10 Pillars
The Workhorse Foundation
1. Loyalty
We are, above all else, loyal. We believe in loyalty to our customers because without them we serve no purpose. We are loyal to our teammates, because they are the ones in the trenches with us fighting for our mission to help others. We are loyal to ourselves and to these core values; because they shape us and define what we believe will make us successful.
2. Reliability
Dependable, reliable, call it what you will, we have made it a habit. We strive to be there through thick and thin, rain or shine, delivering on every promise every time. That’s why people around the corner and across all states count on Workhorse Construction.
3. Quality Workmanship
Quality workmanship doesn’t happen by chance; it starts with careful planning of every step of any given task. We achieve it by executing the plan with hard work, precision and paying attention to every little detail along the way. Workmanship comes from within; it’s striving to deliver outstanding results and taking pride in the quality of those results. That’s how we continue building many long-lasting relationships with our clients over the past 12 years.
4. Safety
Safety excellence is business excellence. In order for us to truly excel, safety needs to become a way of life and a way of business. Our key to success is the commitment to safety throughout all levels of business. Safety to us is not just a priority, that shifts depending on outside influences, but a core value reflected in each and every action we take. The age-old saying that “safety is everyone’s responsibility” becomes a reality when safety is a core value.
5. Teamwork
Together everyone achieves more. Anyone who has been part of a high performing team knows that team spirit is at the root of all great results ever achieved. To us teamwork is not only when everyone is doing the right thing to bring about results, but also helping those around us live up to their potential and make a contribution. Teamwork is when every action we bring is taking our team closer to the end goal; it’s doing the task at hand to the best of our abilities, knowing that your teammates are doing the same.
6. Initiative
We are self-driven and constantly push ourselves forward and do whatever it takes to succeed. We don’t sit and wait for someone to tell us the next step to take; when we see something that needs to be done … we do it. We anticipate the path and contribute accordingly without needing to be carried. We don’t need someone else to hold a carrot in front of us… we find our own carrots and hold them for ourselves knowing that any progress we make benefits all.
7. Trust
Something so valuable, you can’t buy nor hope to gain in one day. We build trust within our team and with our clients, by doing what we promise we are going to do – no matter the circumstances. We take pride in completing our work to the quality that is expected, and we hold each other accountable and take ownership for any shortfalls, because that is the only way to build and maintain trust. Trust doesn’t happen by chance, it happens by making the conscious decision to do the right thing consistently every day, and not just when we “feel like it”. “Because trust takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair”, we focus on building and maintaining it with everyone we come in contact with.
8. Innovation
We believe that in a fast-evolving world we live in today, innovation is the competitive advantage of any successful business. Innovation is what drives progress, and any small improvement we make today, will benefit us all tomorrow. Innovation happens when we put our minds together and come up with better ways of doing things to achieve more efficient and streamlined processes. By being innovative we can deliver services to our clients effectively, with superior quality, value and professionalism.
9. Expertise
Defined as having great skill or knowledge in a particular field, but how do we attain it? It’s our desire of always learning new skills and hone in on them, to stay ahead of ever rising industry standards and give our clients superior solutions. It’s our business’ commitment to providing theoretical and hands on training to pass on 10 years of experience to our newest team members. That is how we achieve expertise, build the future generation of expert work force, and have clients trust us with their projects.
10. Humility
We stay humble and practice humility when it comes to our own progress and accomplishments. We don’t take the credit for our individual successes but instead give credit to the people who make our individual successes possible. We always give credit to others for a job well done, and we accept full responsibility when things go poorly.