VALUES
OSHA
KPIs
Construction Terminology
Grab Bag
100

This Summit value reminds us that protecting our people, solving problems, and taking care of our clients should guide every job we do.


What is Safety. Service. Solutions?

100

This piece of PPE is required to protect your head from falling objects and other jobsite hazards.


What is a hard hat?

100

At 40%, this KPI carries the largest weight in Summit’s 2026 performance scorecard.


What is Gross Margin?

100

: This person is typically responsible for managing day-to-day activities and coordination on the jobsite.


What is a Superintendent?

100

This person is typically responsible for managing day-to-day activities and coordination on the jobsite.


What is a Superintendent?

200

When a client, coworker, or project needs attention, this value reminds us not to wait until tomorrow if we can act today.


What is Urgency in Every Action?

200

OSHA generally requires fall protection in construction when employees are working this many feet or more above a lower level.


What is 6 feet?

200

Summit must reach at least this amount in total revenue to achieve an “Exceptional” rating of 3.

What is $125 million?

200

This document is submitted when clarification is needed about the plans, specifications, or design intent.


What is an RFI, or Request for Information?

200

This document details the materials, products, and equipment a subcontractor intends to use and is typically reviewed before installation.


What is a submittal?

300

Watching project costs, protecting margins, avoiding unnecessary expenses, and treating company resources like your own all demonstrate this value.


What is Manages Finances Responsibly?

300

These protective devices are placed over exposed reinforcing steel to help prevent impalement injuries.

What are rebar caps?

300

To earn a “Great” rating of 2 for Job on Time, Summit must finish within this percentage range.

What is 87.5% to 92.4%?

300

This term describes work that must be completed before another activity can begin.


What is a predecessor activity?

300

Opened in 1937, this iconic suspension bridge connects San Francisco to Marin County.


What is the Golden Gate Bridge?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

Asking for feedback, learning from mistakes, developing new skills, and continuously looking for ways to improve are examples of this Summit value.

400

This OSHA principle gives employees the right to receive information and training about hazardous chemicals they may encounter at work.

What is Hazard Communication?

400

For construction staff with more than six months of tenure, this percentage must have OSHA 30 certification for Summit to earn an “Exceptional” rating.


What is 100%?

400

This document details the materials, products, and equipment a subcontractor intends to use and is typically reviewed before installation.

What is a submittal?

400

Completed in 1931, this New York skyscraper was built in just over a year and became the tallest building in the world at the time.


What is the Empire State Building?

500

A team member discovers an error that no one else has noticed and immediately brings it forward, even though doing so may create more work. Which value are they demonstrating?

What is Integrity Above All?

500

OSHA identifies falls, struck-by incidents, electrocutions, and caught-in/between incidents by this well-known collective name.

What are the Focus Four hazards?

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Together, these two KPIs make up 70% of Summit’s entire 2026 performance scorecard.

500

In scheduling, this sequence of activities determines the shortest possible project duration, and a delay to one of these activities can delay the entire project.


What is the critical path?

500

Completed in 1927, this tunnel under the Hudson River connected New York City and New Jersey and was one of the first major mechanically ventilated vehicular tunnels in the world.

What is the Holland Tunnel?