News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: July 15, 2016
Colantonio wins AGC Mass. and AGC of America safety awards
Shown (from left) are: Amy Fahey, Colantonio Inc.; David Bunnell, Aon Risk Solutions (event sponsor); Karen Vecchione, Colantonio Inc.Holliston, MA For the second year in a row, the Massachusetts Chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC MA) presented Colantonio Inc. with its Clifford E. Simmons Award for Best Safety Record and the AGC of America’s Certificate of Commendation for Excellent Safety Record. The honors were presented at the AGC 2016 Safety Awards Breakfast held recently at the Boston College Club in Boston.
Colantonio earned the Simmons Award in the Under 100,000 Work Hours Category and the Certificate of Commendation for Zero Incidence Rate in the 50,000+ Work Hours Category for the 2015 calendar year. The firm has consistently earned safety awards for the past 15 years, including First Place in the AGC/Willis Construction Safety Excellence Awards in 2013.
Chairman and CEO Fran Colantonio praised his project superintendents, field crews, management staff and safety manager Karen Vecchione for consistently reinforcing the company’s strict safety policies. “Our highest priority is to send everyone home in one piece at the end of every day. No one is allowed to forget that.”
Colantonio Inc. provides award-winning construction management and general contracting services in the academic, affordable housing, commercial, municipal and historical restoration markets.
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