3/28/2024 – Bailey-Harris Construction recently received the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Platinum Level STEP Award for its outstanding safety performance. The award is based on safety factor controls that incorporate data from OSHA reports and necessitate companies to have in-depth safety programs. To qualify for the Platinum Level, companies must meet specific criteria, including 20 critical components, an incidence rate equal to or below the national BLS average, and submission of an OSHA Form 300A for the past three years. The top-performing members of ABC have incident rates nearly seven times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics construction industry average.

“At Bailey Harris Construction, safety is not just a preference, it is a way of life!” said Bailey Harris Corporate Safety Director Jeff Gibby. “It is integrated into the core of our project management and employee training, driving us to “surpass expectations” in everything we do! We are proud of our strong commitment to safety and have received recognition throughout our organization for our efforts. Our field team members work tirelessly to construct projects that have a positive impact on the community. Our aim is to continually improve our operations and establish a solid foundation of safety.

According to ABC’s annual Safety Performance Report, STEP participants, regardless of company size or type of work, can reduce recordable incidents up to 85%, making the best-performing companies 688% safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average. Ratings range from Diamond, the highest, to Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Participant.

Of note is Bailey-Harris’ jump from Gold STEP level in 2022 to its current status of Platinum for 2023.

Auburn, Alabama, April 5—Bailey-Harris Construction Co., Inc. announced it has achieved Gold Level in Associated Builders and Contractors’ STEP Safety Management System. Founded more than three decades ago, STEP has evolved into a world-class safety program that dramatically improves safety performance among construction industry participants, with top-performing Diamond members achieving incident rates 645% safer than the industry average.

“It is our commitment here at Bailey-Harris Construction to initiate and maintain complete accident prevention on every construction site through strict adherence to our safety training program,” said Russell Harris, president of Bailey-Harris. “We believe that everyone from the top down is responsible for the safety and health of those persons in their charge and coworkers around them.”

STEP participants measure their safety processes and policies on key components through a detailed questionnaire with the goal of implementing or enhancing safety programs that reduce jobsite incidents. Bailey-Harris is proud to excel in the following areas regarding its comprehensive safety program:

• Identify unsafe work practices and conditions and suggest appropriate remedies.
• Conduct health and safety inspections of field operations to identify safety hazards and recommend corrective actions.
• Review accident/incident/near miss reports. Types of accidents, causes and trends to identify appropriate corrective actions.
• Obtain and analyze available data on past injuries and illnesses and identify trends and suggest appropriate corrective actions.
• Assist in the development and implementation of effective health and safety awareness programs.
• Develop written programs which exceed OSHA health and safety regulations compliance.

“Safety is a journey, and that journey is possible because of systems like STEP, which enables ABC member contractors like Bailey-Harris Construction to have safer and more productive jobsites,” said Greg Sizemore, ABC vice president of health, safety, environment, and workforce development. “Committing to total human health is essential to ensure the physical and mental health and safety of our workforce, and I commend Bailey-Harris Construction for consistently fulfilling those commitments to raise the bar of safety performance.”

According to ABC’s annual Safety Performance Report, STEP participants, regardless of company size or type of work, can reduce recordable incidents up to 84%, making the best performing companies more than eight times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average. Ratings range from Diamond, the highest, to Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Participant.

To learn more about the STEP program, visit abcstep.org.

About Bailey-Harris Construction: Bailey-Harris Construction Company is a leading industrial and commercial contracting firm based in Auburn, Alabama servicing the southeastern United States since 1979.  Specializing in the design and construction of industrial, commercial, educational, municipal, financial, healthcare, religious and specialty facilities, the firm currently represents its client base in over $200 million of construction programs.  Bailey-Harris is located at 1600 Bailey Harris Drive, Auburn, AL 36830 with an additional office located in Huntsville.  Phone 334.821.0807 baileyharris.com

This article originally appeared in the Opelika-Auburn News.

Auburn University is planning to build a new $28 million game-day support facility in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

The new 44,000-square-foot facility will be built in southwest corner of the stadium, and the project will include a 16,000-square-foot renovation of Auburn’s football locker rooms, according to documents included with Auburn University’s board of trustees meeting agenda.

The new facility will also include a recruiting space for football and Olympic sports, a new club space for fans and a new press box for the media.

If approved by Auburn’s board of trustees at its Feb. 3 meeting, the project will begin May and end in July 2018.

The facility is part of the Jordan-Hare Improvement initiative the board of trustees adopted in 2015, according a memo from Dan King, associate vice president for facilities.

“Over the last several years, the Athletics Department has been developing plans for improving Jordan-Hare Stadium to enhance the gameday experience for fans, students, and players,” King wrote. “As a result of this detailed planning effort, two of the highest-priority projects for the Stadium are the development of a larger and greatly improved recruiting facility and enhancements to the home team locker room, for gameday support.”

The $28 million cost of the project will be paid for by Auburn University Athletics Department funds.

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Auburn, AL, April 2014 – Bailey-Harris Construction Company has just begun construction of a new Girls Treatment Facility for the Alabama Department of Youth Services at the Mt. Meigs Campus in east Montgomery County. Designed by Poole and Company Architects, the facility will consist of a 16,000 square foot dormitory building with indoor and outdoor recreational spaces, as well as a separate 11,000 square foot administration-education building with offices, classrooms, a library and a severe weather safe space.

This project will be LEED certified by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building rating system developed by the USGBC for the construction of energy efficient buildings. The project is also on a very fast-paced timeline, but the Contractor is up to the challenge according to Richard Lovelace, Senior Project Manager for Bailey-Harris. “Although the project completion date is very aggressive,” states Lovelace, “we are confident in our plan to meet it. The Owner and Architect are both working with us as a team to achieve this goal.”

Bailey-Harris is excited to have begun construction of its first project for the Montgomery County Department of Youth Services, though this is not the company’s first project in Montgomery. Bailey-Harris has completed several projects for the Montgomery County Commission, Montgomery City Schools and the Retirement System of Alabama, to name a few. Allen Harris, President and CEO of Bailey-Harris, speaks glowingly of their relationship: “We have had a presence in Montgomery for a number of years and we thoroughly enjoy working there. Our main office is in Auburn, but Montgomery is our second home. We are pleased to be a part of the continued growth in the area.”