For more than 30 years, ABC has
celebrated billions of dollars of award-winning projects across the country
with the Excellence in Construction® awards program.
EIC is one of ABC’s signature programs,
which is protected through its trademark. To protect the integrity of the
program and intellectual property rights of this mark, the National Business
Development Committee has directed the association to require any chapters
using the “Excellence in Construction” name and mark comply at a minimum with
the below criteria of the national program.
·
Company
Fatality Rule, Part A:
A
company that experienced a safety-related fatality of a direct employee in the
United States within the current program year is not eligible for an EIC award.
[This
rule disqualifies a
company.]
·
Company
Fatality Rule, Part B:
A
company that experienced a safety-related fatality of a direct employee in the
United States during the three years before the current program year is
required to provide additional information regarding action that has been taken
following the fatality.
[This
rule requires a company that experienced a safety-related fatality up to three
years prior to submission provide details of the investigation following the
fatality and demonstrate that corrective actions—procedural and cultural—have
been taken to enhance the company’s overall safety practices.]
·
Project
Fatality Rule:
A
project that involves prime, multiprime or subcontractors with a safety-related
fatality is not eligible to be considered for an EIC award.
[This
rule disqualifies a
project, regardless of which contractor experiences
the fatality on the job.]
·
OSHA
Forms:
A
company that does not provide project-specific OSHA Forms 300 and 300A (personal
information redacted) OR company-specific forms for the year(s) the project was
under construction is not eligible for an EIC award.
[The
OSHA forms substantiate the applicants’ responses to the fatality questions.]
·
Pledge:
A
company that has not signed the Construction Coalition for a Drug- and
Alcohol-Free Workplace pledge at drugfreeconstruction.org is not eligible for
an EIC award.
[If
an applying company participates in STEP, this information has been verified
during the STEP application process, so the applicant can skip this question.]
·
Safety
and Health Policy Manual:
A
company that does not have a written safety and health policy manual is not
eligible for an EIC award.
[If
an applying company participates in STEP, this information has been verified
during the STEP application process, so the applicant can skip this question.]
Our research indicates most
chapters use the EIC name and follow the national criteria; however, the
remaining chapters will be required to implement these changes for the 2020
awards cycle. In order to use the Excellence in Construction name and mark
in 2020, the chapter must comply with the criteria above.
The committee respects the creativity
and alternative approaches in executing the EIC program at the chapter
level. It is from those efforts that future “best practices” can be
developed. However, to allow our membership and our association to continue
to enjoy this valuable copyright, a standardized use of the mark will be
enforced. You may direct any questions to
eic@abc.org.