Virginia BUILT Program

The Department’s Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) program and the Associated Builders and Contractors – Virginia Chapter (ABC-VA) have entered into a strategic partnership to bring a groundbreaking recognition program to ABC-VA members.

Virginia BUILT is designed to encourage and recognize ABC-VA members who voluntarily implement highly effective safety and health management systems to benefit construction workers and reduce or eliminate injuries, illnesses and fatalities on construction sites in Virginia.

For more information, please contact the VPP Regional Coordinator at roy.mason@doli.virginia.gov or (757) 455-0899.

Benefits

Construction contractors that participate in Virginia BUILT will substantially improve safety and health protections for Virginia workers through cooperative efforts to reduce injuries, illnesses and fatal accidents. Virginia BUILT participants will implement safety and health management systems which have consistently demonstrated decreased bottom line costs associated with dramatically reduced injury and illness rates and improved productivity and employee morale and retention.

Reducing private sector employer costs associated with injuries, illnesses and fatal accidents enhances a company’s economic viability and competitiveness, and increases available capital for reinvestment, expansion and new hiring. Costs avoided include workers’ compensation charges, insurance premium increases, property damage, production downtime, employee replacement and retraining, and litigation expenses.