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qualify for the Safety Team, you have tomeet
a bunch of requirements," explained Terry,
who served as President of the local AGC
chapter in 1979and as President of the na-
tional AGC in 1999. "We were the very first
company to qualify."
"And to maintain your membership in that,
they actually build on those requirements,"
Jon replied."There are certain requirements
you have to meet to be initially certified as a
member of the AGC Safety Team. Not only
do you have tomaintain those initial require-
ments, but there are additional requirements
every year as well. Being part of the original
group that was certified is very meaningful
to us, and being able to maintain that for the
last 25 years has been further proof of our
safety prowess."
Jon revealed that the company takes a "team
approach"to ensure that safety is a top prior-
ity for their workforce.To safeguard this pri-
ority, Deeny Construction provides workers
with incentives to observe safety; not only as
individuals, but in teams as well. If one team
member fails to meet safety protocol, it ends
up costing his or her fellowcoworkers their
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