Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. is the proud recipient of the 2009 NRC/RT&S/Commercial Insurance Associates Safe Railroad Contractor of the Year Award. Loram also received this prestigious safety award in 2000. Loram received the Gold NRC Award for safety in 2008, 2007, 2005, and 2004.
This year marks a fifth consecutive year of record participation in the contest, with 46 separate railroad contracting companies participating. Every year participants continue their extensive efforts to promote and improve safety in the railroad contracting industry, and subject their full safety program and range of practices to an extensive outside review. These companies represent the very best of the NRC and the entire railroad construction and maintenance industry.
This national award is highly sought after, and awarded by a panel of judges based on the following standards:
The competition is getting tougher every year, and the judges have once again reported that the overall quality of submissions is rising. This reflects very well on the participating contractors, and speaks to the fact that the railroad contracting industry is safe and getting safer.
A special thanks to the judges this year:
David Armstrong of Commercial Insurance Associates
Joe Ivanyo of CSX Transportation
Tom Judge of Railway Track & Structures
Charlie Ridgeway of the Belt Railway Company of Chicago
Full Results:
Category I (under 30 employees) – Winner: US Trackworks, LLC
Gold: Coleman Industrial Construction
Gold: CR Construction Company
Gold: J-Track, LLC
Silver: American Rail Marketing
Silver: Amtrac of Ohio
Silver: Clayton Railroad Construction
Silver: Railroad Construction Co. of South Jersey
Silver: Sharp and Fellows
Bronze: Crafton Railroad Company
Bronze: HAX Technologies
Category II (31-99 employees) – Winner: Delta Railroad Construction
Gold: Fritz-Rumer-Cooke Co.
Gold: Kelly-Hill Company
Gold: Musselman and Hall Contractors
Gold: Railroad Constructors
Gold: The Railroad Associates Corporation
Silver: Armond Cassil Railroad Construction
Silver: Balfour Beatty Rail – Gillette Division
Silver: Tranco Industrial Services
Bronze: Stacy and Witbeck/Kiewit Western JV – West Valley/Airport TRAX Project
Category III (100-300 employees) – Winner: Mass Electric Construction/MECRail
Gold: Atlas Railroad Construction
Gold: Georgetown Rail Equipment Company
Gold: Herzog Services
Gold: Lone Star Railroad Contractors
Gold: Salt Lake City/Commuter Rail Constructors
Gold: Stacy and Witbeck
Silver: Colo Railroad Builders
Silver: Railroad Construction Company
Silver: RailWorks Track Services
Bronze: Hamilton Construction Company
Category IV (300+ employees) – Winner: Loram Maintenance of Way
Gold: Balfour Beatty Rail
Gold: Herzog Contracting Corp.
Gold: Kiewit Western Co.
Gold: RailWorks Track Systems
Silver: Flatiron Construction Corporation
Bronze: Holland Company
Since 1954, Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. has been providing railroad maintenance equipment and services that consistently exceed our customers’ expectations in terms of Speed, Performance, and Reliability. Loram machines are both sold and leased, but our company's reputation rests on our performance as a contractor offering a wide range of track maintenance services to freight, passenger, and transit railroads. Loram’s product offerings include: production and specialty rail grinding, ditch cleaning, shoulder ballast cleaning, undercutting, spot undercutting utilizing our Railvac, rail handling, and data services. For information please visit www.loram.com.