency are not compromised. Our strength is our supervisory staff and our field management systems both of which have been developed through many years of experience. Our safety and quality control systems are at the heart of our company.

What is the supervisor to trades men ratio?

Our supervisor to tradesmen ratio varies with the work being performed but is normally 1:10.

What is the foundation of the safety program?

  • CIMS OH&S Management System is based on the criteria as set out in CSA standard Z-1000-2006.
  • CIMS uses the “Plan, Do, Check & Act” process to manage health and safety on the work-site.

Plan:

  • Establish a Safe Work Plan based on the information from:
  • Scope documents
  • Schedules and bar charts
  • Hazards/Risk Assessments
  • Discussions with client representative
  • Applicable OH&S legislation
  • Identify the tasks associated with each phase of the project
  • Identify the hazards and risks associated with each task
  • Perform additional Hazard/Risk Assessments where required
  • Identify the control measures required to control the risks
  • Identify the person(s) responsible for implementing the control measures
  • Identify the timing of each control measure

Do:

  • Communicate the safe work plan with all employees
  • Set the expectations of all levels of the work force
  • Review the safe work plan with the client
  • Implement the safe work plan
  • Hold daily meetings with all employees (Toolbox meeting)

Check:

  • Monitor the elements of the Safe Work Plan
  • Perform daily inspections/audits
  • Perform formal investigations of all:
  • Near misses
  • Incidents and accidents
  • Deviances from the safe work plan

Act:

  • Accept and respond to input from employees
  • Accept and respond to input from client
  • Analyze and respond to information from inspections
  • Investigations, and other “Check” monitoring systems
Sub-Contractors:
  • Follow internal controlled documents
  • Complete pre-qualification forms
  • Follow safe work plan or submit own safe work plan for review and acceptance.


What is CIMS frequency rate?

  • CIMS combined lost time frequency rate for 2010 is .37 and total recordable frequency is 1.12

At the Chevron’s Burnaby B.C. site where we maintain a full time maintenance crew we had a lost time frequency rate of zero for 2008 with 113,128 man-hours worked.

Can CIMS Integrate with an owner’s work force?

CIMS works both as an independent contractor and as an integral part of an existing work force. At Chevron’s Burnaby B.C. refinery CIMS has worked on a full time bases for over 18 years. We operate there on a full time basis and work as part of the Chevron maintenance team. Reference can be supplied.

Does CIMS provide tools?

  • CIMS has a number of tool trailers and we would normally supply a fully equipped tool trailer for each project. Emergency tool boxes are often left on the owners site or in the nearest town.

What documentation does CIMS provide?

  • CIMS uses an extensive QA/QC system that documents work performed and future work required. As part of your maintenance team we would expect to provide all the documentation required to monitor all work performed and outline up coming work so everyone can plan future budgets and maintenance work accordingly.

Does CIMS believe that cost and leadership on the floor make or break the project?

  • CIMS strength lies in our field supervision and our attention to detail at the floor level. We totally agree with this statement and would not work in any other way.

Are “Tool box meetings”, signing in and out and documenting injury free status of employees part of your safety procedures?

  • CIMS is in agreement and “Tool box” meetings are a key part of our safety system. We have used all the control features listed above and will continue to do so.

Does CIMS believe that safety and attitude on the floor is very important?

  • CIMS is in complete agreement with this statement and our safety and supervision systems are built on that premises.