Congratulations to UCON's 2024 R.E.A.L. Safety Award Winners
Recognizing Excellence, Awareness & Leadership in Safety
This prestigious program Recognizes Excellence, Awareness, and Leadership in Safety within the construction industry.
The R.E.A.L. Safety Awards highlight the commitment of union-signatory construction companies to maintaining and enhancing safe working environments. The awards underscore the importance of a proactive safety culture across our industry by honoring the safest and most improved companies. Read more about the winning organizations in our Press Release and the upcoming July issue of the UCON magazine.
This year's winners have set remarkable standards in workplace safety and are exemplary models for the industry—Congratulations!
1,000,000+ MAN-HOURS
- Granite Construction Company
- Stacy Witbeck
- Sully-Miller Contracting Company
500,001-1,000,000 MAN-HOURS
- Condon-Johnson & Associates, Inc.
- Ghilotti Bros, Inc.
- Mountain Cascade, Inc.
- Preston Pipelines Infrastructure, LLC
250,001-500,000 MAN-HOURS
- Anvil Builders
- Monterey Mechanical Co.
- St. Francis Electric
100,001-250,000 MAN-HOURS
- California Engineering Contractors, Inc.
- Foundation Constructors, Inc.
- KDW Construction, LLC (also Team Zero)
UP TO 100,000 MAN-HOURS
- Hoseley Corporation (also Team Zero)
- Robert Burns Construction, Inc. (also Team Zero)
- Western Water Construction
MOST UNIQUE SAFETY PROJECT
- Foundation Constructors, Inc.
- Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.
- Sierra Mountain Construction, Inc. (also Team Zero)
MOST IMPROVED SAFETY RATING
- Goodfellow Bros. California, LLC
- KDW Construction, LLC (also Team Zero)
- Preston Pipelines Infrastructure, LLC
SAFETY HERO OF THE YEAR
- Rich Poppoff, Equipment Superintendent – DeSilva Gates Construction
- Anthony Guadagnolo, Operating Foreman – Goodfellow Bros. California LLC
- Eb Lopez, Senior Safety Manager – Preston Pipelines Infrastructure, LLC
- Mark Solano, EHFS Manager – Laborers Training School of Southern California
"TEAM ZERO" ACHIEVEMENT
UCON recognizes the following contractor members who achieved Team Zero—having a zero incident rate—in 2024:
- Associated Traffic Safety, Inc.
- CONCO WEST, INC.
- GSW Construction, Inc.
- Hoseley Corporation
- KDW Construction, LLC
- PC&N Construction, Inc.
- Pacific Boring, Inc.
- Pacific States Environmental Contractors
- Robert Burns Construction, Inc.
- Sierra Mountain Construction, Inc.
- Silverado Contractors, Inc.
- Team Ghilotti, Inc.
- Techno Coatings, Inc.
- Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction, Inc.
Thank you to all of the member companies who applied. We had a record number of submissions this year, and we applaud your exceptional commitment to industry safety. For questions about UCON's R.E.A.L. Safety Awards Program, and our Safety & Insurance Committee, contact Ray Baca, Director of Agency Relations.