NRC Announces Winners of the 2014 Safety, Field Employee, and Rail Construction Projects of the Year Awards The NRC is pleased to announce the 2014 Safety Award, Field Employee of the Year, Small Project of the Year, and Large Project of the Year winners. These outstanding awardees will be recognized at the 2015 NRC Conference in Hollywood, FL. NRC/RT&S/Commercial Insurance Associate Safe Contractor of the Year The results are in for the 2014 NRC/RT&S/Commercial Insurance Associates Safe Railroad Contractor of the Year contest. Enthusiastic participation in the contest continued this year, with 49 rail contracting companies preparing entries. Each of these companies should be commended for their extensive efforts to promote and improve safety in the rail contracting industry, and for subjecting their full safety program and range of practices to an exhaustive outside review. These companies represent the very best of the NRC and the entire railroad construction and maintenance industry. In each category, there were multiple contestants with perfect scores! This reflects very well on the participating contractors, and speaks to the fact that the railroad contracting industry is safe and getting safer. Because of this great showing, this year the NRC will award the perfect-scoring contractors with a Platinum Award. On behalf of the entire NRC Membership, I would like to thank David Armstrong (Principal, Commercial Insurance Associates) for sponsoring this contest and volunteering his time and expertise to coordinate the evaluation of the applications. Platinum Winners - Score of 100 out of 100 points American Track Generations Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Herzog Contracting Corp Herzog Services Herzog Technologies Holland LP Joseph B. Fay Kelly-Hill Company L.K. Comstock National Transit Lone Star Railroad Contractors PNR RailWorks Ragnar Benson RailWorks Track Systems Rhinehart Railroad Construction Scott Bridge Company Sharp and Fellows Stacy & Witbeck Trumbull US Trackworks LLC Field Employee of the Year Mr. Mike Spaulding, Track Superintendent of Stacy and Witbeck has been selected as the 2014 NRC Field Employee of the Year. Mikes career began with 15 years at BNSF as a track laborer, progressing through the roles of machine operator, foreman, track inspector, and assistant road master. Mike joined Stacy and Witbeck 8 years ago, and has over 32 years of construction and maintenance experience on commuter rail, light rail, streetcar, and freight railroads throughout the western United States. His experience includes ballasted, embedded, direct fixation, and special track work construction and all associated civil elements. Mike has significant experience working in an active railroad environment, and has served as the track superintendent on many projects. Mike has worked on a vast array of projects, including: First Hill Streetcar, City of Seattle; West Corridor LRT Extension, Denver RTD; Washington County Commuter Rail Project, Tri-Met; I-205 LRT Extension, Tri-Met; South Lake Union Streetcar Project, City of Seattle; and the C-810 and C-700 Projects, Sound Transit. Mikes innovation skills and commitment to safety is exemplified by his role in the development of a hydraulic rail beam that moves rail more safely than traditional means. Mikes performance, commitment to the industry, and character make him the type of leader the NRC is trying to recognize with this award.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:17:58 +0000
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