Awards Banquet held at
L’Auberge Resort Baton Rouge on
The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance (GBRIA) Safety Excellence Awards have been a staple in the Baton Rouge area since 1996. The awards banquet is an opportunity for GBRIA member sites to nominate those companies who’ve performed work in their facilities and committed themselves to nothing less than safety excellence in their operations. To be nominated for such an award is a great honor and a show of recognition of the great strides contractors have made to keep their workers safe and families whole.
In 1996, when the awards banquet concept was made a reality it was by the work of GBRIA’s Board of Directors, but specifically by Mr. Hal Ginn. It is because of Mr. G. Ginn’s vision for safe workplaces that we can come together and celebrate safety success stories. Thus, the creation of the coveted Hal G. Ginn Award. The finalist for this award comes from each division winner, and ultimately the company that shines the brightest takes home this award for excellence.
General Construction and Maintenance
Division I:
1st Place: Pipe and Steel Industrial Fabricators
2nd Place: Arkel Constructors
3rd Place: Volks Constructors
Division II:
1st Place: AltairStrickland
2nd Place: Optimal Field Services, LLC
3rd Place: Primoris Energy Services
Division III:
1st Place: Repcon
2nd Place: EXCEL
3rd Place: Brown & Root Industrial Services AND Worley Field Services (tie)
Civil Construction
1st Place: Beard Construction Group
Commercial Construction
1st Place: The McDonnel Group
Crane & Rigging
1st Place: Deep South Crane & Rigging
2nd Place: Bengal Crane
Specialty Trade Hard Craft
Division I:
1st Place: Merit Electrical Inc.
2nd Place: Westgate LLC
3rd Place: Cust-O-Fab Specialty Services
Division II:
1st Place: Contech Control Services, LLC
2nd Place: JVIC (A Zachry Group Company)
3rd Place: Turner Specialty Services, LLC
Division III:
1st Place: ISC Constructors
2nd Place: MMR Constructors
3rd Place: Triad Electric and Controls
Specialty Trade Soft Craft
Division I:
1st Place: NextGen Scaffold Services
2nd Place: Specialty Application Services
3rd Place: Conco Services, LLC
Division II:
1st Place: 3S Team
2nd Place: Thorpe Specialty Services Corporation
3rd Place: Industrial Specialists
Division III:
1st Place: Brock Services
2nd Place: Apache Industrial Services
3rd Place: BrandSafway
Technical Support
Division I:
1st Place: Bunker Gear Specialists
2nd Place: Bertrand Inspection Services
3rd Place: Loadstar Product Handling and Site Logistics
Division II:
1st Place: Technical and Environmental Services
2nd Place: Athlon Solutions
3rd Place: Austin Fire Systems
Division III:
1st Place: Acuren Inspection, Inc.
2nd Place: Total Safety U.S.
3rd Place: PSC Group
Marine Construction
1st Place: Stewart Construction
Community Service Award: Performance Contractors
Innovation Award: Apache Industrial Services
Live music provided by The Taylor Nauta Band!
Kick off message by David Wilbur, Vetergy Group, a 30-year fighter pilot and Commanding Officer in the US Marine and senior business executive and entrepreneur in private sector industries.
Following our kick-off, hear from GBRIA's Board of Directors, other Industry Leaders, and the announcement of award winners!
Company logo displayed at each banquet table. Staff will work with the sponsor to select the perfect representation for your company.
Company logo projected on both sides of the banquet room wall.
Company logo displayed on stage with the Taylor Nauta Band before the program begins.
Company logo displayed on bar napkins, logo displayed on all bars, and ability to customize a cocktail named after your company.
Table for 10, premium seating and logo displayed at the event.
Table for 10 and logo displayed at the event.
5 seats and logo displayed at the event.
2 seats and logo displayed at the event.
Action Industries
Apache Industrial Services
APTIM Services
Ardent Services
Austin Fire Systems
BGS
BrandSafway
Brock
Brown & Root
Claymar Construction
Clean Harbors/HydroChemPSC
Deep South Crane & Rigging
EXCEL
Excel Modular Scaffolding & Leasing
Hoist & Crane Service Group
Industrial Specialist
ISC Constructors
James Machine Works
Loadstar Product Handling Services
Master Vac Industrial Services
Midwest Cooling Towers
MMR Constructors
Nextgen – The Bartlett Group
Premium Inspection & Testing
PSC Group
RES Contractors
Specialized Industrial Maintenance
Specialty Welding and Turnarounds
Spectrum Water Technology
Structural Preservation Systems
The McDonnel Group
Thermon
Total Safety U.S.
Triad Electric & Controls
Turner Industrial Maintenance
Turner Industries Group
Turner Specialty Services
Westgate
Worley Field Services
Zachry Industrial
Air Liquide
Albemarle
Americas Styrenics
CF Industries
Cornerstone Chemical
Delek – Krotz Springs Refinery
Dow
Ethos Energy
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Complex
ExxonMobil BRPO
ExxonMobil Lubricants
ExxonMobil Plastics
Grace
Honeywell Baton Rouge
Koch Methanol Terminal
NOVA
Nucor
Nutrien
Olin St. Gabriel & Plaquemine
OxyChem Convent
Placid Refining
Rubicon
Shell Catalyst & Technologies
Shell Chemical Geismar
Shell Convent
Shintech Louisiana
SNF Flopam
Solvay USA
Syngenta Crop Protection
Veolia
Westlake Geismar
Westlake Plaquemine
General Construction & Maintenance
Civil Construction
Commercial Construction
Crane & Rigging
Specialty Trade Soft Crafts
Specialty Trade Hard Crafts
Technical Support
1st Place – Award of Excellence
2nd Place – Award of Merit
3rd Place – Award of Recognition
Innovation Award
Community Service Award
Hal G. Ginn Award
Timeline
December 6, 2022 – Nominations Open
February 1, 2023 – Nominations Close
January 11, 2023 – Contractor Submittal Opens
February 10, 2023 – Contractor Submittal Closes
February 14, 2023 – Award Committee Selection Meeting
March 17, 2023 – Awards Banquet
To be eligible for consideration at the 27th Annual GBRIA Safety Excellence Awards, contractors must:
Nominated companies will be required to submit the following data plus additional documents pertaining to your safety program:
Submit your company logo, preferably a PNG file
** Any application received after the deadline will be immediately disqualified from consideration
** Any fatality in 2022 will immediately disqualify a contractor from placing in their division/category.
Additional Awards:
Community Service Award
Innovation Award
*More information on these awards will be available on January 11, 2023 when the Contractor Submittal Form opens