CORE Incentive Program Transforming Safety from Compliance → Engagement

What CORE Is

CORE is a behavior-driven safety incentive program designed to actively engage workers, crews, and contractors in building a safer jobsite—every day.

Unlike traditional safety programs that reward lagging indicators, CORE incentivizes:

  • Proactive behaviors
  • Hazard identification
  • Participation in safety culture

It turns safety into something workers do, not something they are told.

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The Core Value Proposition

Move from:

  • Compliance-driven safety
  • Passive reporting
  • Top-down enforcement

To:

  • Engagement-driven safety
  • Real-time participation
  • Bottom-up culture

CORE rewards the behaviors that prevent incidents before they happen.

How It Works

Workers Earn Points for Safety Actions

Examples:

  • Safety observations
  • Near-miss reporting
  • Toolbox participation
  • Positive safety behaviors

These are impact-weighted:

  • High-value actions (e.g., near-miss) earn more
  • Routine actions earn less

This structure ensures:

  • Balance between participation and impact

Built-In Controls

CORE is not just incentives—it’s engineered incentives:

  • Frequency caps prevent abuse
  • Supervisor validation ensures quality
  • Duplicate detection avoids inflation
  • Reporting is never blocked—only rewards are capped 

This makes the system:

  • Fair
  • Credible
  • Scalable

Flexible Reward Models

CORE supports multiple incentive strategies depending on the project:

1. Individual Incentives

  • Workers earn based on their own participation
  • Encourages personal accountability

2. Team-Based Incentives

  • Crews compete based on average performance
  • Encourages collaboration and peer pressure
  • Fixed budget model ensures cost control 

3. Hybrid Model

  • Individual early in the month
  • Team-based once budget thresholds are reached

Budget-Controlled by Design

CORE is one of the few programs that is:

Behaviorally powerful AND financially predictable

Key mechanisms:

  • Monthly budget caps
  • Per-worker earning limits
  • Structured point issuance
  • Controlled conversion to dollars 

Result: No runaway costs. No surprises.

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Rewards & Redemption Options

CORE supports two reward paths:

Option A — Direct Incentives

  • Individual/Team based point system
  • Fully configurable per client

Option B — Integrated Rewards (QIC Partnership)

Through integration with:

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  • Professional reward marketplace
  • Scalable fulfillment
  • Managed redemption experience

QIC handles:

  • Point-to-dollar conversion
  • Redemption logistics
  • Financial modeling based on behavior 

This removes operational burden from the client.

Why CORE Works

1. Behavior-Based, Not Outcome-Based

Traditional programs reward:

  • “No incidents”

CORE rewards:

  • Actions that prevent incidents

2. Anti-Gaming by Design

Most incentive programs fail here.

CORE includes:

  • Caps
  • Validation layers
  • Duplicate detection
  • Hierarchical weighting

Ensures data integrity and trust.

3. Scales Across Workforce Sizes

  • 100 workers or 1,500 workers
  • Multi-contractor environments
  • Long-duration projects (30–36 months typical)

4. Aligns All Stakeholders

  • Workers → earn rewards
  • Foremen → validate quality
  • GC → drives culture
  • Owners → control budget

5. Data-Driven Safety Culture

Every action feeds:

  • Engagement analytics
  • Participation trends
  • Safety insights

6. Example Impact

Typical outcomes CORE is designed to drive:

  • Increased safety observation reporting
  • Higher near-miss identification
  • Improved toolbox participation
  • Stronger team accountability
  • Measurable safety culture improvement