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Quadric Systems - over 40 years in the making

Systems

Our custom build integrated business management system is at the heart of our day to day operations.

It allows us to remove overlaps in legislative and voluntary requirements, and streamline our paperwork, while giving us a much clearer view of our performance. The decisions that are made in the company are based on not on mere minimum requirements, but in a more holistic fashion, by taking into account ethics, morals, and ideas, that may not yet be legally binding, but meet certain evidentiary, precautionary, or risk management status


Quality

By collaborating with all parties involved, Quadric encourages open communication and smooth processes to meet all expectations. To fulfil customer and applicable regulatory requirements throughout building services and fitouts, we regularly obtain client feedback and improve our management processes. Training, support, supervision and information are readily available to all employees, contractors and customers to ensure quality and safety objectives are standardised to a high level. From the intricately carved balustrades of a staircase to the polished finish on the boardroom table, excellence in quality for all projects is assured.

Credentials
Quality Management System – Certified to ISO9001


Sustainability
and
Environment

Quadric’s continual innovation in sustainabilty is evident through our ongoing dedication to partnering with like-minded companies to provide our customers with the benefits of the latest R&D on environmentally responsible options. With budget and construction limitations in mind, we offer materials with health and environmental merit including low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) paints and low formaldehyde medium density fibreboard (MDF) made from plantation timber. These environmental solutions incur no additional costs to clients due to increased efficiencies of materials and labour as well as increased economy over the product’s lifecycle. Our third party accreditation testifies to our formalised system of environmental control for all of our processes and operations. Continual dedication for a greener, safer and healthier future is apparent in our achievement of at least 65% of all waste produced company wide is diverted from land-fill. using recycling or conversion of 65% of general waste to green energy. Carbon offsets are also employed for all 32 work vehicles.

Credentials
Environmental Management – Certified to ISO14001


HSEQ

All Quadric personnel undergo intensive safety training and inductions which can be evidenced in over 40 years of impeccable health and safety records across all building services. We promote an ethos of care and responsibility for the health and safety of ourselves and all others in the workplace. Committed to providing and maintaining a safe and risk free environment, our third party accredited AS45001Safety Management System is our framework for setting policies, objectives, procedures, inspections, measurements, audits and reviews.

Credentials
Environmental Management -Certified to AS45001


Compliance with
Procurement,
Tendering and
Policy

Quadric complies with all Procurement and Tendering Policy. For the past 5 years Quadric has remained as an allocated provider on the official Standard of Offer for the Department of Education. Furthermore, we are and have been an active member of the government PQC system for the last 20 years. Quadric is rated as a PQC level 3 with a maximum revenue for government of over $20M. Please find attached certificate and recent review. Quadric complies with the Queensland Government Ethical Supplier Mandate 2021, and strives for continuous improvement in supporting ethical, socially and environmentally responsible procedures.


Procore

Quadric uses the Procore Construction Management Platform. This offers our clients a transparent way of viewing the project in real time and contributing actively to the end result. We connect our teams from field to the office, allowing us to optimise our resources and manage the project more efficiently. We offer our clients and stakeholders visibility of the project every step of the way.


Training

Volume of training exceeds federally recognized benchmark by 5. Our staff undergo a level of training and development which far exceed statutory and even best practice standards*, with at least 5% of our payroll spent on formal training both internally and externally. Quadric as builder, even today, remains firmly rooted in past. We use first principals to plan, construct, and complete a project that works. We are down-to-earth collaborators that aim for the common goal of a successful project. Regarding QLD government and their TPAS system, Quadric always meets or exceeds the registered training hours and are considered by CSQ as the lowest risk contractor category within this system.

*Australian Government voluntary benchmark for training of workers is Benchmark A – 1%, and Benchmark B – 2%. Commonwealth Migration Regulation 1994 – Sub Regulation 2.59(d) & 2.68(e) Specification of Training Benchmarks.


Industrial
Relations

We promote an ‘open-door’ policy with staff at all levels. We are committed to consultation and cooperation with management, supervisors, employees, committees, subcontractors, suppliers, and their representatives. We acknowledge our staff not as a company resource, but as the heart and goodwill of the operation. Active consultation and reporting on company direction is core to ensure we maintain a shared vision. We are an Australian Government National Code of Practice for the Construction Industry compliant contractor, and as such respect the rights of our workers to join or not join a union, in accordance with freedom of associate provisions.

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