Corporate Information
DCC is a Crown corporation, accountable to the Canadian Federal Government through the Minister of Public Works and Government Services. Created in 1951, we have one
client - the Department of National Defence (DND). Our accumulated experience gives us an unparalleled "corporate memory" of DND infrastructure needs, and over the years, we've made working with DND easier and easier. Over time, we've grown beyond construction to provide a host of other value-added services, including project, environmental services and operational support services. As such, we updated that relationship with DND through a new memorandum of understanding in 2001.
Board of Directors
As a Crown corporation, we have a board of directors, which has been appointed by the Governor-in-Council on the Minister's recommendation. This board includes people from both the private and public sectors, who bring to the board their experience in engineering, construction, law and public policy.
Meeting Obligations to Canadians
Canadians have set a high bar for what they expect from their public institutions. DCC has responded to policy priorities that Canadians have set through their members of Parliament.
Here are some of the ways we contribute to federal policy objectives.
- We exercise fiscal responsibility in awarding and managing publicly funded contracts.
- We encourage employment equity and a work environment that supports the human rights of our people and their right to function in either official language.
- We support privacy and access to information rules.
- We provide broad access to federal business opportunities.
- We encourage competition for tenders.
- We support and encourage business opportunities with Aboriginal enterprises.
- We incorporate the requirements of national and international trade agreements into our procurement practises.
Meeting Environmental Objectives
Just as DND has made sustainable development a priority, so have we.
DCC is committed to the principles of sound environmental stewardship,
including those related to sustainable development and to the practice
of due diligence. Our Environmental Management Framework outlines our corporate strategic direction
and long-term objectives when it comes to addressing the environmental
aspects our activities.
Corporate
Social Responsibility
As
a federal Crown corporation, DCC strives to demonstrate the
importance of ethics and accountability while maintaining the
confidence of its stakeholders throughout all of its business
operations. DCC
is committed to the following tenets:
Diversity
of Workforce
DCC
acknowledges that its chief asset is people and that corporate
successes are built on employee abilities and commitment. One
of DCC’s strengths is its dedicated workforce of
professionals. The team consists of a mix of engineers,
engineering technicians and technologists, environmental
scientists and experienced tradespeople. Other specialists in
finance, human resources, information technology,
communications and administration support these employees. DCC
is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity.
Encouraging
Competition
DCC
plays an important role in the implementation of government
policy in areas relating directly to the Government of
Canada’s contracting requirements. For example, in its
business operations, DCC provides broad access to business
opportunities and encourages competition. This is demonstrated
by the Corporation’s use of MERX, Canada’s official public
sector electronic tendering service. With a target of having
99% of all contracts being publicly tendered, as opposed to
being sole sourced, DCC contributes to a level playing field
for Canadian businesses. Knowing that protecting the interests
of Canadians remains paramount, DCC demonstrate fiscal
responsibility in the award and management of publicly funded
contracts.
Environmental
and Safety Responsibilities
The
DCC Board of Directors and management group are committed to
the principles of sound environmental stewardship, to the
practice of due diligence and, as a public institution, to
meeting the expectations of Canadians.
DCC’s
Environmental Management Framework outlines the strategic
direction and long-term objectives of the environmental
aspects of DCC’s activities. DCC has integrated
environmental procedures into day-to-day operational and
administrative processes.
Maintaining
a Safe Work Environment
The
management of employee occupational health and safety remains
a concern of the Board, Senior Management and the
Environmental, Safety and Health Committee. DCC continues to
invest in safety-related communications and training
activities.
Employees
have developed an increasing awareness of health and safety
issues and the Committee and the National Safety Coordinator
remain highly committed to maintaining DCC’s excellent
record as a safe workplace.
Official
Languages
DCC
Supports federal policy objectives in regard to the Official
Languages Act and strives to offer bilingual services in
all office locations where required, and receives few
complaints under the Official Languages Act. When
received, they are resolved quickly.
Transparency
Transparency
of operations is integral to DCC’s business strategy, and
the Corporation complies with the letter and the spirit of
both the Access to Information Act and the Privacy
Act.
DCC’s
Board of Directors submits yearly reports for the fiscal year
end. The submission is made in order to fulfill the Board’s
responsibilities respecting governance of the Corporation and
in accordance with Part X of the Financial Administration
Act.
Values
and Ethics
In
2003-04, DCC drafted a Code of Business Conduct to reaffirm
the ethics, values and standard conduct for employees of the
Corporation. Ultimately, DCC is an organization that is
responsible to the people of Canada. Because employees award
and manage contracts involving hundreds of millions of
dollars, management has intentionally set the bar for ethical
standards very high. By complying with appropriate standards
of conduct in business activities, employees reinforce the
Corporation’s reputation, image and success. Adherence to
the code, which applies to all continuing and term employees
of the Corporation, is a condition of employment. The new code
will require that employees sign a document certifying that
they have read and understand the code and that they are
obliged to review the code once a year.
Employment
Equity
DCC
provides a working environment that promotes respect and
regard for the rights and dignity of all employees, including
fair and equitable treatment in compensation.
All
positions within DCC are established through an assessment of
the value of each position in comparison with all jobs
performed within the company. This assessment is based on a
composite of skill, effort, responsibility and the conditions
under which each position must be performed. The value of the
position remains constant unless the nature of the job itself
changes. The assessment is unrelated to the qualifications,
personal attributes or gender of the incumbent.
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