SAFETY AWARDS


Myers & Sons Superintendent Recognized Steve Schaefer, Superintendent for Myers & Sons Construction, LP, was


recognized for his safety efforts with the “Individual Safety Effort of a Super- intendent” safety award from AGC of California. Schaefer is a 24-year construction veteran and Project Superintendent


currently working on Myers’ challenging Colorado River Aqueduct Sand Trap Infrastructure Reconstruction project. His focus on safe and effective work practices within unique and challenging waterworks construction environments has made the difference between “successful” and “SAFE and successful” project outcomes. Schaefer’s safety leadership begins with the onboarding and training of new


site workers and extends to daily safety and site communication meetings for working crews. He established a “first 15” program in which key team leaders and staff engage in structured communication covering key daily issues specific to the waterworks scope and focus. He integrated a “battle buddy” system that pairs new site workers with site-experienced team members recognized for their safety performance, among other safety initiatives. “Steve Schaefer is a blend of both worlds – he has the tenacity and


experience to get the work done AND the focus and drive to ensure that the lives of our people always come first,” said C. C. Myers, Myers & Sons President. “His attention to what he calls “the little stuff” (training, analysis, follow up, etc.) directly affects our premiums and – in the end – our bottom line on each project.”


Steve Schaefer, Myers & Sons Construction, LP, accepts the Superintendent of the Year award from presenter Rich Howell.


 Specialty Contractor Division Over 1 million worker hours – Under- ground Construction Company, Inc.


 Heavy/Civil/Highway Division


Over 1 million worker hours – Griffith Company.


 Building Division Over 1 million worker hours – Swinerton Builders.


Second Place Construction Safety Excellence Award


winners include:  Heavy/Civil/Highway Division 300,001-500,000 worker hours – Myers & Sons Construction, LP.


 Specialty Contractor Division Under 500,000 worker hours – Foundation Constructors, Inc.


 Building Division Over 1 million worker hours – Hensel Phelps.


 Heavy/Civil/Highway Division Over 1 million worker hours – Granite Construction Co.


 Specialty Contractor Division Over 1 million worker hours – Rosendin Electric, Inc.


 Tird place Construction Safety Excellence Award winners include:


 Heavy/Civil/Highway Division Over 1 million worker hours – Flatiron West, Inc. All finalists in this year’s AGC


of California Construction Safety Excellence Awards competition are also eligible to compete in AGC of America’s national Safety Excellence Awards competition, with winners to be announced during the AGC National Convention in New Orleans in February of 2018. For more information on AGC


of California’s annual safety awards program or other AGC safety services, contact Dave Jones or Ryan Samiec at (916) 371-2422. 


Jobsite Hazard Solution Nets Unique Safety Award Myers & Sons Construction devised a unique solution that addressed the many challenges encountered in heavy


highway construction, earning the company the “Unique Safety Application” award from AGC. Teir Early Action Barrier System was originally catalyzed by field superintendents and craft workers who witnessed the


sharp increase of wrong-way and impaired drivers accessing construction work sites from the egress” side of the work. In fact the FHWA estimates that in 2016 there were over 96,000 crashes in work zones, and increase of 7.8 percent over 2015. For Myers, the issue of wrong-way driving and impaired drivers and the risk they bring to heavy civil construction


projects was brought into sharp focus in the summer of 2015, when crews arrived on site of the Scofield Bridge Deck Replacement project in Contract Costa County to find a 1996 Honda Civil parked within a 7-foot vertical drop atop the bridge deck formwork. Te driver had managed to access the project site through the “egress” end of the work zone, causing substantial damage to ongoing work. Te Myers team began to review how this critical “egress” access point might be hardened against unwanted access,


and they devised the EABS system as a result. It uses the principals of military Perimeter Security Design. Te Early Action Barrier System is an easy-to-implement, cost effective tool that provides another layer of safety and security in the hazardous highway construction environment.


22 November/December 2017 California Constructor


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