AIC Recognized for Safety Achievement

Alaska Interstate Construction (AIC), a civil construction company and joint venture of CIRI's, was recently commended with a safety achievement for going one year without experiencing a lost time or recordable accident on the job. The achievement award was recognized by Teck Pogo, Inc. for AIC's work at the Pogo gold property located in eastern Alaska. May 24, 2005, marked one year that AIC has had zero lost time incidents at the Pogo worksite.

"This is very impressive considering the harsh conditions which included forest fires and very steep and dangerous terrain we had to deal with while building a 50-mile access road," said Dave Chaput, HSE manager.

AIC is active in the oil, gas, and mining industries in Alaska and has assisted with the development of several major pipeline projects throughout the state and operates the state's largest fleet of heavy equipment to construct gravel roads. A lost time accident is one that takes the employee off the job for at least one full day.

When it comes to resource development, health, safety, and protecting the environment are fundamental to AIC. The company maintains an ISO 14001 certificate for its Environmental Management System and is Alaska's first contractor to partner with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Construction Health and Safety Excellence (CHASE) Program in an effort to continually improve worker health and safety at POGO and all of its worksites. AIC has also been the recipient of the BP North Slope Environmental Achievement Award for its activities on the North Slope and continues to receive an annual Green Star Award for reducing pollution.