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Other awards were given for various division and occupational categories, including Building Division, Heavy, Specialty Contractor, Municipal Division and Highway Division, and organized by number of work hours, to recognize the companies who have developed and implemented excellent safety and loss prevention programs achieved through management commitment, employee involvement, and program innovation at the AGC’s 89th Annual Convention in Las Vegas on March 12.
“Safety on the construction site is of utmost importance to AGC and our members,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, chief executive officer of AGC. “These awards recognize companies that have built a commitment to safety, occupational health management and risk control.”
Program judges included a panel of safety experts, including Richard Wright, chief, safety and occupational health, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Steven Witt, director, directorate of construction, OSHA; Sherwood Kelly, senior vice president and director of safety management, Willis; Mark Elfrink, manager of construction safety and security, Anheuser Busch; and Pat Conroy, program director, Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists. Finalists gave a five minute presentation on the company’s safety program, and then participated in a 10 minute question–and–answer session with judges.
A full list of categories and winners is available online at www.agc.org.