ABC ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR NATIONAL SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS (03/19/2008)
Proest ABC’s National Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) Committee March 19 announced the finalists for the 2007 ABC National Safety Excellence Awards, given each year to ABC member companies who exhibit a consistent, high-level dedication to safety training and incident prevention throughout the company.   

More than 110 ABC member companies submitted applications for the awards, which are organized according to the three North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for construction and broken down into seven different man-hour categories. The EH&S Committee selected 34 finalists based on their application data, safety training programs and Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) Platinum applications from 2006 or 2007.  

The finalists for the 2007 ABC National Safety Excellence Awards are:  

NAICS 236 (Construction of Buildings)

Leonard Contracting, Inc. (San Antonio, TX), Delran Builders Co. (Wyndmoor, PA), R.W. Murray Co. (Manassas, VA), Hunt Construction Group (Orlando, FL), Niking Corp. (Pearl City, HI), Wadman Corp. (Ogden, UT), The Saxon Group, Inc. (Sugar Hill, GA), Rockford Construction Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), Morgan-Keller, Inc. (Frederick, MD), Zachry Construction Corp. (Victoria, TX), Caddell Construction Co. (Montgomery, AL), W.G. Yates & Sons (Biloxi, MS), The Mundy Companies (Houston, TX).  

NAICS 237 (Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction)

G.R. Birdwell (Houston, TX), C.O. Falter Construction (Syracuse, NY), Weekley Asphalt Paving (Pembroke Pines, FL), Triple “S” Industrial Corp. (Lumberton, TX), Austin Industrial (Houston, TX), Performance Contractors (Clute, TX)  

NAICS 238 (Specialty Trade Contractors)

Project Skills, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH), Tucknott Electric Co. (Pleasanton, CA), Interstate Electrical Contractors, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, CO), Big D Metalworks (Dallas, TX), G.E. Insulation (Sanford, MI), The Brevard Company (Brazoria, TX), Vector Electric & Controls, Inc. (Gonzales, LA), Remedial Construction Services, Inc. (Houston, TX), Interstates Companies (Sioux Center, IA), Corbins Service Electric (Phoenix, AZ), Miken Specialties, Ltd. (Clute, TX), Davis Electrical Constructors, Inc. (Baton Rouge, LA), Triad Electric & Controls, Inc. (Baton Rouge, LA), REPCON, Inc. (Corpus Christi, TX), Industrial Specialty Contractors, LLC (League City, TX).  

The National Safety Excellence and National Safety Merit Award winners will be announced during the annual Excellence in Construction Awards ceremony, June 18 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.   

For information, contact Chris Williams at ABC, cwilliams@abc.org.

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