Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter November 2022

ASCC just held their second annual Safety Summit, November 10 &11, in Albuquerque, NM. The Tilt-Up Concrete Association again partnered with us to bring together individuals responsible for safety in their organizations. Living up to its intended purpose, the Safety Summit did not disappoint; a great opportunity to share best practices, lessons learned and success stories.

The program began with keynote speaker, Mike Schneider, VP & Chief People Person, Baker Concrete Construction, a recipient of ASCC’s Owner/Executive Safety Award. HIs presentation on Incident & Injury Free (IIF): A Safety Culture, “Creating a Safety Culture of Care and Concern,” detailed Baker’s adoption and implementation of the IIF safety culture. IIF is a way of life – behavior, beliefs, value, symbols – that are accepted by all in an organization, and communicated and imitated from one group to the next.

The second half of the program was nine concurrent roundtables. Attendees could choose three topics on which to share challenges and lessons learned from peers, while also gathering professional contacts with which to continue the conversations. Key takeaways continue to be the great opportunity for ASCC member safety professionals to meet and learn from likeminded peers and develop new professional friendships.

I would like to thank our sponsors for the support of the ASCC safety program. My goal, as we continue to refine the event, is to provide additional opportunities for professional development and education. I encourage members who have suggestions for the Summit to contact me, at jwhiteman@ascconline.org. I look forward to continued success and am excited to see what the future brings as we continue to build this great member benefit.