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TCA Announces Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards for Tilt-Up Industry
The Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards program was developed to enhance the TCA’s overall Achievement Awards program
Mt. Vernon, Iowa (October 18, 2007) -- The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – a non-profit international organization that serves to expand and improve the use of Tilt-Up as the preferred construction method – has announced the winners of the industry’s second annual safety awards.
This year’s awards were renamed the Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards to honor a past president, board member and strong supporter of the Tilt-Up industry. Engelman helped introduce this award competition and the TCA wanted to honor his contributions and dedication to improving the industry.
Presented at TCA’s Convention, held in College Park, Md. on Oct. 5, the Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards program was developed to enhance the TCA’s overall Achievement Awards program, providing a new component emphasizing safety.
“The main purpose for the Safety Awards is to recognize TCA contractor members for their continuing efforts to create safer Tilt-Up working environments for their employees,” said Ben Saltzman, TCA Member Communications Director.
TCA divided the awards program into three specific categories:
- Best Tilt-Up Safety Achievement Award: recognizes the firm with the lowest incident rate in 2006. Since there were several firms achieving a zero Incident rate, the award was given to the company with the highest number of annual work hours.
- Zero Lost time Accident Achievement Award: provided to all submitting companies who achieved an incident rate of zero for 2006.
- Certificate of Recognition: awarded to all companies whose incident rate fell below the national average for structure contractors, a number that was made available by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The winners of the 2007 TCA Safety Awards are:
Best Safety Achievement Award:
- Precision Concrete Construction, Inc.
Zero Lost Time Accident Achievement Award:
- The Barnhill Group
- Bob Moore Construction, Inc.
- Burchick Construction Company, Inc.
- Carl A. Nelson & Company
- Charter Concrete Services, Inc.
- Kelley Construction, Inc.
- Morgan-Keller, Inc.
- Newcomb Construction Company, Inc.
- Precision Concrete Construction, Inc.
- Sitecast Construction Corp.
- SSI Incorporated
- Vantage Construction Corporation
Certificate of Recognition:
- Ace Avant Concrete Construction
- American Constructors, LP
- ARCO/Murray Construction Companies
- The Barnhill Group
- Bob Moore Construction, Inc.
- Carl A. Nelson & Co.
- Centurion Construction Company
- Charter Concrete Services, Inc.
- Citadel Contractors, Inc.
- Concrete Strategies LLC
- Cornerstone Construction Services, Inc.
- dcb Construction
- The Haskell Company
- J.W. Lindsay Enterprises, Ltd.
- Kelley Construction, Inc
- The Korte Company
- Lithko Contracting, Inc.
- Miller-Valentine Construction, LLC
- Morgan-Keller, Inc.
- Newcomb Construction Company, Inc.
- Neyer Construction, Inc.
- Nielson Builders, Inc.
- Precision Concrete Construction, Inc.
- S.B. Ballard Construction Company
- Seretta Construction, Inc.
- Sitecast Construction Corp.
- SSI Incorporated
- Vantage Construction Corporation
- Woodland Construction Company
TCA was founded in 1986 to improve the quality and acceptance of site cast Tilt-Up construction, a construction method in which concrete wall panels are cast on-site and tilted into place. Tilt-Up construction is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, combining the advantages of reasonable cost with low maintenance, durability, speed of construction and minimal capital investment. For more information about the TCA, visit www.tilt-up.org.
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