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Safety Corner Preconstruction Contracts:
Recently Awarded

Baycare Pharmacy - Renovation
EMR Rating is now .78 Brooklyn Hospital - ED Renovations
Calvary Hospital - Alterations
Our EMR (Experience Modifi cation Rating) has dropped eight Cornell University - Executive Educational Center
Jetro/RD - New Offi ce Building & Parking Structure
points from .86 to .78. Th e industry average is 1.0 and we are well
Mary Manning Walsh - Alterations
below! Th is reduced EMR rating stands behind our motto “No
MIT Bldg E17 Elevator Modernization
one takes safety more serious”. Safety is a real concern for our
Nyack Hospital - ED Expansion & Renovations
clients and our EMR rating is requested within every proposal.
NYPQ - AHU Replacement Project
An EMR rating says a lot about a fi rm and their safety record. Paramount Th eatre - Th eater Renovations
Roebling Center - Two Office Buildings & Parking Structure
OSHA Partnership Signed St. Joseph’s Medical Center - ED Renovations
Amherst College New Science Center Surgical Center of Central Florida
Williams College - NW Building Science Center
Williams College - Library Shelving Facility Addition
On January 20, 2017 Barr & Barr entered into a Partnership
Agreement with the Springfi eld OSHA Offi ce to formalize a
cooperative eff ort committed to safety and health excellence
on the Amherst College New Science Center Project. Th e safety and health representatives will administer the plan. Its
partnership emphasizes safety training programs and an ongoing elements will include quarterly safety stand-downs; weekly meetings
with subcontractors to discuss project safety issues; reviews of
commitment to identifying and eliminating hazards before
upcoming work; comprehensive analyses of job hazards, and an
they harm workers. Th e primary goals of the agreement are to
annual evaluation of the partnership.
reduce injuries and illnesses and their associated costs, increase
productivity and effi ciency, and, most importantly, help ensure
OSHA, an agency in the U.S. Department of Labor, will review
that the men and women building the project return home each
and continually evaluate the plan and help ensure that eff ective
day healthy and whole. training is available and delivered. OSHA representatives also
will attend monthly safety and health meetings.
PRESS RELEASE:
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Barr & Barr Inc., a construction “Our common goal is to ensure a safe and healthful working
management company, and the Occupational Safety and Health environment at the construction site and for this project. Partnerships
Administration have signed a strategic partnership to enhance bring together recognized best workplace practices and create
workplace safety and health during the construction of Amherst success,” said Mary Hoye, OSHA’s area director in Springfi eld.
College’s New Science Center. “We are delighted to enter into this partnership with OSHA for
the Amherst College New Science Center. It is our belief that
this partnership agreement will enhance the entire team eff orts
to provide state-of-the-art safety programs, and will be a major
benefi t to the men and women building the project,” said Stephen
Killian, executive vice president and chief operating offi cer of
Barr & Barr.

Th e $195 million project involves the construction of a four-
story, 250,000 square-foot building that will house laboratories
classrooms and offi ce space. Th e partnership, signed in January
2017, is scheduled to last through the project’s conclusion, estimated
for August 2018.

Th e partnership was signed in January by Hoye, Killian and
the following Barr & Barr offi cials: William Aquadro, project
executive; Matthew Jacobs, project manager; James Manoli, CSP,
safety director; and Richard Budnar, superintendent.

Jason Garand, business manager of New England Regional
Under the partnership, Barr & Barr will develop a safety and health Council of Carpenters Local 108, and Tom Andrews, business
plan that will serve as a benchmark for project subcontractors, manager/secretary-treasurer of Laborers Union International of
setting out requirements and goals to meet or exceed. Qualifi ed North America Local 596, signed in support of the partnership.