2011 Safety Leadership Award – Large Company:
Chemco Electrical Contractors Ltd.
Chemco, a large electrical contractor, has been a member of the Construction Owners Association of Alberta for more than a decade has actively helped out in the development of best practices in a number of areas. Chemco’s safety leadership is shown in their development of multi-tiered supervisory training which includes internal training, industry training, Leadership for Safety Excellence training which 80 percent of supervisors have completed, and Better Supervision training which 50 percent of supervisors have completed. Chemco has also produced a Supervisory video—Gary’s Story—that reinforces the role and responsibilities of supervisors in safety. The video was made available to all construction industry stakeholders through the Alberta Construction Safety Association.
Ron Genereux, COAA President, presents the Safety Leadership Award to Brian Halina, President of Chemco, and Dan Hagen, Safety Manager of Chemco
2009 Best Practices Leadership Award:
JV Driver Projects Inc.
2009 Safety Leadership Award:
Bechtel Canada
2008 Safety Implementation and Performance Improvement – Large Organization Award:
Ledcor Industrial Limited
2008 Safety Implementation and Performance Improvement – Small Organization Award:
Pillar Resource Service Inc.
2008 Safety Leadership and Innovation Award:
Laird Electric Inc.
2008 Best Practice Implementation Award:
Jacobs Industrial
2008 Best Practice Innovation Award:
CEP Construction – Quebec-Alberta Construction Limited Partnership
2007 Safety Implementation and Performance Improvement Award:
JV Driver Projects Inc.
2007 Safety Leadership and Innovation Award:
Colt Engineering
2007 Workforce Development Award:
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