ECAO Issues 2016 Douglas J. B. Wright Award and R. H. Carroll Safety Awards

ECAO Issues 2016 Douglas J. B. Wright Award and R. H. Carroll Safety Awards

October 21, 2016

Ove Bakmand, President of Net Electric Limited and a long-time board member for the Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario (ECAO), has received the Douglas J. B. Wright Award, and six electrical contracting firms have received R. H. Carroll safety awards. L-R: Ove Bakmund, ECAO First Vice-President Mark Lloyd, and President Dan Lancia.

The Douglas J. B. Wright Award, created by ECAO and Ontario Electrical Construction Co. Ltd. in 1992, pays tribute to individuals who exemplify the dedication and commitment to the electrical contracting industry exhibited by Doug Wright through his years of service.

Ove immigrated to Canada from his native Denmark in the mid-1960s. Already an electrician, he joined the IBEW and in 1976 founded Net Electric with two partners. Ove has worked hard to strengthen the electrical industry and has played a strong role on many boards and committees. He has been President and VP, and a member of GTECA Board or Directors. He has served on ECAO’s Board of Directors since 2005 and worked on numerous committees.

2016 R. H. Carroll Safety award recipients

Created in 1999, this award honours the memory of ECAO’s former long-time employee, Hugh Carroll. The 2016 awards were issued to the following organizations for demonstrating sound safety practices based on exemplary safety records:

  • Rogol Electric Company Ltd. (Rate Group 704 — up to 50,000 Total Work Hours)
  • Trade-Mark Industrial Inc. (Rate Group 704 — 50,001 to 200,000 Total Work Hours)
  • Mellon Inc. (Rate Group 704 — 200,000 to 500,000 Total Work Hours)
  • Plan Group (Rate Group 704 — over 500,000 Total Work Hours)
  • Grid Link Corp (Rate Group 830 — up to 50,000 Total Work Hours)
  • Black & McDonald Ltd. (Rate Group 830 — over 50,000 Total Work Hours)

 

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