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GreenWood Earns Highwire Gold Safety Award

GreenWood, Inc. is proud to announce it has earned the Highwire Gold Safety Award in recognition of its ongoing project work at Merck in Elkton, Virginia. This distinction underscores GreenWood’s consistent commitment to safety excellence and its ability to deliver strong performance year after year on this project.

Central to this achievement is GreenWood’s “Always Aware” safety program, which is seamlessly aligned with Merck’s rigorous safety standards. Together, these efforts foster a proactive safety culture and an exceptionally secure work environment for every employee on site.

The Highwire Safety Assessment reviews a company’s historic safety performance and current safety management systems. The program includes a thorough, objective and consistent evaluation of company performance so that clients and contractors can identify, monitor, and manage risk smarter. The results provide a strong indicator of how a contractor values safety and serves a reliable predictor of future performance.

“This recognition from Highwire reflects the strength of our safety foundation and the comprehensive programs we’ve built to protect our employees and maintain a safe work environment,” said Mike Simmons, Safety Director for GreenWood, Inc. “Safety is embedded in our culture, and our teams demonstrate that commitment every day. It remains our top priority across all operations.”

Highwire is the Contractor Success Platform for asset owners, general contractors, and facilities managers. The world’s most admired organizations — including Skanska, Merck, and Bond Brothers — use Highwire to ensure their contracting partners deliver great work, on budget and on schedule, by collaborating with them to dynamically mitigate safety, financial, quality and sustainability risks throughout every project lifecycle.

GreenWood Inc. Earns Highwire Platinum Safety Award

GreenWood, Inc. is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Highwire Platinum Safety Award for its continuous project work at Merck in Elkton, Virginia. This prestigious award is a reflection of GreenWood’s ongoing commitment to safety and outstanding results each year at this project. GreenWood’s “Always Aware” safety program is integrated with Merck’s safety standards to create an exceptionally safe work environment for all employees. The Platinum Safety Award is the highest honor awarded by Highwire.

The Highwire Safety Assessment reviews a company’s historic safety performance and current safety management systems. The program includes a thorough, objective and consistent evaluation of company performance so that clients and contractors can identify, monitor, and manage risk smarter. The results provide a strong indicator of how a contractor values safety and serves a reliable predictor of future performance. GreenWood received an average of 99 out of 100 for every trade category with zero discrepancies, and no identified weaknesses.

“This recognition by Highwire points to the foundation of our safety standards and the over-arching program that is designed to maintain a safe work environment while protecting employees,” says Mike Simmons, Safety Director for GreenWood, Inc. “Our teams work hard to be safe which is core to our safety culture and is our top priority in all the work we perform every day.”

Highwire is the Contractor Success Platform for asset owners, general contractors, and facilities managers. The world’s most admired organizations — including Skanska, Merck, and Bond Brothers — use Highwire to ensure their contracting partners deliver great work, on budget and on schedule, by collaborating with them to dynamically mitigate safety, financial, quality and sustainability risks throughout every project lifecycle.

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