DES MOINES, IA The Associated General Contractors of Iowa announces 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 94th 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

Norris Asphalt Paving Co., Ottumwa, IA

Asphalt Paving Division 

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

L.L. Pelling Company, Inc., 

North Liberty, IA

Asphalt Paving Division

301,000 - 700,000 Work Hours

JB Holland Construction, Inc., Decorah, IA

Grading & Underground Utilities Division 

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Elder Corporation, Des Moines, IA

Grading & Underground Utilities Division 

300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours

Peterson Contractors, Inc., Reinbeck, IA

Grading & Underground Utilities Division 

Greater than 1 Million Work Hours

Allied Manatt's Group, LLC, Charles City, IA

Portland Cement Paving Division

Less than 100,000 Work Hours

Cedar Valley Corporation, Waterloo, IA

Portland Cement Paving Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Knife River Midwest, Sioux City, IA

Portland Cement Paving Division

300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours

Manatt's, Inc., Brooklyn, IA

Portland Cement Paving Division

Greater than 1 Million Work Hours

GreenTech of Iowa, Grimes, IA

Specialty Division

Less than 100,000 Work Hours

Iowa Plains Signing, Inc., Slater, IA

Specialty Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Graves Construction Co., Inc., Spencer, IA 

Structures Division

Less than 100,000 Work Hours

Jensen Construction Company, Des Moines, IA

Structures Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

McCarthy Improvement Company, Davenport, IA

Structures Division

300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours

Second place ROSE Award winners include:

Des Moines Asphalt & Paving Co., Des Moines, IA 

Asphalt Paving Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Reilly Construction Co., Inc., Ossian, IA Grading & Underground Utilities Division 

300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours

Jones Contracting Corp., 

West Point, IA Portland Cement Paving Division

Less than 100,000 Work Hours

Absolute Concrete, Slater, IA

Portland Cement Paving Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Ames Construction, Inc., 

Burnsville, MN 

Specialty Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Taylor Construction, Inc., 

New Vienna, IA

Structures Division

Less than 100,000 Work Hours

A.M. Cohron & Son, Inc., 

Atlantic, IA

Structures Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Iowa Bridge & Culver, LC, Washington, IA

Structures Division

300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours

Third place ROSE Award winners include:

Cessford Construction Co., Burlington, IA

Asphalt Paving Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

McAninch Corporation, 

Des Moines, IA 

Grading & Underground Utilities Division 

300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours

Flagger Pros USA, Ames, IA

Specialty Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours

Godbersen-Smith Construction Co., Ida Grove, IA

Structures Division

100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours