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Contractors Recognized as State's Construction Safety Leaders

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 DivisionÂ
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours
L.L. Pelling Company, Inc.,Â
North Liberty, IA
Asphalt Paving Division
301,000 - 700,000 Work Hours
JB Holland Construction, Inc., Decorah, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities DivisionÂ
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours
Elder Corporation, Des Moines, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities DivisionÂ
300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours
Peterson Contractors, Inc., Reinbeck, IA
Grading & Underground Utilities DivisionÂ
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, IAÂ
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, IAÂ
Asphalt Paving Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours
Reilly Construction Co., Inc., Ossian, IA Grading & Underground Utilities DivisionÂ
300,001 - 700,000 Work Hours
Jones Contracting Corp.,Â
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.,Â
Burnsville, MNÂ
Specialty Division
100,000 - 300,000 Work Hours
Taylor Construction, Inc.,Â
New Vienna, IA
Structures Division
Less than 100,000 Work Hours
A.M. Cohron & Son, Inc.,Â
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,Â
Des Moines, IAÂ
Grading & Underground Utilities DivisionÂ
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