Sundt was named one of the country’s safest construction companies by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America at its annual convention last month. Sundt won the AGC’s national Construction Safety Excellence Award for first place in the Highway Division (over one million work hours), while prior to the national convention, AGC’s San Diego chapter awarded Sundt’s Southern California office first place in the Building Division category (250-450,000 work hours).
“This is an impressive accomplishment considering the level of competition,” said Paul Levin, Sundt Vice President and Corporate Director of Safety & Quality. “It is a testament to the value that Sundt employees place on working safe and making the right choices.”
In this article in AZRE Magazine, AGC’s past president, Joseph H. Jarboe, praised Sundt for its exceptional leadership in safety, noting that the company is dedicated to the development and implementation of premier safety and loss prevention programs.
Sundt’s safety program, Safety by Choice, takes a unique approach to safety by placing strong emphasis on the “why,” not just the “how.” In addition to providing thorough, state-of-the-art construction safety training to craft employees, Sundt also focuses on the many reasons they want and need to stay safe: their families, friends, health, livelihood, and the ability to do their favorite activities.
Other safety awards previously bestowed upon Sundt include the Grand Award in 2006, given annually by the AGC and the Willis Group. It honors the “Best of the Best” in construction safety excellence and was presented for Sundt’s safety processes, management involvement and company safety culture. Sundt has also won the STEP Platinum Award, given by the Associated Builders and Contractors; the AGC Award of Excellence, First and Second place (in concurrent years) for Heavy Engineering; numerous Certificates of Commendation from the Associated Builders and Contractors; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District Safe Contractor of the Year.