(WASHINGTON)—Transportation construction companies from four states were recognized for their outstanding corporate worker safety programs during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) National Convention in New York City.

The awards were presented during an Oct. 1 luncheon hosted by ARTBA’s Foundation.

The annual “Contractor Safety Awards” were created to promote worker safety and health as core values of the transportation design and construction industry. Finalists were selected based on objective information provided to ARTBA that demonstrated outstanding safety performance. Judges chose two finalists in each of three categories, based on employee hours worked during the previous year, to compete for the award during the association’s meeting.

Representatives from each company made presentations at the convention to a panel of industry professionals. Winners were selected based on demonstration of key principles of safety excellence including management commitment, employee participation, incident investigation, auditing, planning and risk assessment.

Awards were presented as follows:

• Less than 500,000 hours
  First Place: Brooks Construction Co., Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind.
• 500,000 to 1 million hours
  First Place – Tie: Barriere Construction Co., LLC, Metairie, La. and Kraemer North America, LLC, Plain, Wisc.
• More than 1 million hours
  First Place: Superior Construction Company Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla.