Quality, Environment and Safety
INTEGRATED QUALITY, ENVIRONMENT AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
COBA's mission is to place engineering at the service of its Clients with a view to improving people's quality of life and the sustainable development of society.
Given its experience and the demanding nature of the activity of designers, particularly with regard to knowledge, technical capacity of execution, reliability and maintenance of quality standards, COBA has implemented a Quality Management System based on the NP EN ISO 9001 Standard, certified by APCER - Portuguese Association of Certification since December 2000, in the areas of "provision of consultancy services and preparation of studies and projects in the fields of engineering and environment, including prefeasibility studies, feasibility studies, base programs, preliminary studies, preliminary designs and final designs; works management and supervision, safety and health coordination and environmental control of all types of engineering and environmental works".
The implementation of a Quality System was always intended to guarantee, with the intervention of all the company's employees, not only efficient operation in the services provided, but also the full satisfaction of Customers, Employees, Partners, Suppliers, and other Interested Parties.
With regard to Works Management and Supervision, COBA has also held, since 1992, the General Quality Manager Status for Construction Projects (“Estatuto de Gestor Geral da Qualidade de Empreendimentos da Construção”), granted by the Quality Mark Commission of LNEC – National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, having obtained the highest classification in all existing categories (Hydraulic Works, Roads and Buildings and Monuments).
With the Certification of the Quality Management System and always aiming at the continuous improvement of the Organization, COBA subsequently implemented an Environmental Management System based on the NP EN ISO 14001 standard and a Safety and Health at Work Management System based on the OHSAS 18001 standard and, more recently, the NP EN ISO 45001 standard.
Therefore, COBA currently has in place an Integrated Quality, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety Management System, certified by APCER in 2022.
QUALITY POLICY
COBA - Consultores de Engenharia e Ambiente, S.A. has defined excellence of the services rendered to its clients as the main goal of all its activities.
To achieve this purpose, COBA's Board of Directors is committed to maintain and continuously improve its Quality Management System, establishing the following main objectives:
To achieve these objectives COBA relies, above all, on the competence, experience, loyalty and joint commitment of its employees, suppliers, and partners.
Rev. 05/Sep.2024
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
COBA is fully aware that its Employees are the reason and the origin of its success. No other company resource is as important as the human resources who, with their work, their dedication & intelligence, contribute to our culture and to our results.
Protection of people is therefore a core value of the company. It is, as such, important to provide a safe and healthy environment for everyone involved in company life: employees, service providers, suppliers, and clients. COBA is committed through this policy to:
To achieve these objectives COBA relies, above all, on the competence, experience, loyalty and joint commitment of its employees, suppliers, and partners.
Rev. 05/Jul.2022
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
COBA - Consultores de Engenharia e Ambiente, S.A. has defined excellence of the services provided to its clients as the main goal of all its activities, developing such services with the maximum respect for the Environment.
To achieve this purpose, COBA is committed to:
To achieve these objectives COBA relies, above all, on the competence, experience, loyalty and joint commitment of its employees, suppliers, and partners.
Rev. 05/Jul.2022