On May 8, BCS will host their 2nd Annual Fall Stand Down as part of OSHA’s National Safety Stand Down to Prevent Falls in Construction Week. BCS along with their trade partners FallTech, Parker Industrial Supply and Walsh Safety Consulting will be presenting Fall Protection Training for Safety Professionals and High-Level Field Leaders/End Users. The […]
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BCS Earns Lower EMR for 2025!
What is an EMR? What is a good EMR? Why Does it Matter? The EMR, also known as the Experience Modification Rating, is a number that reflects a company’s historical cost of workers compensation claims compared to the average for similar businesses in the same industry and state. It uses claims from the previous four years […]
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Top Out Party at North Loop/North Lamar Celebrates Another Injury-Free Project
BCS and White Construction recently held a top out party with over 200 attendees at the North Loop/North Lamar project. (This is a 396,000 sq. ft, mixed use Apartment Complex on North Lamar Boulevard with 227 units over 6 elevated levels, and 120,00 square feet of subterranean parking, this is a cast-in-place concrete structure.) Project […]
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BCS Grows Partnership with American Constructors on Bastrop ISD Projects
Having completed 1111 West 6th Street and most of the Dripping Springs Elementary School #6, BCS finds itself with multiple new projects in Bastrop ISD. These projects include Bastrop Middle School, Cedar Creek Middle School and Bastrop High School and are an example of how BCS and American Constructors give back to the community in […]
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BCS wins contract with Phoenix I for Elisabet Ney Museum Renovation
BCS recently initiated a new partnership with Phoenix I Restoration and Construction to upgrade the pedestrian bridge and site at the historic museum located in downtown Austin, (304 East 44th Street). The Elisabet Ney Museum is the historic home and studio of Elisabet Ney, a wildly iconoclastic German sculptor who moved to Austin in the […]
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BCS Joins Hill and Wilkinson for a new Project at All Saints Presbyterian Church
After completing the Columbarium at All Saints Presbyterian Church (7808 Rialto Blvd, Austin) in 2023, BCS renews their partnership with Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors to build the new church sanctuary. The sanctuary will replace the interim sanctuary and have seating capacity of 940 (including the balconies), feature a traditional cruciform shape, wooden pews, a bell […]
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Preventing Silica Exposure
Concrete Workers are at risk when exposed to respirable crystalline silica. Silica is found in concrete, brick, mortar, block and stone and when it is involved in operations like cutting, sawing, grinding, drilling or sand blasting it creates invisible particles that can be inhaled into the lungs of workers nearby. Long term exposure to these […]
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American Constructors Recognizes Subcontractor Contributions to Dripping Springs ES#6
On March 13, American Constructors hosted a BBQ lunch for more than 200 subcontractors who have been working on the new Elementary School in Dripping Springs. Dripping Springs Elementary School #6 is the newest school in the district, located in the Headwaters Subdivision nestled in the hill country topography. The BCS Team responsible for bidding […]
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New Equipment Operator Training Focuses on Practical Skills
BCS has been using the Genie training system with Genie certified trainers for their equipment operators for the past few years (Forklifts, Scissor Lifts, Boom Lifts. etc. This program is an industry standard and has served BCS well as they have had few accidents based on equipment operator error. Recently, there seems to be an […]
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BCS Celebrates 20th Anniversary in Style
On Friday, March 7, BCS Concrete Structures LLC celebrated it’s 20th Anniversary with its’ employees, clients and guests providing food trucks, cookies and cake along with a live DJ and Mariachi Relampago. BCS workers left their jobsites to come to the BCS Mustang Ridge office and enjoy live music and options that included food trucks […]
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