High-Profile Focus: Awards
July 2018
NEI Wins MHIC Award of Excellence
(l-r) Kassandra Martin, André Barbour, and Carol Fuller
Randolf, MA – NEI General Contractors was recently presented with an Award of Excellence in Minority Participation by Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (MHIC) for its commitment to creating access and opportunity for people of color and minority-owned businesses, ensuring that its work has a lasting impact on communities. The Diversity and Compliance team includes director Carol Fuller, compliance manager Kassandra Martin, and diversity and inclusion coordinator André Barbour. NEI awarded $21 million to minorityowned businesses on three of the last
MHIC-financed projects (40% of total contracts and as high as 45% on Walker Park in Roxbury) and directing 65% of hours worked on these projects to people of color. Over the last few years, NEI has worked to grow and strengthen their Diversity and Compliance Department. “At NEI, we believe strongly that our job is more than just to put a project in place. We have a responsibility to contribute positively to the surrounding neighborhoods and community that the project will become a part of,” says Carol Fuller, NEI director of Diversity and Compliance.
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Erland Wins Gold S.T.E.P. Safety Award
(l-r) Tom Blesso, ECI Sr. VP & 2018 GCI chair; Laurie Webber, ECI asst. dir. of safety; Clarence Reid, ECI safety director; and John Anderson, ABC MA chair.
Burlington, MA – Erland Construction recently was named a Gold Safety, Training, and Evaluation Process (S.T.E.P.) award recipient by Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts (ABC), and the Gould Construction Institute (GCI), ABC’s training affiliate. S.T.E.P. is a national ABC program that provides safety benchmarking and improvement tools that have been shown to dramatically improve safety performance among participating companies. Established in 1969, S.T.E.P. was developed and written by contractors,
for contractors. Companies measure their safety performance and policies through a review of 20 key components with a goal of enhancing safety programs and reducing jobsite incident rates. The awards are presented annually to ABC member companies with exceptional safety records, and this year’s applicant pool was very competitive, with 58 companies recognized for their outstanding commitment to jobsite safety. Applicants are evaluated on a number of statistical factors such as incident rates, lost time, and OSHA recordables.
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