BE&K Teams Earn Construction Industry Safety Awards.Business Editors BIRMINGHAM, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2003 BE&K Construction Company and BE&K Industrial Services Group were recently honored for 2002 safety achievements by the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ). In a National Safety Program evaluation Program evaluation is a formalized approach to studying and assessing projects, policies and program and determining if they 'work'. Program evaluation is used in government and the private sector and it's taught in numerous universities. , BE&K earned Platinum level honors in the ABC Safety Training and Evaluation Program (STEP) award in recognition of their safety procedures and training programs. BE&K also earned a Silver level Award in the Safety Awards of Excellence competition sponsored by the Mobile region (Gulf Coast) Chapter of ABC. To qualify for National Platinum level status, ABC members are required to have achieved STEP Gold level status in 2001, experienced a total recordable rate of 8.0 or less, scored 120 higher in the ABC National self-evaluation section, submitted a summary log of recordable injuries, and submitted a statement from an independent third party evaluator confirming the self-evaluation score. The Gulf Coast Chapter Safety Awards of Excellence entries were judged by a panel of construction safety professionals and scored using a point system based on applications that included a brief project description, man-hours worked, and copies of company Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate (OSHA OSHA n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace. ) 300 reports for 2002. In November of last year, the Industrial Services Group of BE&K Construction earned OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP VPP Voluntary Protection Program (OSHA) VPP Velocity Prediction Program (to predict sail boat performance) VPP Virtual Presence Protocol VPP Volts Peak to Peak VPP Virtual Presence Post ) Merit Award Status. VPP participants are a select group of facilities that have designed and implemented health and safety programs that are deemed "outstanding" by OSHA. BE&K, Inc., through its global network of affiliate companies, provides engineering, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. , construction and maintenance services to the process, manufacturing, industrial, power, and telecommunications industries. Fortune ranks BE&K among the "Top 400 Privately Held Companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. in the U.S." BE&K has also been recognized as an industry leader in family friendly workplace practices, honored as a recipient of Working Woman magazine's "Diversity Champion" award and included in Fortune Magazine's listing of "Best Places to Work in America." This year marks the 30 year anniversary of BE&K. For additional BE&K company information please contact: Robin Paulding at (205) 972-6688 or pauldingr@bek.com; or visit our pressroom at www.bek.com for electronic copies of this release and related graphics. |
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