Safety performance across industrial maintenance, refinery operations and turnaround projects has earned AlumaSafway multiple national industry awards in Canada. The company, part of the BrandSafway group, received recognition for its 2025 safety performance, including individual employee achievement and the performance of industrial site teams working under demanding maintenance and outage schedules.
AlumaSafway received multiple Canadian Safety Achievement Awards from the General Presidents’ Maintenance Committee for Canada (GPMC) and the National Maintenance Council for Canada (NMC).
Among the honours was the General Presidents’ Safety Excellence Award, which recognizes signatory employers and labour providers achieving the lowest total recordable incident rate across active General Presidents’ Maintenance Agreement and National Maintenance Agreement projects nationwide.
The recognition reflects safety performance across the company's industrial maintenance operations during 2025.
AlumaSafway Painter Supervisor Luke Chown received the Craft Person of the Year Award for his contribution to maintenance and turnaround work in Eastern Canada.
The award recognizes individual performance, craftsmanship, safety commitment and quality of work. This marks the second consecutive year an AlumaSafway employee has received the distinction.
The recognition also highlights the role of skilled tradespeople and frontline supervisors in maintaining safety standards across industrial construction and maintenance sites.
Ten AlumaSafway industrial site teams received recognition across three award categories.
365 Daily Maintenance Award
This award recognizes industrial maintenance teams that complete at least 365 days of year-round plant maintenance without a recordable injury.
Recognized locations included:
Sustained Superior Performance Award
This category recognizes teams working under GPMA or NMA agreements that achieve consecutive years of maintenance work without recordable injuries.
Recognized teams included:
Tripartite Zero Injury Turnaround Award
This award recognizes teams completing substantial turnaround or outage work within compressed schedules without a recordable injury.
Recognized projects included:
The awards were formally presented in October 2026 at the Edmonton Convention Centre.
The recognition highlights the importance of safety management across Canada's industrial maintenance and turnaround sector. Refinery maintenance, power generation facilities and resource operations often involve concentrated work schedules and coordination among multiple contractors and maintenance providers.
For industrial owners, general contractors and specialty service providers, the awards demonstrate the importance of injury prevention, workforce supervision and consistent safety practices across ongoing maintenance and major outage activities.
Source: AlumaSafway.
