1. Download the fillable pdf application form or request a printed application from the chapter, 503-682-3363 or 800-826-6610. There is no fee to participate in the chapter’s ROSE Awards. Note: The application form for the chapter’s ROSE Awards is the same form used for the AGCA CSEA. Eligible chapter winners will be nominated by the chapter for the national award.
    
2. This year the form can be completed electronically and saved throughout the process. For best results, complete the electronic application form and save it to your own files. When complete, email your saved document as an attachment to the chapter as indicated below. Do not use the “submit form” function on the application. You may also print and mail a hard copy of your completed application to the chapter. Ensure that appropriate signatures are included.
    
3. Submit completed application and materials to the AGC Oregon-Columbia Chapter no later than 5:00 pm Pacific time, Monday, November 2, 2009

Schedules and Deadlines

• Monday, November 2, 2009 – Submit all entries to AGC Oregon-Columbia Chapter no later than 5:00 pm
   
• November 10, 2009 – ROSE Award finalists will be notified by the chapter and scheduled for oral presentations
   
• Thursday, November 19, 2009 – ROSE Award oral presentations to local judges at the AGC offices in Wilsonville. Finalists will make an oral presentation of no more than five minutes, followed by a three-minute question and answer period to a panel of judges. Visual aids such as photos, slides, and PowerPoint presentations may be used (no audio). A laptop computer and projector will be provided for your presentation please provide media containing your materials.
   
• Thursday, December 3, 2009 – ROSE Award winners selected and notified. Chapter submits eligible winners/ nominations for AGCA Construction Safety Excellence Awards. (Note: companies who operate in multi-states are eligible for the chapter’s ROSE Award. However, the AGCA CSEA nomination must be submitted through the company’s home chapter.)
   
• Friday, January 15, 2010 – ROSE Award presentation at the chapter annual business meeting and safety awards breakfast held in Portland. Representatives from award-winning companies, including the Outstanding Award (best of the chapter), will be honored at the awards presentation. News releases will be sent to media statewide. Winners and photos will be posted on the AGC chapter website.

Both the CSEA and ROSE programs recognize construction companies that excel at safety and health performance, and closely examine each candidate’s commitment to safety and occupational health management and risk control. The selection process is comprehensive:

• A single application submittal will suffice for both the CSEA and ROSE awards (CSEA application is completed and submitted to the chapter).
   
• Contractor members may apply in only one category (see application, Part 1, Section 2 for list of categories).
   
• The application is a step-by-step qualification process. All sections of the application must be completed to qualify.
   
• The four-part nomination process includes:

• Quantitative measures: lost time injury rates and recordable injury rates are important, but the rates will not be the only metric used to determine the winners
• Checklist – program assessment
• Qualitative narrative essays: maximum of three typed pages combined for narrative
• Live presentation: five minutes maximum by the finalists to the independent panel of judges

• Please pay particular attention to completeness of information, margins, font, typeface, and length of submittal. Exceptions to the requirements will be disqualified.
   
• All written submittals for the ROSE awards will be reviewed by a panel of local safety experts.
   
• Finalists in each category will be selected and notified by the chapter.
   
• Finalists will have an opportunity to give a brief (five minute) live presentation in front of a panel of independent judges.
   
• Judges will look for evidence of:

• company management commitment
• active employee participation
• safety training
• work site hazard identification and control
• safety program innovation

• ROSE winners will be announced and formally recognized at the chapter annual business meeting and safety awards program held in Portland on Friday, January 15, 2010. Representatives from award-winning companies, including the Outstanding Award (best of the chapter), will be honored at the awards presentation. News releases will be sent to media statewide. The award winners and photos will be posted on the Oregon-Columbia Chapter website.
   
• The Oregon-Columbia Chapter will select finalists in each applicable category and submit those recommendations to AGCA for the CSEA awards. Companies who operate in multiple states are eligible for the chapter’s ROSE Award, however, the AGCA CSEA nomination must be submitted through the company’s home chapter. The Oregon-Columbia Chapter will pay the $200 entry fee for our CSEA award nominees.
   
• The AGCA Safety and Health Committee will review the chapter’s submittals during their January 2010 meeting.
   
• Finalists in each category will compete during the AGCA Annual Convention in March, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.
   
• CSEA finalists will have an opportunity to give an oral presentation in front of a panel of judges.

All entries must be submitted by: Monday, November 2, 2009 by 5:00 pm

Please send completed application to:

• Email: Eliot Lapidus or Colette Evers
   
• Mail to: Attn: Safety Awards
  Oregon-Columbia Chapter
  Associated General Contractors
  9450 SW Commerce Circle, Suite 200
  Wilsonville, Oregon 97070

2009 CSEA First Place Winners