Safety and Health Excellence: Creating Competitive Advantage Through Employee Engagement

Steve Wiltshire, MS, STSC contributes to and executes the education and outreach programs that make that happen. Steve has had a hands-on role in helping ABC members send all their workers home safe every day, leveraging his nearly 40 years of experience across the industrial, commercial, residential and heavy civil construction markets. Wiltshire has designed and implemented award-winning safety programs, behavior-based training and loss control processes to create a culture of safety at ECS, Turner, Clark, AvalonBay and other construction firms in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area in addition to a stint as a compliance safety and health officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Among his many contributions to Occupational Safety and Health Administration committees, industry stakeholder groups and advisory councils, he has been an active member of ABC’s Health, Safety and Environment Committee for more than 20 years. 

Joshua Franklin, MBA, CSP, SMS, CIT, CPCU, ARM is a safety and professional development expert for Strategic Advancement at the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. He is a military veteran who culminated a 21-year career as the Air Force's Safety career field manager, where he oversaw the training and development of 781 military safety professionals across the globe. Josh had the honor of deploying to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Rwanda, and many other less-than-safe locations to further advance the safety and health of both military and civilian workers.