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CVC Named Construction Safety Leader 8 Years in a Row

Date Published: Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Des Moines, Iowa – The Associated General Contractors of Iowa announced the winners of the AGC of Iowa Recognition of Safety Excellence Awards (ROSE), awarded to contractors who demonstrate a cultural commitment to safety and proudly sponsored by Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.  This year’s award winners were announced at the ROSE Awards luncheon during AGC of Iowa’s 93rd Annual Convention in Des Moines, Iowa.

Winners have innovative safety programs and strive towards 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.  "We are continually trying to improve safety in Iowa’s construction industry and on job sites every day," said AGC of Iowa Safety & Health Committee Chair Darin Johnson of Reilly Construction Co., Inc.  "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."

First place ROSE Award winners include:

Tri State Paving, Estherville, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours

Cedar Valley Corporation, Waterloo, IA
Portland Cement Paving Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Norris Asphalt Paving Co., Ottumwa, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Manatt’s, Inc., Brooklyn, IA
Portland Cement Paving Division
Greater than 1 Million Work Hours

L.L. Pelling Company, Inc., North Liberty, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
301,000 – 700,000 Work Hours

GreenTech of Iowa, Grimes, IA
Specialty Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours

JB Holland Construction, Inc., Decorah, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Iowa Plains Signing, Inc., Slater, IA
Specialty Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Reilly Construction Co., Inc., Ossian, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities Division
300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours

Graves Construction Co., Inc., Spencer, IA
Structures Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours

Peterson Contractors, Inc., Reinbeck, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities Division
Greater than 1 Million Work Hours

Godbersen-Smith Construction Co., Ida Grove, IA
Structures Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Allied Manatt’s Group, LLC, Charles City, IA
Portland Cement Paving Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours

Second place ROSE Award winners include:

Cessford Construction Co., Burlington, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
100,000 – 300,000 Work Hours

Taylor Construction, Inc., New Vienna, IA
Structures Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours

Elder Corporation, Des Moines, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities Division
300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours

A.M. Cohron & Son, Inc., Atlantic, IA
Structures Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Absolute Concrete, Slater, IA
Portland Cement Paving Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Third place ROSE Award winners include:

Des Moines Asphalt & Paving Co., Des Moines, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
100,000 – 300,000 Work Hours

The Associated General Contractors of Iowa is Iowa’s oldest and largest association of heavy/highway and municipal/utility contractors.  AGC of Iowa represents hundreds of firms, including Iowa’s leading contractors and their service providers and suppliers.  AGC of Iowa members are the “Public’s Partner in Building & Maintaining Iowa’s Highway, Bridge, And Municipal/Utility Infrastructure”.  Visit the AGC of Iowa at www.agcia.org.