Des Moines, Iowa – When the Associated General Contractors of Iowa (AGC/I) announced the winners of the AGC/I Recognition of Safety Excellence Awards (ROSE), Cedar Valley Corp., LLC was named the recipient of the first place ROSE Award in the Portland Cement Paving Division for contractors in the 100,000 - 500,000 work hours category. Awarded to contractors who demonstrate a cultural commitment to safety and proudly sponsored by Ahrold Fay Rosenberg, Inc., this year's award winners were announced in January 2013 at the ROSE Awards luncheon during AGC's 91st Annual Convention in Des Moines, Iowa. Winners have innovative safety programs and have achieved zero work site fatalities and multi-catastrophic injuries. Top safety programs also have active employee participation, safety training, and work site hazard identification and control.
AGC of Iowa Safety & Health Committee Chair, Matt Graves, said “The very essence of these awards is an illustration of our business’ dedication to safety, and the companies we honor exemplify the very safest contractors in the construction industry and those who have successfully integrated safety into their businesses.”
In a narrative included with the Recognition of Safety Excellence (ROSE) Award application, the company’s Safety Director, Jeff Bowers, stated “Any safety program is only good to the extent its employees are working toward a common safety goal. Without their involvement, hazards will not be eliminated and unsafe acts identified and corrected.”
It has not gone unnoticed by the company’s management that this coveted ROSE is the company’s sixth consecutive annual award, four of them being first place. Enough said. The ROSE, however, means intrinsically even more to the company than the recognition of its peers from around the state. Its focus and training on preparing employees to recognize hazards on the jobsite is paying off – and everyone with stakes in the game comes away the fresh-smelling winner. Employees know it, too.
First place ROSE Award winners include:
Cessford Construction Co., Burlington, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours
L.L. Pelling Co., Inc., North Liberty, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
100,000 – 500,000 Work Hours
Manatt’s, Inc., Brooklyn, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
Over 1 Million Work Hours
JB Holland Construction, Inc., Decorah, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities Division
100,000 - 500,000 Work Hours
Peterson Contractors, Inc., Reinbeck, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities Division
500,001- 1 Million Work Hours
JDM Contracting, West Point, IA
Portland Cement Paving Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours
Cedar Valley Corporation, Waterloo, IA
Portland Cement Paving Division
100,000 - 500,000 Work Hours
Graves Construction Co., Inc., Spencer, IA
Structures Division
100,000 - 500,000 Work Hours
Second place ROSE Award winners include:
Tri State Paving, Estherville, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours
Norris Asphalt Paving Co., Ottumwa, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
100,000 - 500,000 Work Hours
Reilly Construction Co., Inc., Ossian, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities Division
100,000 - 500,000 Work Hours
Allied Manatt’s Group, LLC, Charles City, IA
Portland Cement Paving Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours
Absolute Concrete, Slater, IA
Portland Cement Paving Division
100,000 - 500,000 Work Hours
A.M. Cohron & Son, Inc., Atlantic, IA
Structures Division
100,000 - 500,000 Work Hours
Third place ROSE Award winners include:
Des Moines Asphalt & Paving Co., Des Moines, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
100,000 – 500,000 Work Hours
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