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MAREK Earns National Safety Award from Associated Builders and Contractors

Dallas, TX, March 22– MAREK has been named the winner of a National Safety Excellence Award from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). MAREK Dallas received the award March 21 during the 28th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards at ABC Convention 2018 in Long Beach, CA.

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

MAREK won in the NAICS 238 for Excellence in Safety.

“Associated Builders and Contractors is thrilled to honor MAREK, whose world-class safety processes and safety culture has created an environment where every employee understands that the wellbeing of those around them is everyone’s responsibility,” said 2018 ABC National Chair George R. Nash Jr., director of preconstruction at Branch & Associates, Herndon, Va. “MAREK’s impressive safety record shows the clear difference that an uncompromising, top-down commitment to safety makes in a contractor’s performance and we are proud to call them an ABC member.”

The 2017 National Safety Excellence Award winners were selected from ABC member firms that achieved Diamond, Platinum and Gold status in ABC's Safety Training Evaluation Process (STEP). During the selection process, national safety winners 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 Environment, Health and Safety Committee. See the full list of winners on abc.org.

STEP is the standard for developing world-class safety programs in construction and is designed to help both large and small contractors evaluate every aspect of their corporate safety and health program and identify opportunities for improvement. According to ABC’s latest Safety Performance Report, the best-performing ABC members STEP participants can reduce recordable incidents by up to 85 percent, making the best-performing companies 670 percent safer than the industry average.

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MAREK has been family owned and operated since 1938. We take great pride in our employees and the projects we've been honored to work on. We offer training and wellness programs to all of our employees. Our Workforce Development fosters skills and training that will take our certified craft workers anywhere they want to go.

We are able to cover a wide territory because we have offices in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio. Our skilled tradesmen and women perform an array of services: Metal Framing, Gypsum Assemblies, BIM, Ceilings & Acoustical Solutions, Flooring, Paint, Specialty Coatings & Wallcoverings, Fabric Panels & Stretch Systems, and Window Treatments. 

We are committed to develop a safe and educated workforce that proudly builds landmarks recognized by our entire industry.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national construction industry trade association established in 1950 that represents more than 21,000 members. Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC and its 70 chapters help members develop people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which ABC and its members work. Visit us at abc.org.