By late August, as the sun set on one of the most scorching summers in U.S. history, it became clear that Monroe, Ohio-based Baker Concrete Construction Co. just might achieve its goal of registering zero OSHA recordable incidents of heat-related injury or illness this season, despite punishing conditions on sites such as that of the new Meldahl Hydroelectric Plant, located east of Cincinnati.
That's no small feat for the 10th-largest subcontractor in the nation (ENR 10/17/11 p. 67), whose territory extends from Phoenix to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and from Washington, D.C., to Aurora, Colo.