NORTH CAROLINA’S TOP 10 SAFETY REPORT
North Carolina’s Safety Leaders:
The Top 10 listed
North Carolina Construction News special feature
Safety has become a vital element
for success in North Carolina’s con-
struction industry and the businesses
and organizations in our Top 10
Safety list have earned their place
through exceptional and comprehen-
sive safety policies – converted to
on-the-job safe practices.

We’ve used a variety of resources
to determine the list, including partic-
ipation in the Associated Builders
and Contractors of the Carolinas
(ABC)’s Safety Training Evaluation
Program (STEP), which recently hon-
ored more than 100 members with
awards at the association’s annual
Safety and Human Resources confer-
ence in Concord.

ABC says STEP participants low-
ered their total recordable incident
rate by 87 percent compared to the
industry average, an impressive
achievement. While it is an honor to be listed
here, this list is not hierarchical – and
many other companies could qualify.

Accordingly, you should not read a
ranking order into this list, and the
list is alphabetical.

Centennial Contractors
Based in Goldsboro, this contrac-
tor has worked for government agen-
cies, institutions and private
industries, always stressing the high-
est work quality.

The business has been recognized
with an ABC Excellence in Safety
award, Gold STEP award and
Paragon Safety award.

Choate Construction Company
Employee-owned Choate Con-
struction has offices in Raleigh,
Durham and Charlotte, providing
general construction, management
and consulting services.

The business has a OneLife iden-
tity safety program with a logo to re-
mind everyone that safety must be
top of mind. Choate received an
ABC Gold STEP award, and the com-
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pany has been accepted into this
year’s North Carolina Building Star
program. Crowder Construction Company
Crowder Construction have been
in business for 70 years. This general
contractor also provides clients with
industrial construction and energy
services. Projects range from
bridges, dams, water and waste
water treatment, to civil transporta-
tion and public utilities infrastructure.

Crowder received a 2017 Gold
Safety Achievement Award from the
North Carolina Department of Labor,
and a Carolinas Associated General
Contractors (CAGC) merit award Out-
standing Safety Performance in the
Heavy Construction Division in 2017.

The company also received an ABC
Gold STEP award.

Edifice Located in Charlotte, Edifice is one
of the Southeast’s most successful
full service general contractors. The
company completes often complex
projects, including corporate offices,
education, healthcare, retail, munici-
pal, and seniors living. ABC has rec-
ognized the business with a Platinum
STEP award.

Eldeco Eldeco specializes in electrical de-
sign and construction, with more
than 45 years experience on many
major retail, industrial and heavy con-
struction projects.

The company employs staff certi-
fied in safety management by the
American Society of Safety Profes-
sionals. Employees identify leading
indicators to red-flag projects before
safety problems become critical. El-
deco has received three Platinum
STEP awards from ABC.

Precision Concrete Construction
The American Society of Concrete
Contractors (ASCC) has recognized
this business with Lost Time, Im-
provement, Recognition and Fleet
awards in 2018, and it has earned an
ABC Gold STEP award. The business
has a safety incentive program and
sends a specialized safety training
van to its job sites.

Precision Walls
Precision Walls of Raleigh and
Carey has created a construction
safety program with help from the
Occupational Health and Safety Ad-
ministration (OHSA). The business
has reduced trips, slips and falls, and
its safety achievements have been
recognized with an ABC Platinum
STEP award.

Scaffolding Solutions
This company has been in busi-
ness since 2002, offering all type of
custom scaffolding as well as eleva-
tors, hoists, lifts, platforms and
shoring for any type of construction
project, big or small.

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Tab Premium Built Homes
The inaugural Builders Mutual In-
surance Company Safety Program of
the Year Award went to this com-
pany, a member of the Home
Builders Association of Craven &
Pamlico Counties. Tab Premium Built
Homes has implemented compre-
hensive safety programs with
mandatory safety meetings, personal
protective equipment enforcement,
and other safety measures.

WB Moore Electrical Contractors
This Charlotte-based contractor
has won the Construction Safety Ex-
cellence Awards for a specialty con-
tractor for seven consecutive years
and the North Carolina Department
of Labor award for 10 consecutive
years. The employee-owned com-
pany has been in business since
1989. WB Moore focuses on continuous
safety training and has been recog-
nized with an ABC Platinum STEP
award.




Scaffolding Solutions achieves
exceptional safety record with
full-service elevated work platforms
North Carolina Construction News special feature
Scaffolding Solutions, in business
since 2002, is a full-service scaffold-
ing engineering firm providing fully
erected, turnkey elevated work plat-
forms for all type of construction
projects. The company works on new as
well as restoration projects, shipyard
staging applications for ship repair,
and industrial operations of all types.

Whether it is a government building,
military base, educational or medical
facility or any other type of commer-
cial or industrial project, the busi-
ness will erect exactly what is
needed, says company president
Roger Jetton.

The business has North Carolina
offices in Charlotte and Greensboro,
as well as locations in Charleston,
SC and also in Richmond, Manassas
and Chesapeake, Virginia.

The company’s professional erec-
tors will erect the scaffolding a cus-
tomer needs and then dismantle it at
the end of the project. They have the
most advanced scaffolding systems
available, with local professional
crews that can respond quickly to
customers, especially in emergency
situations. Scaffolding Solutions has worked
on many complicated and challeng-
ing projects over the years. One ex-
ample is the Trinity Dome Project in
Washington, DC in 2017.

Jetton said safety is critically im-
portant. He said the organization has
not had a lost-time accident in two
years and 11 months and their EMR
(experience modification factor) is.

.77. “We are very proud of our safety
record,” he said.

The company focuses on an indi-
vidual behavioral-based safety ap-
proach. All workers know they can
call “time out” if they believe there is
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