AGC of California Awards Rosendin Electric First Place Safety Award of Excellence

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 19, 2015) - Rosendin Electric, (www.rosendin.com), the nation's largest private electrical contractor and an employee-owned company, has received a First Place Safety Award of Excellence from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of California. Rosendin Electric was selected the first place winner in the category of Specialty Contractors with Over 1 Million Worker Hours.

"We are extremely proud of our safety record, not only here in California but in regional offices nationwide," said Marty Rouse, CSP, CHST, STS-C Vice President of Safety for Rosendin Electric. "Our customers choose to work with Rosendin Electric partly because of how we look at safety as a value, the care our workers demonstrate to our customers' employees and the minimal impact we have to their facility. Employees consider Rosendin Electric a great place to work because they know we care for them on the job site and off. Maintaining a strong safety culture is good for our business as well as for our employees."

Rosendin Electric has been consistently recognized by the AGC for its safety record. Most recently, the company received a Certificate of Commendation for its safety record from AGC of America. Additionally, the AGC recognized Rosendin Electric with the First Place National 2013 AGC/Willis Construction Safety Excellence Award, Specialty Division. The AGC Oregon-Columbia Chapter recognized the company's Oregon office with a Recognition of Safety Excellence (ROSE) Award in the Specialty Division; Rosendin Electric's Virginia office received a Corporate Safety Program Award from the AGC Metro DC Chapter, a Washington Contractor Award for work completed at the American University -- WAMU and a Merit Award for the Subcontractors Over $400 Million category; and the Rosendin Electric Texas division received a Certificate of Excellence for Job Site Safety from the AGC Texas Building Branch.

This marks the 27^th year that AGC of California has presented its Annual Safety Awards of Excellence. The awards are presented to contractors and affiliated companies for safety in the workplace and for management commitment and employee involvement in promoting safe work practices. All of the winners of the AGC of California Safety Awards of Excellence are eligible to compete in the AGC of America's National Safety Excellence Awards competition. The National Safety Awards of Excellence Winners will be announced at the AGC National Convention, scheduled to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in March.

About Rosendin Electric
Rosendin Electric, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is an employee-owned electrical engineering, power and communications provider and is the largest privately held electrical contractor in the United States. With over 5,000 employees and experience worldwide, Rosendin Electric has built upon a 95-year reputation for quality design and installations. For additional information, visit www.rosendin.com.