The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) announced today the recipients of its 2024 “Safe Contractor of the Year” awards. The NRC will recognize winning contractors for safety performance with platinum, gold and silver awards on January 5, 2025, at the NRC’s annual conference in Marco Island, Florida.

The NRC Safety Awards recognize NRC contractor members with exemplary workplace safety programs. Underwritten by Commercial Insurance Associates, the awards honor contractor members’ commitment to safety and acknowledge their achievement based on six criteria:

• Workers’ Compensation Experience Rating
• OSHA work-related injuries and illnesses
• OSHA statistics violations
• Roadway Worker Protection training
• Safety program elements
• Company vehicle accident score

“Congratulations to the 53 contractors who have earned NRC's Safe Contractor of the Year awards for 2024. It was exhilarating to honor their significant achievement at the NRC’s annual conference in Scottsdale,” said NRC Chairman Joe Daloisio. "Earning this award is no cakewalk. Judging is objective and rigorous. Thank you to Jordan Goff and Rose Gareau with Commercial Insurance Associates for your dedication and hard work on scoring the applications.”

We commend each of these companies for their extensive efforts to promote and improve safety in the rail contracting industry and for subjecting their full safety program to an exhaustive outside review. They represent the best of the railroad construction and maintenance industry.

Platinum Award Winners

• Ames Construction
• Balfour Beatty Infrastructure
• Granite Construction
• G.W. Peoples Contracting
• Herzog Railroad Services
• Herzog Services
• Holland L.P.
• Martinus Bottom Line
• Railroad Construction Co.
• RailWorks Track Services

Gold Award Winners

• 360 Rail Services LLC
• American Rail Marketing
• American Track
• Capitol Railroad Contracting
• Civil Works Contracting LLC
• Coleman Industrial Construction
• Curran Contracting Co.
• Fritz-Rumer-Cooke Co.
• Frontier Railroad Services LLC.
• Herzog Contracting Corp.
• Herzog Technology
• J Track
• KW Reece
• Loram Maintenance of Way
• Loram Technologies
• Modern Railway Systems
• NARSTCO
• Omaha Track
• PCL Civil Constructors , Inc.
• PNRRailWorks
• Queen City
• RagnarBenson
• RailWorks Maintenance of Way
• RailWorks Signals & Communications
• RailWorks Track Systems
• L.K. Comstock National Transit
• SEMA
• Stacy Witbeck
• Trans-Global Solutions
• US Trackworks, LLC

‍Silver Award Winners

• Musselman and Hall
• Ragnar Benson
• Railroad Construction Co. of So. Jersey, Inc.
• Railroad Constructors, Inc.
• R.J. Corman Railroad Group
• STX Corporation

‍Bronze Award Winners

• Delta
• Hafco
• Harsco
• JDD Electric
• TransAmerica Services

The NRC is a U.S. trade association that advances the mutual interests of railway contractors and suppliers who construct, maintain and supply freight railroads and rail-transit and passenger lines. Founded in 1978, the NRC connects members with other railway industry professionals and government officials and policy makers. The NRC collaborates with its members, government, and industry leaders to create a positive business climate and to make railway construction and maintenance safer and more efficient.