AGC Retro is proudly celebrating 35 years of safety and workers compensation excellence by delivering 50% or more in net individual premium refunds once again. These strong financial returns highlight the shared commitment of AGC members with Retro and Safety staff in elevating workplace safety, optimizing light-duty return-to-work programs, and helping facilitate claim resolution.
Special recognition was given to Van Hardy, 35-year Chair of the Retro Program as the “Founding Father of AGC Retro.” Hardy’s foundational vision helped shape the program from its initial evaluation to its rigorous underwriting standards to his unique performance-based refund allocation,” praised Lauren Gubbe, Program Director. Underwriting includes Safety Team® as a requirement to help ensure plan participants have safety programs that meet or exceed Labor and Industries safety standards. “Hardy’s performance-based refund allocation has stood the test of time and rewards member’s efforts and investments in their company’s safety culture, kept on salary, and light duty efforts either onsite or through the unique AGC Retro light duty centers.”
Gubbe also recognized Safety Director Mandi Horton for her outstanding leadership in mental health advocacy and suicide prevention in construction ‘across the globe and in other industries.’ Horton launched a new peer support group designed exclusively for Safety Directors, creating a dedicated, collaborative space for safety professionals to share resources, discuss challenges, and support one another. Additionally, Horton announced that new supervisor training tools specifically designed to help leadership navigate mental health challenges in the field would be released soon.
AGC Retro is a performance-based industrial insurance incentive program designed to help member companies lower their workers’ compensation costs by improving their workplace safety culture and claim outcomes.
Lowest EMR’s Under .60
Turner Construction: EMR .41
Try-Ply Construction LLC: EMR .53
Malcolm Drilling Co, Inc.: EMR .58
“As Low As You Can Go” EMR .60 via manhours & achieved L&I ‘Claims Free Discount’ for tracking at least three years without a timeloss or permanent impairment claim
Advanced Technology Construction
Air Systems Engineering Inc.
Allied Construction, Inc.
All Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
Apex Plumbing & Mechanical Piping
AQUALIS
Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing
Becker Blacktop LLC
Birch Equipment
Buchanan General Contracting Company
Cascade Construction Company, Inc.
Chad Fisher Construction LLC
Chick of All Trades, LLC
Colonial Lawn & Garden
Columbia River Steel & Construction, Inc.
Concord Construction, Inc.
CTL Management, Inc.
Danard Electric, Inc.
DBM Contractors, Inc.
DeaMor Associates, Inc.
EC Company
Exteriors Plus Northwest
Exxel Pacific, Inc.
Foushee & Associates Company, Inc.
Hemphill Brothers, Inc.
Inland Waterproofing Services, Inc.
Jansen, Inc.
Joostens Roofing Inc.
Kitt Construction & Development
Lacey Glass
Lane Mt. Silica Co.
Lincoln Construction, Inc.
Liberty Electric
Lincoln Construction Inc.
Marvin Sheet Metal
McDonald Excavating
McDowell Northwest, Inc.
McDowell NW Pile King, Inc.
M G Wagner Co., Inc.
Miller Sheetmetal, Inc.
Mills Electric
Mountain Construction
NetCompliance Environmental Services, LLC
Omega Morgan
Pacific Facility Solutions, Inc
Pacific Glass & Door, Inc.
Pacific Pile & Marine, LP
Plastering Plus Northwest
Poppoff, Inc.
PowerTek
Preferred Roof Services, Inc.
Puget Sound Mechanical, Inc.
Santana Trucking & Excavating, Inc.
Transcon
Unico Properties LLC
Valley Steel Constructors
Versatile Drilling Contractors, Inc.
Vet First Constructors, LLLC
WaterTectonics
Watts Constructors, LLC.
Western Ranch Buildings, LLC
Western Ventures Construction, Inc.
Westmark Construction, Inc.
Most Improved EMR’s by more than 25% from 2025 to 2026
Patton Construction Services, Inc. for a 49% Reduction
Skagit Aggregates, LLC for a 46% Reduction
Nussbaum Group, Inc. for a 35% Reduction
Most Improved EMR by 25% from 2025 to 2026
Absolute Comfort Technology
All Valley Sheet Metal, Inc.
Colacurcio Brothers
Corti Construction
Demolition Man, Inc.
Holaday Parks, Inc.
Hudson Bay Insulation Co.
Inland Fire Protection Inc.
Leavitt Cranes
Leavitt Machinery
N.A. Degerstrom, Inc.
Omega Morgan
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
Scout Lake Construction, Inc.
Specialized Pavement Marking
Tacoma Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
TRICO Companies, LLC
Tunista Construction
U.S. Construction, Inc.
Western Partitions
Wilcox Construction
Top Performers Consecutive Retro Plan Years
Exxel Pacific, Inc. – 30 years
Leonard & Company – 28 years
Foushee & Associates Company, Inc. – 27 years
New milestone award winners for the bronze level
AA Asphalting
ASI Structures, LLC
Dietrich Trucking, LLC
Flatiron Dragados West, Inc.
Management Services Northwest
McDowell Northwest, Inc.
Mountain Construction
Poppoff Inc.
Selland Construction
Skyline Construction
Tatley-Grund, Inc.
Tiger Construction, LTD
Wilcox Construction
New milestone award winners for the silver level
All New Glass, Inc.
Fisher Construction Group
Goodfellow Bros., Inc.
Hos Brothers Construction, Inc.
RDF Builders Co.
Turner Construction
Western Refinery Services
New milestone award winner for the gold level
Max J. Kuney Company
New milestone award winner for the platinum level
The Conco Companies