Cedar Valley was named recipient of the first place ROSE Award in the Portland Cement Paving Division for contractors in the 100,000 – 300,000 work hours category. This award is presented to contractors who demonstrate a cultural commitment to safety, have innovative safety programs and have achieved zero work site fatalities and work site hazard identification and control. The top safety programs also feature active employee participation, safety training, and work site hazard identification and control.

Winners have innovative safety programs and strive towards zero work site fatalities and multi-catastrophic injuries.  Top safety programs also have active employee participation, safety training, and work site hazard identification and control.  "We are continually trying to improve safety in Iowa’s construction industry and on job sites every day," said AGC of Iowa Safety & Health Committee Chair Darin Johnson of Reilly Construction Co., Inc.  "The very essence of these awards is an illustration of our business' dedication to safety, and the companies we honor exemplify the very safest contractors in the construction industry and those who have successfully integrated safety into their businesses."

The Associated General Contractors of Iowa is Iowa’s oldest and largest association of heavy/highway and municipal/utility contractors.  AGC of Iowa represents hundreds of firms, including Iowa’s leading contractors and their service providers and suppliers.  AGC of Iowa members are the “Public’s Partner in Building & Maintaining Iowa’s Highway, Bridge, And Municipal/Utility Infrastructure”.  Visit the AGC of Iowa at www.agcia.org.