You have just been hired as the director of EHS for ABC Construction Company, a large construction firm of 250 employees. The company activities include architecture/design, site preparation/excavation, and all phases of construction. You have been asked to provide an overview of some key concepts important to the successful implementation of a safety management system (SMS). You will neither propose a specific SMS standard, provide a schedule or list of implementation activites, nor discuss the planning of the SMS. This presentation's purpose is to convince management to adopt the SMS