Wilmington, Delaware March 16th — Assurance Media today announced it has earned a National Safety Merit Award from Associated Builders and Contractors, which were presented at the 31st annual Excellence in Construction® Awards during ABC Convention 2021 in Grapevine, Texas, on March 10. Assurance Media, LLC won in the Specialty Trade Contractors Category for its commitment and dedication to workplace safety.

President Jennifer McKenzie had this to say about the award, “We are very excited to receive this recognition from ABC for our safety efforts.  Our core value of “committed to safety” is so important to our team and how we operate.  Each year provides new opportunities for us to learn and innovate about ways to ensure our teammates arrive home to their families as they left in the morning!  Thank you again, ABC.”

The 2020 National Safety Excellence Award winners were selected from ABC member firms that achieved Diamond, Platinum and Gold status in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System in 2020. During the selection process, contractors were judged on self-evaluation scores, lost workday case rates, total recordable incident rates, leading indicator use, process and program innovations and video interviews conducted by members of ABC’s National Health and Safety Committee.

“Assurance Media is creating the conditions for its people to do their job well in a safe, healthy and mentally fit environment,” said 2021 ABC National Chair of the Board of Directors Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., Kaukauna, Wisconsin. “A culture of both safety and total human health cannot exist without leadership choosing daily to not to compromise on safety, and ABC commends this safety leader in our industry for modeling this belief in every action.”

The National Safety Excellence Awards are presented in three major North American Industry Classification System code categories: NAICS 236 – Construction of Buildings; NAICS 237 – Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; and NAICS 238 – Specialty Trade Contractors.

STEP, the standard for developing world-class safety management systems in construction, is designed to help both large and small contractors evaluate every aspect of their corporate safety and health programs and identify opportunities for improvement.

CNA is the presenting sponsor of the National Safety Excellence Awards.

See a complete list of winners on ABC’s website.

About Assurance Media

 Assurance Media is a locally-owned, Women Business Enterprise (WBE) that offers robust expertise, advanced technology, and regional experience for businesses needing premise security, audiovisual systems, and structured cabling. The company serves organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region with clients in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. Assurance Media enables its clients to improve their operational efficiency and focus on growth by providing these inter-related services from a single vendor.

Since 2009, Assurance Media has provided a full range of services, including planning, development, deployment, and testing as well as on-going maintenance and support. We combine these services with technology from today’s industry-leading manufacturers to deliver solutions that solve many of today’s business challenges – connectivity, security, and communications.