ARLINGTON, TEXAS – October 30, 2013 – Bob Moore Construction has received the Alphonse J. Engelman Best Tilt-Up Safety Achievement Award for General Contractors from the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA).
The TCA’s Safety Awards program recognizes contractors in the industry that are committed to maintaining safe working environments on their job sites. In 2007, this program was named “The Alphonse J. Engelman Safety Awards Program” in honor of past TCA president and champion of tilt-up construction safety, Al Engelman.
The Best Tilt-Up Safety Achievement Award for General Contractors recognizes the firm with the lowest incident rate for the previous year. If multiple companies have a zero incident rate, the award is given to the company with the highest number of annual work hours.
“We consider it a high honor to receive The Best Tilt-Up Safety Achievement Award,” said Ed McGuire, Executive Vice President for Bob Moore Construction. “To have our safety program recognized by a national program such as this is truly remarkable. Because this award is based on safety performance over an entire year, I believe it reflects not just the quality of our program but the commitment each of our superintendents and project managers has to maintaining the letter and the spirit of that program, day in and day out. Safety is more than a regulatory requirement. It’s a fundamental value and part of our culture. And it makes us very proud to have our efforts to maintain safe jobsites recognized in such a prestigious way.”
Bob Moore Construction’s safety program has been recognized with numerous other certifications and awards:
- In August 2013 the company became the first general contractor in the United States to be formally certified as a tilt-up company by the TCA in a program that included an evaluation of its safety program.
- Bob Moore Construction was one of the first general contractors in Texas to be accepted in the exclusive OSHA Local Partnership program.
- The company was one of the first general contractors in Texas to have its superintendents certified as Tilt-Up Supervisors by the American Concrete Institute in a joint program with the TCA.
- Bob Moore Construction has received several safety awards including numerous TCA Zero Lost Time Awards, The CompGroup AGC Safety Award and the AGC’s Safety Director of the Year.
About the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA)
The TCA is the preeminent international nonprofit trade association for the global Tilt-Up concrete construction industry. Founded in 1986, the TCA strives to improve the quality and acceptance of site-cast tilt-up construction, a method in which concrete wall panels are cast on-site and tilted into place. The mission of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association is to expand and improve the use of Tilt-Up as the preferred building system by providing education and resources that enhance quality and performance. Tilt-up construction is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, combining the advantages of reasonable cost with low maintenance, durability, speed of construction and minimal capital investment. For more information visit http: //www.tilt-up.org
