Woburn, MA According to Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts (ABC), the leading voice for the merit shop construction industry, and the Gould Construction Institute (GCI), ABC’s training affiliate, Energy Electric Company, Inc. was named a Platinum Safety, Training, and Evaluation Process (S.T.E.P.) award recipient at the 12^th Annual GCI Safety & Education Dinner.

The S.T.E.P. Awards is ABC/GCI’s premier event of the year. “A contractor’s most valuable resource is their workers. There is nothing more important than jobsite safety,” said Barbara Lagergren, president of GCI. “Tonight’s award recipients deserve each and every accolade they received by continuing to raise the standards of safety, training, and education throughout the construction industry.”  

S.T.E.P. Awards are presented annually to ABC member companies with exceptional safety records, and this year’s applicant pool was fiercely competitive. Applicants are critiqued on a number of statistical factors such as incident rates, lost time and OSHA recordables combined with a safety audit consisting of twenty key components.

This year, Energy Electric Co. took home the Platinum S.T.E.P Award in recognition of its outstanding commitment to ensuring a safe work environment for their entire workforce.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national construction industry trade association representing nearly 21,000 chapter members. The ABC MA Chapter represents 425 firms across the state.  Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC helps members develop people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically, profitably and for the betterment of the communities in which ABC and its members work. GCI is the training affiliate of the Massachusetts Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors.