Values

Our Shared Values

Our company was founded in 1965 by Thomas P. Harkins. These texts represent a written commitment to the values instilled in us by him.

INTEGRITY & ETHICS
  • We treat people fairly.
  • We are honest in all communications.
  • We negotiate a fair deal for all involved; we seek win-win outcomes.
  • We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards.
  • We do what we say we will do.
  • We do the best job we know how, and we believe in the Harkins best construction practices.

REPUTATION
  • We promote the company’s reputation within our industry and community, and with our customers and employees.
  • We conduct ourselves in a manner to make our founder, our chairman, and ourselves proud.

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
  • We attract the most talented employees, and we promote from within.
  • We teach all employees Harkins’ policies and procedures.
  • We take the time to mentor, train, and support our employees so they can become the best they can be.
  • We set clear expectations for job goals, quality, and performance at every level of the organization, and we hold ourselves accountable for them.
  • We encourage, recognize, and reward excellence.
  • We strive constantly to improve our employees’ personal welfare and well being.

PROFIT
  • We optimize our profit potential.
  • We minimize our corporate overhead.
  • We stay within budget on general conditions.
  • We manage our resources carefully.

QUALITY
  • We set high standards for quality, plan those standards into jobs, and hold ourselves accountable, striving always to exceed even our own expectations.
  • We do it right the first time.
  • We hold Quality Assurance meetings monthly and examine our jobsites regularly to maintain the highest quality, safety, and cleanliness standards.

HARD WORK
  • We recognize that we have to work hard in our business, but we also work intelligently to create a balance between our professional and personal lives.
  • We set high standards for productivity and we measure ourselves against them.

TRUST
  • We behave in a way that earns others’ trust and never jeopardizes it.
  • We place our trust in others and verify that over time.
  • We create an environment that encourages customers to tell us what they think; we seek to understand before seeking to be understood.

SERVICE
  • We respond to our clients’ needs quickly and efficiently.
  • We make our clients’ and subcontractors’ concerns our own.
  • We provide outstanding preconstruction services.
  • We consider it our responsibility to provide a high level of service to others, including our clients, coworkers, and our community at large.
  • We provide our employees with a high level of benefits, human resource services, growth, and education and training opportunities.

RELATIONSHIPS
  • We treat others the way we would like to be treated.
  • We practice honorable conduct that encourages goodwill, professionalism, and helpfulness.
  • We cooperate and work with everyone to achieve the end result all desire.
  • We listen to clients and communicate accurately, clearly, and knowledgeably.
  • We seek win-win solutions to all issues.
  • We encourage positive inter-departmental relations and respect.

SOCIETY & COMMUNITY
  • We promote community service and charitable giving.
  • We share with the community, both as a company and through employees as individuals.
  • We encourage each employee to commit to worthwhile community and professional organizations.


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