Corona, CA --- A
collaboration among Building Industry of Southern California (BIASC) home
builders, known as the Southern California Builders Safety Alliance (SCBSA),
has been recognized by the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) as a
2017 first place winner in their annual SAFE Awards program. The NAHB/Builders Mutual Insurance Company
Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE) program recognizes the achievements of
builders and trade contractors who have developed and implemented high quality
construction safety programs in eight categories.
Chelsea
Vetick, NAHB Program Manager for Safety states that this honor is awarded as an
acknowledgement of gratitude, "for the BIASC Builder’s Safety Alliance
efforts to ensure that home builders, trade contractors, and workers in the
residential construction industry return home to their families and friends
each day." According
to the NAHB, being recognized as a first-place winner means that the NAHB
acknowledges leadership and commitment to improving construction safety in the
homebuilding industry.
The SAFE Awards
entry submitted by 2018 SCBSA Chairperson Teri Thurbush of Pardee Homes
addressed the alliances’ efforts and commitment to keep safety at the forefront
of the homebuilding business. The SCBSA initiative
focused on sharing best practices, offering training to trades and fellow
builders and insuring unsafe acts and behaviors were eliminated. The Alliance’s vision to lead the new home
construction industry in adopting and employing approved OSHA required safety
practices moves the industry closer to making sure everyone who shows up on a
construction job put safety first. The
award-winning essay earned the SCBSA first place in the category of Innovative
Safety Program/Idea of the Year from the NAHB.
“As the 2018
chairperson of the Alliance, I’m looking forward to sharing the progress in
safety that all builders are making,” said Thurbush, General Manager of Options
and Safety for Pardee Homes Inland Empire.
“The SCBSA is dedicated to promoting safe work practices and working
towards making safety a mindset of all workers. We are a Building Industry of
Southern California recognized committee and are driven to make a difference in
our industry. I am thankful for the opportunities that Pardee Homes has provided
me on the job and as part of this community and am fortunate to have the
support of my management to continue as part of the SCBSA team to make sure we
remain a leader in safety in the years to come.”
The Southern
California Builders Safety Alliance was created with the profound importance of
worker safety in mind. Representatives from many of the region’s top builders
have joined together to create an environment for education and peer-to-peer
discussion to keep job sites safe for everyone involved. For more information go to www.biasc.org.
Pardee Homes Inland
Empire designs and builds new homes and communities for first-time through
luxury homebuyers. Established in 1921, Pardee Homes Inland Empire is
accomplished in the planning and development of master-planned communities,
green homebuilding measures, environmentally-sensitive development practices,
and customer-focused processes for new home purchase, and is also widely known
for its steadfast civic outreach. Pardee Homes is a member of TRI Pointe Group®
(NYSE: TPH), a family of premium regional homebuilders. TRI Pointe Group
is one of the largest homebuilders in the U.S. and was recognized as 2014 Developer of the Year by Builder and Developer magazine and 2015
Builder of the Year by Builder
magazine.
For more information about Pardee Homes Inland Empire, please visit www.PardeeHomes.com/Region/Inland-Empire.