API CONSTRUCTION EARNS SAFETY AWARD

In April, the National Insulation Association (NIA) announced that APi Construction is the winner of the 2008 Theodore H. Brodie distinguished Safety Award for medium size companies (100,000 to 1,000,000 man-hours). APi Vice Presidents, Jerry Pederson and Mark Udager, accepted the award at NIA’s 54th Annual Convention.

The Brodie award is NIA’s top industry honor for outstanding dedication to safety performance, and it is designed to recognize members who take proactive steps to implement safe work environments.

“We value everyone’s commitment to safety at all of the job sites across the country,” Pederson said. “We all want to get the job done when we go to work, but our first priority is to have every craftsperson go home injury free every day.”

Injury rate data, company safety programs and policies, and a company safety statement help determine award winners.

APi’s safety program, STEPS (Striving Toward Excellence and Professionalism in Safety), promotes safety culture awareness throughout the company. STEPS is a living program that constantly seeks ways of improvement to reduce the risk of injuries for all employees.

Injury prevention initiatives implemented over the past three years resulted in a1.9 OSHA Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) in 2008. Initiatives include a daily stretch program, the use of blunt-head insulation pins, advanced eye protection, and comprehensive daily huddles to encourage safety alertness.

The Theodore H. Brodie Distinguished Safety Award is named after the former NIA president in recognition of his dedication and commitment to safety.

On a national level, APi Construction Company provides thermal insulation and lagging services for the power generation, petrochemical, pulp, and paper industries. APi Construction Company ranks among the Top 10 privately held firms in its field and is one of the most respected union contractors in the nation. The past 70+ years have shown that Pi Construction Company has the experience and resources to provide the full range of services to the energy conservation market.

APi Construction Company has proven that our supervision posses the talent and experience to complete the largest insulation projects in the United States. Our resume contains some of the highest profile pollution control and new generation projects in the country. This professionalism has compelled the most respected names in construction to repeatedly select APi for their industrial insulation and lagging needs. Our specialties include boilers, pollution control retrofits, combined cycle units, plant outages and refinery turnarounds