April 15, 2019
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Great Lakes Wins National Safety Award 
April 3, Denver, Colorado. 

OCA member, The Great Lakes Construction Company, Inc. (TGLCC) recently earned top honors in the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) National Construction Safety Excellence Awards. TGLCC earned 1st Place in the Highway & Transportation Division, 600,000 - 2 million work hours group!!! 

The 2019 Willis Towers Watson/AGC Construction Safety Excellence Awards program is the industry's elite safety excellence awards program for companies of all sizes and occupational divisions. Representatives of TGLCC were subjected to a battery of rigorous, in-depth judging segments by a panel of seasoned national safety experts. 

The awards were presented during AGC's National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Accepting the award for Great Lakes in the accompanying photo were, left to right, Greg Wisniewski, Superintendent, Julie Nader, Project Manager, and Bill Hocevar, Director of Risk and Compliance. 

 

TGLCC qualified for AGC’s CSEA awards program as a Divisional winner in OCA’s annual Safety Awards. OCA nominates and covers application fees to AGC for the division winners of our annual safety awards . Congratulations to The Great Lakes Construction Company, for winning this prestigious award, and for prioritizing the safety and well-being of their greatest assets…. their employees!



Each year AGC of America conducts a survey of members involved in highway construction work to evaluate the state of highway work zone safety. They want to collect information on the number, severity, impacts and potential solutions to highway work zone crashes. Their intention is to use the information collected from this survey as the main focus of a media and public education campaign we will launch the week before Memorial Day, the traditional start of the summer driving season. 

Please take a few brief moments to complete this important highway work zone safety survey by May 15th. 

And of course, please do not hesitate to contact Brian Turmail at 703-459-0238 or 
[email protected] with any questions, comments or concerns about this survey and their plans to promote highway work zone safety through the data. 

Thank you in advance for making the time to complete this survey. 

ODOT Announces Deputy Director Appointments                                       
 OCA offers congratulations to the individuals listed below for their appointments to these important positions. These appointments officially become effective April 14 (with the exception of Dean Otworth who will start with ODOT on May 1). As these leaders build their teams, they can appoint/re-appoint staff to unclassified positions which report to them.

Assistant Directors: 
Business & Human Resources/Chief of Staff – Pam Vest-Boratyn 
Engineering Policy/Chief Engineer – Lloyd MacAdam 
Field Operations – Kirk Slusher 

District Deputy Directors:
District 1 – Chris Hughes 
District 2 – Pat McColley 
District 3 – Bob Weaver 
District 4 – Gery Noirot 
District 5 – Jason Sturgeon 
District 6 – Mitch Blackford 
District 7 – Randy Chevalley 
District 8 – Tammy Campbell 
District 9 – Mike Dombrowski 
District 10 – Darla Miller 
District 11 – Tom Corey 
District 12 – John Picuri 

Division Deputy Directors: 
Communications – Erica Hawkins 
Chief Legal – Jodi Elsass-Locker 
Human Resources – Brian Brown 
Finance – Sara Downs 
Facilities – Steve Masters 
Planning – Jennifer Townley 
Engineering – Dave Slatzer 
Operations – Dean Otworth 
Construction – Brad Jones 
Information Technology – Charles Ash 
Opportunity, Diversity & Inclusion – Lauren Purdy 

Central Office Senior Leadership: 
DriveOhio Executive Director – Jim Barna 
Rail Commission Executive Director – Matt Dietrich 
Chief Legislative Officer – Will O’Gorman

Two new important positions to the administration include: 
Turnpike Corridor Administrator – Myron Pakush 
Executive Fiscal Advisor – Rich Winning 

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