SAFETY AWARDS


Review Board at the American Society of Safety Engineers. He also served on the Cal/OSHA Standards Board from 2007 to 2015. Jackson outlined and gave updates


on Cal/OSHA implementation of a few of the key laws and regulatory measures impacting contractors, including those related to multiem- ployer worksite issues, heat illness regulations, Cal/OSHA citations and more. He highlighted the vital importance of the AGC Safety and Health Council and AGC members’ involvement in helping deliver vital industry input on the impacts of new regulations, enforcement actions and legislation with Cal/OSHA, the Department of Industrial Relations and other government agencies and elected officials. Additional speakers and/or


awards presenters included AGC of California President Jon Ball, Hensel Phelps; 2015 Chair of the Safety & Health Council Clark Peterson, Skanska USA Civil West; and Co-Vice Chairs, Monte Bridgewater, Hensel Phelps, who served as master of ceremonies, and Jennifer Garcia, Reyes Construction, Inc.


Safety Awards Judges A panel of nine individuals repre-


senting various industry and educational sectors served as judges in the AGC of California Safety Awards of Excellence for 2015. They included:


 Bob Peterson, Peterson Law Corporation


 Ike Riser, Shimmick Construction Company, Inc.


 Joel Cohen, The Cohen Group  Kate Crawford, Hensel Phelps  Kevin Thompson, Cal-OSHA Reporter


 Laura Boatman, State Building & Construction Trades Council


 Lisa Prince, Walter & Prince LLP  Marti Fisher, California Chamber of Commerce


 Robert Pinney, Liberty Mutual www.AGC-CA.org


Joe Ontiveros – Safety Professional of Year Joe Ontiveros, Senior Safety Manager of Shimmick


Construction Company, Inc., Oakland, is the AGC/Harry Eckstein Safety Professional of the Year. Named in honor of Guy F. Atkinson Company’s former


safety director, Harry Eckstein, the prestigious award reflects the safety knowledge and experience, the quality and effectiveness of the award winner’s company safety program, as well as the leadership quality and performance displayed by the individual. Ontiveros has more than 30 years of experience in the


construction industry, the past 15 of which have been as project safety manager on large infrastructure projects. Currently he is overseeing safety on the $650 million Gerald Desmond Bridge Retrofit Project in Long Beach. He joined SCCI in 2008 and cut the incident rate in


half on his first project during his first year. Since then, Ontiveros has had a major impact on the company’s safety program. According to SCCI President and CEO Paul Cocotis, “We have seen a substantial drop in our incident and XMOD rates since Joe joined the SCCI Safety Management team, even while the size, complexity and amount of our projects have increased significantly.” Ontiveros supports active training for subcontractors and their employees if needed, and


Joe Ontiveros, Shimmick Construction Co., Inc. is the 2015 Harry Eckstein Safety Professional of the Year.


he has continued a program for regular staff training throughout the year that ensures that project staff, supervisors and craft have specific certifications such as OSHA 10 & 30 hour and 40 Hour HAZWOPER. His focus is on coaching others how to effectively implement safety programs rather than doing everything for them, and he actively works to build relationships in the field that help foster and support a strong safety culture.


2015 AGC Safety Award Winners


Several individuals and companies


received special category Safety Awards of Excellence this year, including the


following:  Harry Eckstein Safety Professional of the Year Award – Joe Ontiveros, Shimmick Construction Co.


 Safety Effort of a Project Team – Shimmick Construction Co./ Myers and Sons Construction, JV for the 710 Freeway Rehabilitation Project.


 Individual Safety Effort of a Super- intendent – Charlie Nicholson with Myers and Sons Construction, LP.


 Unique Safety Award – Myers and Sons Construction, LP for the 2nd level roadway reconstruction project at Los Angeles Interna- tional Airport.


Winners and runners up in the


company worker hours categories were selected in up to four categories and


three occupational divisions for 2015, as outlined below.


AGC of California’s First Place Safety Awards of Excellence winners include:  Building Division Under 200,000 worker hours – Unger Construction Co.


 Heavy/Civil/Highway Division Under 200,000 worker hours – Nova Group, Inc.


 Building Division 200,001-500,000 worker hours – Blach Construction Co.


 Heavy/Civil/Highway Division 200,001-500,000 worker hours – Myers and Sons Construction, LP.


 Specialty Division Under 500,000 worker hours – B.T. Mancini Co., Inc.


 Heavy/Civil/Highway Division 500,000-1 million worker hours – Skanska USA Civil West.


 Specialty Division 500,001 – 1 million worker hours – Underground


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