Past Award Winners

Excellence in Safety Award

The Excellence in Safety Award: Known as the “Crystal Eagle,” the Excellence in Safety Award is the highest honor that CCS can bestow upon a company. Companies vie in categories with their peers (General Contractors, Trade Partners, Owners/Facilities Maintenance). Each category winner is recognized as a Safety Leader and is then in contention for the “Crystal Eagle” traveling trophy.

2023 Thermal Solutions
2022 Charah
2021 Solid Platforms
2020 Solid Platforms
2019 Shiel Sexton
2018 ERMCO, Inc.
2017 Gribbins Insulation Company
2016 Central Indiana Alliance
2015 BMWC Constructors
2014 BMW Constructors
2013 Gribbins Insulation
2012 Messer Construction
2011 Meyer Najem Construction
2010 BMW Constructors, Inc.
2009 Eli Lilly & The Contractors of the Central Indiana Alliance
2008 Bowen Engineering Corporation
2007 Bowen Engineering Corporation
2006 Pepper Construction Co. of Indiana
2005 F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co.
2004 BMW Constructors
2003 Shiel Sexton Co., Inc.
2002 Pepper Construction Co. of Indiana
2001 RLTurner Corporation
2000 Gaylor, Inc.
1999 BMW Constructors, Inc.
1998 Eli Lilly And Company
1997 RLTurner Corporation
1996 Shiel Sexton Co., Inc.
1995 James N. Gray Construction
1994 RLTurner Corporation

Burnie McGinnis Award

Burnie McGinnis Award: The Burnie McGinnis Award is presented to a person rather than a company. It is the most prestigious award presented to a person by CCS. It is named after the father of Hoosier basketball legend and CCS supporter George McGinnis. The award is given to a person who has had a significant impact on CCS and/or construction safety in Indiana. Because the award is so prestigious, it is not awarded every year.

2022 Dave Murphy, Pepper Construction
2021 Brian Acton, BMWC Constructors
2015 Kent Burget, Safety Management Group
2012 Jeffry Carter, Indiana Dept. of Labor and Jim Rabold, RL Turner
2011 Gary Price, The Mattison Corporation and Bill Mott, Hunt Construction
2009 Corey Alexander, Pepper Construction Co. Indiana and John Lindenschmidt, RMS Safety
2007 James Balthis, Brandon DeSonie, and Joe Sloan
2003 Jim Brown. Indiana Construction Association
1999 Jim Buis, ERMCO, Inc.
1998 Sheila Mueller, Bowen Engineering Corp.
1997 Fred Vest, Brad Snodgrass, Inc.
1996 B. Todd Morton, Best Insulation Specialists
1995 Steve Wolf, RLTurner Corporation

Outstanding Project Safety Award

Outstanding Project Safety Award: The Outstanding Project Safety Award is presented to the Owner-Contractor Team demonstrating the most outstanding commitment to safety as well as an excellent statistical record on a particular project. A project can be nominated by a contractor, individual, owner or design professional.

2023 INCOG Pharmaceutical Manufacturing; INCOG Biopharma Services and Gaylor Electric and Duke Energy-Gibson Station-Units 1&2-Fall Outage 2022; Duke Energy and Solid Platforms
2022 Scheumann Family Indoor Practice Facility; Ball State University and Messer Construction and Convert F/200006 for Program Executive Office Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; US Government and CMS Corporation
2021 Bankers Life Fieldhouse – Fieldhouse of the Future Modernization Phase 1; Capital Improvement Board of Marion County & Shiel Sexton
2020 University of Notre Dame Baumer Hall; Notre Dame & Shiel Sexton
2019 Corteva Indianapolis Global Business Center Improvements
2018 Deep Draft Berthing Wharf Charlie C-2, Naval Station Mayport
2017 Community Hospital North CHVH Connector
2017 Community Health Network and Meyer Najem Construction
2016 Citizens Energy Group Earlham-Thompson and Morris-Tibbs STEP; Indianapolis Power & Light Harding Street Station Units 5 and 6 Coal to Gas Conversion
2015 Citizens Energy Group White River and Fall Creek Consolidation Sewer Shafts; Duke Energy Unit 4 Lower Slope and Finishing Superheat Header Replacement
2014 Eli Lilly K130 “Streamline” Project; Wellbrooke of Kokomo The Center for Health & Wellness; Dow AgroSciences Building 314 Fermentation Development Lab; I-65/I-70 South Split Hyper-fix 2013
2013 The Alexander Hotel; Parkview Regional Medical Center; Riley Simon Family Tower Va.2 Sequence 1
2012 Ascension Health Ministry Service Center; Lutheran Hospital 5th Floor Addition; Soldiers and Sailors Monument Victory Statue Repair
2011 Eastern Star Church Northwest Campus; Wishard Dunlap 3 Interventional & Diagnostic Suite
2010 Greenfield Central Junior High School; The Witham Healthcare Services Medical, Office Building; The Marion General Hospital Radiology Renovation Project
2009 The Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal at Indianapolis International Airport; St. Vincent Indiana Hospital–Surgery & CPD Renovation
2008 Community Hospital North Expansion
2007 Eli Lilly and Company K362 Building
2006 Eli Lilly and Company K360 Clinical Trial Pilot Plant
2005 The Horseshoe Casino & Parking Garage
2004 The Indiana Heart Hospital
2003 Eli Lilly and Company K-358 Cell Culture Manufacturing Building
2002 DePauw University’s Julian Math and Science Technology Center
2001 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pagoda Control Tower
2000 Conseco Fieldhouse
1999 Federal Express Phase V Expansion and National Starch & Chemical Company’s Facility Maintenance Program
1998 Eli Lilly and Company Central Indiana Alliance Team
1997 Eli Lilly and Company Tippecanoe Laboratories

Board of Directors Award

Board of Directors Award: The Board of Directors Award is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution as a volunteer of the CCS Association and helped advance the mission and goals of the organization. The Executive Committee selects a recipient from nominations from the Board of Directors.

2023 Kristi VanSoest, Safety Resources, Inc.
2022 Steve Bestard, Messer Construction
2021 Doug Condon, Corteva Agriscience
2020 Marty Wood, I.U. Health
2019 Mark McGuire, AAA Roofing
2018 Rex Phillips, Eli Lilly and Company
2017 John Lindenschmidt, RMS-Safety
2015 Tim Steigerwald, Messer Construction
2014 Scott Lollar, Poynter Sheet Metal
2013 Kevin Potter, Shiel Sexton
2012 Steve Hodgson, Wurster Construction
2011 Phil Kenney, F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co.
2010 Greg Gossett, ERMCO, Inc.
2009 Lori Torres, Indiana Dept. of Labor
2008 Jeff Peek, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
2006 Paul Lee, Eli Lilly and Company
2005 J. Kent Burget, Safety Management Group
2004 William Smith III, Eli Lilly and Company
2003 Dave Doell, Clarian Health Partners
2002 James Garber, Lauth Construction
2001 Jim Maddox, ERMCO, Inc. and Tommy O’Donnell, IBEW Local #481
2000 Tim Livingston, Hunt Construction Group
1999 Doug Morris, Clarian Health Partners
1998 Mike Zeller, Eli Lilly and Company
1997 Donna Cale, Cale Consulting, Inc.

Safety Improvement Award

Safety Improvement Award: The Safety Improvement Award is given to companies that demonstrate how they have improved their safety efforts over the past year to prevent injuries and illnesses on their jobsites.

2017 Messer Construction Co.
2016 Blood Hound
2015 Meyer & Najem

Safety Innovation Award

Safety Innovation Award: The Safety Innovation Award is presented to a company who has developed an innovative program or initiative that has bolstered their safety efforts.