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Safety Begins With Teamwork: Pentegra Systems LLC Receives the 2010 ASA-Chicago Safety Award

Pentegra Systems LLC has been awarded the Association of Subcontractors and Affiliates (ASA) Safety Award for 2010 by the ASA Chicago Chapter. Only 58 companies qualified to receive the award for 2010. This marks the fourth year in the last five that Pentegra has been awarded the ASA's top safety award. The safety award recognizes that Pentegra had incident rates for 2010 that were below their three year composite incident rate. Pentegra had no recordable incidents in over 73,000 man hours worked.

In 2010 Pentegra implemented a number of initiatives to increase safety, both on, and off the job site. Bill Burns, Chairman of the Pentegra Safety Committee attributes Pentegra's safety success in 2010 to increased awareness throughout the company. According to Burns, "New safety initiatives, including additional training, safety reminders on job boxes and safety-themed apparel for the field technicians, provide constant reminders that safety is everyone's job."

The ASA Chicago Chapter serves over 400 subcontractors, material suppliers and associate members in the six county Chicago metropolitan area. ASA Chicago is unique in that it represents all trades. The mission of ASA Chicago is to educate its members, promote professionalism, advocate on behalf of its members on the state and local levels and provide a forum for business opportunities in the construction industry. As part of the commitment to their members, the ASA recognizes safety as being of the utmost importance.