Tilt-Up Safety Awards Call for Entries
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – the global authority for the tilt-up industry – has announced the call for entries for the 2015 Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards.
The TCA created the Safety Awards program in order to recognize the contractors in the industry committed to maintaining safe working environments on their job sites. In 2007, this program was renamed “The Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards Program” in honor of past TCA president and champion of tilt-up construction safety, Al Engelman. Engelman helped introduce this industry awards program that now bears his name.
Presented annually at the TCA Convention, the Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards program was developed to enhance the TCA’s overall mission to improve the industry through recognition and education, while providing a special emphasis on safety.
The TCA’s Safety Awards Program recognizes companies based on the following categories:
- Best Tilt-Up Safety Achievement Award: recognizes the firm with the lowest incident rate in 2014. Multiple companies with a zero Incident rate will result in the award given to the company with the highest number of annual work hours.
- Most Improved Safety Achievement Award: recognizes the firm with the most improved incident rate in 2014 from the numbers reported in 2013.
- Zero Lost time Accident Achievement Award: provided to all submitting companies who achieved an incident rate of zero for 2014.
- Certificate of Recognition: awarded to all companies whose incident rate fell below the national average for structure contractors, a number that is made available by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Submissions must be received by TCA no later than Aug. 7, 2015. The application is available for download here. Winners will be announced at the Tilt-Up Awards Gala, sponsored by Nox-Crete Products Group, during the TCA Annual Convention in New Brunswick, N.J. on Sept. 30, 2015.
ABOUT THE TILT-UP CONCRETE ASSOCIATION
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) is the international nonprofit trade association for the global tilt-up concrete construction industry and was founded in 1986 by a dedicated group of contractors, professionals, and manufacturers with the interest of improving the quality and acceptance of tilt-up construction, a building system whereby large concrete elements (walls) are cast on the building slab or elsewhere on site and then lifted (tilted) into position. 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. For more information, visit www.tilt-up.org or contact TCA at 319-895-6911.