North Carolina Construction News staff writer
Skanska has received the Building Star 25-Year Member Award from the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL), recognizing the construction and development firm’s 25 years of participation in the state’s Building Star Program.
Skanska joined the program on June 6, 2001. The program recognizes construction companies that demonstrate comprehensive safety and health programs and management systems designed to protect workers from injury, illness and death.
“Twenty-five years of Building Star participation reflects the diligent work of the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) and project teams who prioritize safety across generations of projects in North Carolina,” said Boris Kiprovski, senior EHS director at Skanska.
The company currently has four active projects with Building Star status: the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Walter Clinton Jackson Library Renovation; North Carolina State University Woodson Hall for Integrative Sciences; the Durham Tech Health Sciences Building and Novo Nordisk Life Sciences Center; and the Raleigh Convention Center Expansion and Red Hat Amphitheater Relocation.
Over the past 25 years, Skanska has managed numerous Building Star sites across North Carolina.
“As a Skanska employee for over two decades, it’s been an honor to be an integral part of the firm’s participation with the Building Star program from the very start,” said Julio Delgadillo, assistant director of EHS at Skanska and a NCDOL Special Star Team Member of the Year.
Skanska’s EHS management system is certified to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, international standards for environmental management and occupational health and safety management.
The company’s Care for Life value guides its U.S. operations and includes pre-construction planning, daily safety checks before work begins, ongoing employee training and jobsite safety protocols that allow workers to raise and address safety concerns.