HOUSTON — Burns & McDonnell was honored by Entergy with a Premier Vendor Award in the area of safety excellence at a ceremony hosted May 8 in New Orleans.

“This award is a testament to our unwavering dedication to maintaining a safe and healthy work environment for all employees, and the dedication to strengthening our partnership with Entergy,” says Jeff Allen, vice president of construction for Burns & McDonnell. “I would like to thank Entergy for recognizing our commitment to safety and continuing to be a reliable partner with Burns & McDonnell.”

Entergy's Premier Vendor Program aims to recognize world-class performance by vendors. Winners of this award model excellence that others should strive to emulate.

“Our safety program is based on the belief that zero harm is achievable. That belief has been ingrained in our everyday culture,” Allen says. “We’re proud that our Burns & McDonnell employee-owners and subcontractor partners worked nearly 35 million hours in 2022 with zero fatalities.”

Engineering News-Record ranked Burns & McDonnell — a construction, engineering and architecture firm — No. 1 in Power, and ENR Texas & Louisiana ranked it No. 5 among the top design firms in 2022. Learn more about the Burns & McDonnell commitment to safety here.

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Burns & McDonnell is a family of companies bringing together an unmatched team of more than 13,500 engineers, construction and craft professionals, architects, planners, technologists and scientists to design and build our critical infrastructure. With an integrated construction and design mindset, we offer full-service capabilities. Founded in 1898 and working from 70 offices globally, Burns & McDonnell is 100% employee-owned. Learn how we are designed to build.