<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1fDDTA_1GnsZvi500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1fDDTA_1GnsZvi500" width="875" height="499" >The city of Portland‘s Bull Run Filtration has earned a rare honor for workplace safety. The $2.56 billion project was recently named a “Star Site” by the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division’s Voluntary Protection Program. It’s the first Star Site award given out since 2010.Bull Run had no lost-time accidents in its first three years of construction, a spokesman for the project stated. The award was given Oct. 27 to the joint venture of MWH Constructors and Kiewit Corp. serving as construction manager/general contractor. ​​​“There are 485 craft workers out there building this job, and those are the people who made this happen,” Tom Paul, construction manager for the MWH-Kiewit joint venture, stated in a news release. “Without them, this generational project would never get built.”The Portland Water Bureau is working to meet a September 2027 deadline to deliver filtered water to the utility’s nearly 1 million customers. The city reached an agreement with the Oregon Health Authority to provide filtered water after the parasite cryptosporidium was repeatedly detected in the city’s water supply. The joint venture broke ground on the site in June 2024. Construction was halted for more than a year after neighbors challenged the project before the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. LUBA ruled for the city in February. Oregon OSHA Administrator Renée Stapleton hailed the project’s safety record. “The evaluation team spoke very highly of your site’s incredible top-to-bottom positive safety culture, which they felt was a hallmark of your successful program,” Stapleton stated. “Top management leadership was very active and visibly involved.” Mayor Keith Wilson added, “As the former leader of one of the safest trucking workplaces in the nation, I know an achievement like this takes hard work, professionalism, and attention to every detail. The crews building the Bull Run filtration project have demonstrated that commitment, and their safety record sets a high standard of excellence for city projects.” </div></body>

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The city of Portland‘s Bull Run Filtration has earned a rare honor for workplace safety. The $2.56 billion project was recently named a “Star Site” by the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division’s Voluntary Protection Program. It’s the first Star Site award given out since 2010.

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