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Marlborough-based company awarded STEP Award for Record on Safety Training

BURLINGTON – Associated Builders and Contractors, Massachusetts Chapter (ABC), the largest construction trade association in Commonwealth, awarded Electronic Environments Corp. with its national Safety Training and Evaluation Program (STEP) “Platinum” award for 2005. STEP awards are presented to those companies recognized as having an outstanding commitment to jobsite safety. Awards were handed out to member companies at a May 25, 2006 ceremony at the Montvale Plaza in Stoneham, with feature speaker, State Representative James Vallee, D-Franklin. Doug Markey, EEC’s Environmental and Safety Compliance Manager, accepted the award on behalf of EEC.

The STEP process provides a unique approach to recognizing the safety achievements of ABC member firms. Two important criteria are taken into consideration for the award: (1) statistical information such as incident rates, lost time, company MOD, and OSHA records during 2005, and (2) a safety audit consisting of twenty key components of a company safety program. This information is an important part of the scoring, and also tells the company where they stand and to what level they can “STEP up” to.

The STEP program was developed and written by contractors, for contractors. The program benefits include:

An organized approach for analyzing and developing safety and loss prevention programs
A valid, objective method for measuring safety program improvements
A safety performance recognition useful in business development

For more information on how to apply for a STEP Award in 2006, contact Barbara Lagergren, Executive Director of the Gould Construction Institute, the training arm of ABC, at barbara@gwgci.org.
For more information on ABC, please visit www.abcma.org or call 781-273-0123.

Associated Builders and Contractors, Massachusetts Chapter, represents over 420 local general contractor, subcontractor, and supplier and associate companies, which employ more than 20,000 workers throughout Massachusetts. It has spent the past 35 years fulfilling its founders’ mission of promoting and advancing the merit construction industry and its philosophy that all construction contracts, both public and private, should be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, regardless of labor affiliation.