To ensure that construction and maintenance workers can return home safely to their families, friends, and communities, the Coalition for Construction Safety (CCS), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is devoted to the elimination of jobsite accidents and injuries by helping enhance workers’ general health and well-being. Striving to improve and secure the industry, every member, program participant, and CCS volunteer aids in achieving that objective.

While she was working for a material supply company in the 1980s, clients asked Beth Jarvis about purchasing safety items; the company, however, didn’t want to add other line items to its inventory. Seeing an opportunity in the marketplace to fill their needs, Beth, Founder, President, and CEO, launched Jendco Safety Supply in 1989. Starting off in the family garage next to a minivan and a flatbed, the business grew quickly, moving into a building two years later, followed by a major distribution center in 1994.

RONCO emphasizes the protection of the head, hand, and body for workers on the job across its native home of Canada.

For Central Builders Inc. (CBI), it all started with family. The company began in 1989 under the leadership of Carl Ehrlich and his son Matt, who is now the company’s Vice President of Administration. The Ehrlichs wanted to fill a niche as a general contractor in the grocery industry in the early ’90s, at a time when construction projects attached to grocery stores had turned into seven-figure remodeling operations.

TOLM Group of Morrilton, Arkansas is a construction firm with a difference—and not just due to its impressive achievements, comprehensive client support, and safety-first approach.

Lott Brothers Construction Company, located in Round Rock, Texas, is a privately owned, third-generation, commercial construction management company with design-build capabilities.

Pole construction remains as popular as ever in the Midwest—and for good reason. As a comparatively quick and cost-effective building system, pole frame construction has carved out a lasting place for itself in the region’s building sector.

Teel Construction provides general contracting, construction management, and design-build services for a nationwide list of commercial clients. Headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., in Fairfax, Virginia, the company boasts additional offices in Oakland, California; New York City, New York; and Richmond, Virginia.