APPLETON, Wisconsin — AZCO has been recognized for its industry-leading commitment to safety, receiving two 2025 Zero Injury Safety Awards (ZISA) from the National Maintenance Agreements Policy Committee (NMAPC). This marks the ninth consecutive year that AZCO has been honored with ZISA recognition for achieving exceptional safety performance on major industrial projects across the nation.

2025 Award Details

AZCO’s 2025 awards were presented for exemplary work performed in 2024:

• Alliant Energy / IPL Creston Solar Project — Certificate of Merit
  • 82,116 recordable-free hours
  • Recognized for outstanding safety performance on a large-scale solar energy project
• Linde Dallman Carbon Capture Project — Certificate of Merit
  • 96,837 recordable-free hours
  • Recognized for exceptional safety on a complex industrial carbon capture installation

Nine Years of Zero-Injury Recognition

Since 2017, AZCO has been honored annually for maintaining a culture of safety that results in millions of workhours completed without recordable incidents. The company’s consistent recognition reflects a deep, organization-wide commitment to making sure every employee returns home safely each day.

AZCO’s ZISA honors by year:

• 2025 (for 2024 work) – Alliant Energy / IPL Creston Solar Project; Linde Dallman Carbon Capture Project (Certificates of Merit)
• 2024 (for 2023 work) – Alliant Energy’s Wood County, Springfield and North Rock Solar Projects (Bronze Star Award)
• 2023 (for 2022 work) – Alliant Energy – Wood County Solar Project (Bronze Star Award)
• 2022 (for 2021 work) – Alliant Energy – Wood County Solar Project (Certificate of Merit)
• 2021 (for 2020 work) – BAE Systems – Holston Army Ammunition Plant (Certificate of Merit)
• 2020 (for 2019 work) – Cleveland-Cliffs Toledo HBI Plant (Bronze Star Award); Consumers Energy – Freedom Compressor Station (Bronze Star Award)
• 2019 (for 2018 work) – Upper Michigan Energy Resources – F.D. Kuester Generating Station (Certificate of Merit)
• 2018 (for 2017 work) – Denton Municipal Electric – Denton Energy Center; PBF Energy – Torrance Refinery (Certificates of Merit)
• 2017 (for 2016 work) – Empire District/Liberty Utilities – Riverton Power Plant (Bronze Star Award)

Commitment to a Zero-Injury Culture

“Earning the ZISA for nine consecutive years is a testament to the dedication and professionalism of every AZCO employee and craft partner,” says Jason Konrad, AZCO safety director. “Safety isn’t just a goal — it’s a mindset that drives everything we do. These awards reflect the success of our people-first culture and our continuous commitment to delivering excellence without compromise.”

About the Zero Injury Safety Award (ZISA)

The Zero Injury Safety Award, administered by the NMAPC, is the most prestigious safety recognition in the union construction and maintenance industry. It honors contractors, owners and craftspeople who achieve outstanding safety milestones—completing significant numbers of workhours without a single recordable injury.

The NMAPC represents more than 1,800 industrial contractor companies employing members of fourteen building trades international unions. The program is built on a philosophy of cooperation between customers, contractors, and union craft personnel, with the shared goal of promoting world-class safety performance across the construction industry.

About AZCO

AZCO is a heavy industrial construction and prefabrication solutions provider building the critical infrastructure that keeps communities and industries thriving. Part of the Burns & McDonnell family of companies, we work with union craft labor across the country, using an integrated approach to deliver more advanced controls and predictable outcomes. Learn how we are designed to build at azco-inc.com.