Arkansas Power Plant Project Wins ENR Texas & Louisiana's Best Safety Award

Another integral part of ENR’s annual Best Projects competition is its Excellence in Safety Award, now in its second year as part of the program. While safety has always been a part of the main competition’s entry criteria, ENR’s editors decided that safety was more than deserving of its own award.

This year, ENR Texas & Louisiana is singling out another project and recognizing it for its outstanding safety record and job-site procedures.

For the safety award, we implemented a separate judging process from the regular competition. This year’s safety judges were Billy Gibbons, Global Client Manager at JMJ Associates, and Steve Trickel, Sr. Director, Safety & Health at JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.

Our safety judges reviewed nearly 50 projects on a variety of elements, such as the project’s safety program, OSHA recordable incident rate, lost time accident rate as well as total man hours on the job.

For ENR Texas & Louisiana’s “Best Safety” award, our judges have selected The John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant Project in Fulton, Ark., submitted by CB&I. This project was also named Best Project in the Energy/Industrial category.

Another five projects were also selected to receive safety awards of merit.

ENR Texas & Louisiana will feature more about these projects, along with our other Best Projects winners in the December 16 print edition. Our safety winners will also be recognized at the Texas & Louisiana Best Projects Luncheon on Dec. 18 in Dallas. Be sure to register online for the event here: http://construction.com/events/2013/bestprojects/register.asp

Congratulations to this year’s safety winners, listed below!

ENR Texas & Louisiana’s 2013 Best Projects Safety Winners:

Best Project

The John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant Project (Fulton, Ark.)

Submitted by: CB&I

Award of Merit

Biomedical Research and Health Professions Building (Brownsville, Texas)

Submitted by: SpawGlass Contractors, Inc.

Award of Merit

Carnegie Vanguard High School (Houston, Texas)

Submitted by: Turner Construction Co.

Award of Merit

GE Manufacturing Solutions – Locomotive Manufacturing Facility “Project Forward” (Fort Worth, Texas)

Submitted by: Walker Engineering, Inc.

Award of Merit

San Jacinto College Allied Health Building

Submitted by: JE Dunn Construction Co.

Award of Merit

Triumph Aerostructures - Vought Aircraft Division | Manufacturing Facility (TARO 1) (Red Oak, Texas)

Submitted by: KBR Building Group