SRR Receives URS Safe Site Award
June 30, 2011
SRR President and Project Manager Dave Olson (second from left) holds the URS Safe Project of the Year award, which he received recently at a URS Project Managers meeting. Also pictured was (from left): Brad Giles, URS Manager of Environment, Safety, Health and Security; Olson; Bob Zaist, URS Manager of Business Development for Energy and Construction; and Tom Zarges, URS President of Energy and Construction.
AIKEN, S.C. – Savannah River Remediation (SRR), the liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site, recently received the 2010 URS Energy & Construction Safe Site award for its overall approach to worker safety, integrated safety management approach and its third-party recognition of its safety culture. SRR ended 2010 as the safest contractor within the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Management complex.
David Pethick, Group General Manager for the URS Global Management & Operations Services headquartered in Aiken, SC, said: "Every organization in industry or government should be judged and evaluated on its safety performance for the general good of its employees and communities it serves. And the recognition that the Savannah River Remediation team received as the safest site within URS is significant and well deserved."
During 2010, SRR received many awards honoring excellence in regards to safety such as URS President's Award; National Safety Council Million Hour Award; DOE-VPP Star of Excellence Achievement Award; South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Commendation Award; and South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Certificate of Safety Achievement.
Dave Olson, SRR President and Project Manager, said: "Receiving this award displays to all of our stakeholders, employees and surrounding companies how dedicated we are to safety. URS chose SRR for this esteemed award due to our efficient harm and illness reduction, demonstration of innovation, up-beat employee attitude and of course, our unyielding dedication to safety."
The Savannah River Remediation award follows the announcement that URS was selected as the "Nation's Safest Construction Company" for 2010 by the Associated General Contractors of America. The Associated General Contractors oversees the Construction Safety Excellence Awards, a nationwide, annual ranking of safety programs. In addition to winning the Grand Award for the safety program determined to be "best of the best" for all contractor divisions, URS was awarded the first place award in the heavy construction group. URS also applied for the award through its Energy & Construction (EC) business. The awards program recognizes companies for implementing excellent safety and loss prevention programs that integrate management commitment, employee involvement and program innovation.
URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services. Global Management and Operations Services Business Group is headquartered in Aiken, SC. URS Corporation has approximately 47,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 40 countries.Point of Contact: Dean Campbell, Manager, Public Affairs dean.campbell@srs.gov