Our Beliefs
Meeting the needs of our clients with commitment, integrity, quality, and leadership is at the center of our beliefs at S.W.COLE.
Our founder Steve Cole established a culture from the beginning that emphasized hard work, responsiveness to clients, ethics and practical solutions. Those values continue to serve us today.
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Mission Statement
Our team provides construction testing and inspection, geotechnical engineering and subsurface exploration services to designers, constructors and owners. We assemble teams of professionals that leverage their experience and expertise to help clients identify and manage their risks and bring cost-effective solutions to project teams that allow them to complete their projects successfully.
Our Vision
To be regarded by our employees and clients as the best team of Geotechnical, Construction Testing and Inspection and Subsurface Exploration Professionals in the Northeast by providing quality, responsive, practical solutions for our clients, while supporting our employees with the resources to succeed personally and professionally.
Our Core Values
Commitment
We are committed to our profession, to our clients and each other.
Integrity
We aim to be honest and straightforward in everything we do.
Leadership
We strive to lead by example, both on the job and off, and we take pride in the leadership positions we hold in community and professional organizations.
Quality
We strive to provide quality to our clients; a timely, reliable product and thoughtful, dependable client service.
A Team Environment
The culture here at S.W.COLE is guided by our core values of commitment, integrity, leadership, and quality. We are also focused on fostering a team culture, one in which each employee’s accomplishments and contributions are valued by coworkers and the firm’s leadership, one in which each employee feels empowered to contribute to the firm’s success, one in which coworkers help each other when necessary, one in which team members can provide honest feedback to each other.
You might compare the S.W.COLE team to a sports team. “Everyone on our team plays a vital part,” explains President Bob Chaput. Just as all the people on a soccer team, basketball team or hockey team must work together to win a game, “all of the parts of the S.W.COLE team must work together for the success of our team and clients.”
Giving Back
S. W. Cole is proud to support industry and community organizations in the areas where we work. Our team members hold leadership positions in many industry associations. We also participate in events and programs to inspire youth to consider working in this industry. Team members can be found on local college campuses demonstrating drilling techniques to engineering students and participating in career days at local schools.
Every year during the holiday season, S. W. Cole donates to non-profits important to our local communities, such as food pantries, children’s hospitals, and cancer care services. Our team members at each office location choose the organizations to donate to, so that we have input from people who truly know the local area.