CELEBRATING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
“We are proud of our people at High Plains! A company’s accomplishments are not the results of the efforts of one person, they reflect what people can do when they come together with common goals to achieve things greater than themselves. We are beyond proud of all the great things that our company has achieved in a short period of time!”
Kris McLean, President
High Plains Steel Services, LLC
AISC AWARD OF HONOR
3 Star Award – 2023
We received the Award of Honor for both our fabrication and erection divisions from the American Institute of Steel Construction for achieving no recordable injuries in 2023.
CONNECTOR MAGAZINE – SPRING 2021
“The Real Cost of Paper and Markers to Construction Estimating Processes”
Utilizing technology is yet another practice that sets us apart from our competition. Being a paperless company means utilizing Tekla PowerFab for complete production control as well as other software that integrates to create a paperless system that gives our shop and field personnel access from tablets and streamlines our processes to maintain quality standards and delivery schedules. Below is an article about our advanced estimating process.
CONNECTOR MAGAZINE – FALL 2020 “Profiles in Excellence”
We were recognized for our efforts by winning two awards for our safety and training programs from the Steel Erectors Association of America. We were honored to be profiled in this article, given the opportunity to have our safety and training programs highlighted on a nation level.
Subcontractor Who Best Represented Our Brand Promise “Empowering Our Client” – Subcontractor Awards, W.E. O’Neil 2020
Difficult projects are where we excel and working with our customers to ensure that all projects meet and exceed the customer expectations is what we strive to do on every project. We don’t often get public recognition for these efforts, but we are honored to receive W.E. O’Neil’s award for Subcontractor Who Best Represented Our Brand Promise “Empowering Our Client”.
SEAA – CRAFT TRAINING AWARD – World Class Recognition – 2020
We were honored to receive the Craft Training Award – World Class Recognition from the Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) in 2020. We qualified for this award by providing over 1,100 craft training hours in the prior year which included 88 training certificates. Additionally, the NCCER Apprentice of the Year Awards, level one and two, were both won by our ironworkers!
SEAA – SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD – Gold Recognition – 2020
We continued to boost our safety record in 2020 by celebrating three years with no lost time injuries in the Erection Division! In recognition for our safety record, we were honored to receive the Safety Excellence Award – Gold Recognition from the Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) in 2020.
BEST SUBCONTRACTOR ADMINISTRATION – Subcontractor Awards 2020, W.E. O’Neil 2020
We have focused our efforts on streamlining the administration and management of all of our steel projects in an effort to not only improve our performance, but to also ensure that we meet our brand commitment of A Quality Product, On Time; while also making our customer’s jobs as easy as possible. We were honored that our customer, W.E. O’Neil recognized this commitment and performance with their presentation of the Best Subcontractor Administration.
CONNECTOR MAGAZINE – FALL 2020 “SEAA Member Company Establishes Ironworker Apprenticeship Program”
Though we began our NCCER Apprenticeship Program in 2017, 2020 marked a milestone by achieving accreditation for the program through the United States Department of Labor.
W.E. O’NEIL CONSTRUCTION OF COLORADO – Letter of Recommendation
COE CONSTRUCTION OF COLORADO – Letter of Recommendation
