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2015 ABC Greater Houston Chair
Lunch atop a
Skyscraper
Lunch atop a Skyscraper is a famous black and white photograph of construction workers eating lunch precariously
perched high atop a crossbeam of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. Those eleven men pictured
in the photograph are seen sharing meals, laughing, reading the paper and smoking cigarettes, all while dangling
untethered 840 feet off the ground.
Like many in the construction industry, I believe that our most valuable asset is the men and women on our jobsites.
Scenes like the one portrayed in 1932s Lunch atop a Skyscraper are certainly cringe worthy today. Fortunately,
society, business owners, contractors, workers and the government began demanding safety on the jobsite.
Beyond regulation, we have an entire industry dedicated to the safety of the craft worker. Innovative entrepreneurs
are developing high-tech tools and equipment to keep a worker from harms way. Digital tools, like tablets, have even
integrated into the daily safety routine. Incentive-based recognition programs for company and worker alike - have
made an impact on jobsite safety too.
ABC offers four programs in which contractor members can participate. The Safety Training and Evaluation Process
(STEP), and the Craft Training Evaluation Process (CTEP) are excellent programs to not only gauge an internal safety
and training program but allow for benchmarking against contractor peers, and provide a sharing of best practices.
At the recent July ABC Membership Breakfast meeting the association awarded 70 contractors with STEP awards,
including 49 in either Diamond or Platinum level (the highest level of acknowledgement). The Greater Houston area
has some of the most safety conscious contractors anywhere. If you have not yet participated in the STEP program
now is a good time to start. Another great safety program is the ABC National Safety Awards. It is the premier industry
safety award, demonstrating an outstanding safety commitment to employees and owners. Lastly, the ABC/OSHA
partnership is a voluntary program in which contractors work cooperatively with OSHA to demonstrate and implement
effective safety and health programs.
Safety on the jobsite has come a long way since the days of Lunch atop a Skyscraper, and thankfully so. If you are
committed to jobsite safety and are interested in learning about new developments in construction site safety, ABC is
an excellent source. Visit our website at www.abchouston.org to learn about the numerous safety programs ABC offers.
ABC LEADERSHIP
Chair
Darlene East
Holes Incorporated
Chair Elect
Mike Holland
Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.
Vice Chair
Warren Adamson
S&B Engineers and Constructors
Secretary
Matt Frey
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Treasurer
Todd Fry
Karsten Interior Services
2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brian Anderson
G.R. Birdwell Construction
Rusty Barnhill
Force Corporation
Leonard Bedell
Mobil Steel International
Kerry Bennett
ISC Constructors, LLC
Robert Burelsmith
E. E. Reed Construction, L. P.
Tahnee Coulston
Zachry Industrial
Sam Craig
Craig & Heidt, Inc.
Matt Daniel
KBR Building Group
Matt Elliott
SpawGlass Construction Corp.
Laura Price Gautreau
Polk Mechanical
Dinesh Ghia
Gilbane Building Company
John Golashesky
Turner Industries Group, LLC
Brandon Mabile
Performance Contractors, Inc.
John Marshall
Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc.
David McCleskey
KBR
Rod Molyneau
JACOBS
Phillip Morgan
CB&I
Joe Orr
Baker Concrete Construction, Ind.
Rodney Page
Ref-Chem L.P.
Tim Ricketts
Channel BioRefinery & Terminals
Wendell Rychlik
W.T. Byler Company
William Sanchez
Oxford Builders Inc.
Christina Stone
Gaughan, Stone & Thiagarajan
Henry Villarreal
Turner Construction
Ben Westcott
Andrews Myers
Mark Williams
Bechtel Construction Services
Lohn Zylicz
D.E. Harvey Builders, Inc.
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Safety to Marek means: having a complete understanding of the
job at hand. At Marek, we dont rely on luck to maintain a safe jobsite,
we rely on training and communication to ensure each and every
employee has a complete understanding of their task at all times.
Safety to Marek means: having consideration for the family that depends
on you and for the company that employs you. For more than 75 years,
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Summary plan documents are often the main target of audits. The
second most-frequent item in DOL audits is related to the Health
Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) employers
should review HIPAA rules thoroughly and make sure their plan
is in compliance.
Putting together a plan document that satisfies the requirements
of ERISA and putting together a summary plan description that
satisfy the requirements of ERISA are absolutely essential to being
in compliance.
Dont Get Caught Off Guard
It is important for organizations to conduct an internal audit with
their benefits plan consultant or ERISA counsel. Employers are
urged to gather the necessary tools to measure, illustrate and
monitor compliance risk. Knowing the organizations compliance
risk via a proactive compliance assessment and then tracking ongoing compliance efforts is the best way to prepare for and ensure
your health and welfare plans are compliant.
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were constantly improving our curriculum to meet the construction industrys needs.
This is just a prime example of what CMEF is doing to fill the gaps in our workforce.
We do not want to waste time and effort spending full days in the
classroom, especially if time can be spent providing more efficient
training. CMEF is adapting training courses to be faster and still
provide exemplary hands-on training, OMary said.
These changes to CMEFs training will be more cost effective and
provide better-quality for the construction community which the
Foundation serves the craft professional and their employers.
Workforce Development Coordinator for Turner Industries Carla
Thompson is currently working with CMEF through the Craft
Training Committee to provide such changes.
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I dont believe all industry processes, minus safety, meet the 97%
process/3% worker rule and safety stands alone as an outlier thus
justifying the practice of punishment first, change last. If you do,
read no further.
Things would change very quickly. But lets not hold our breath.
Safety First when its really Low Bidder First. Stop Work
Authority which states everyone is authorized to stop work
during the commission of an unsafe act or the existence of an
unsafe condition. Right. Try being that person and see what
happens.
Hard bid jobs are problems in and of themselves because the
cost of safety puts the safest contractor at an even greater
disadvantage. He may be the real low bidder with only his cost of
safety putting him over the top---but no one cares. Low bid wins.
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hat can be said about safety on the jobsite that probably hasnt already been said?
More importantly, what can be said about safety on the jobsite that still needs to be
said?
The emerging mantra of Safety Comes First, is shouted from the thousands of workplaces
committed to a safer jobsite; and the number of voices is growing. Unfortunately, there are
still companies and individuals who are taking shortcuts when it comes to employee safety.
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) reports that eliminating the fatal
four (falls, struck by object, electrocutions, caught-in/between) would save 478 workers
lives in America every year, OSHA reports. What are leaders in the construction industry
doing differently to eliminate injuries and fatalities? What upcoming technology will help
construction professionals avoid the worst? And who are the next leaders in safety?
Safety Starts With a Plan
Safety research usually operated under the basic assumption that simply adding more
safety programs would yield better results. Initial observations of this research indicated
that most construction safety professionals explicitly focused on the buckshot approach,
where safety programs are applied in an informal manner under the impression that
creating more safety programs would improve site safety.
Matthew Hallowell and John Gambateses safety assessment released in 2007, A Formal
Model for Construction Safety Risk Management, stated, While some construction firms
have the resources to fund a safety department capable of implementing most applicable
safety programs, a vast majority of firms must operate under a limited budget and are
forced to select the small subset of programs believed to be most effective.
But in the last eight years, many construction companies are taking their buckshot
approach and putting it down on paper. Teal Construction Company Safety Manager John
Shead said the companys safety program has evolved in the last two years, going from an
informal program to a formalized, written program. In a spirit of full assessment, Teal also
hired an outside safety consultant to aid in their progress.
We hired the (consultant) to get a fresh look at what we are doing now and how to make
improvements, Shead said.
And to encourage a safer mindset, Shead said, Once a month in a full company meeting,
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