About Stewart C. Burkhammer
Stewart C. "Stew" Burkhammer is currently serving as principal consultant for Burkhammer Consulting Services wihch specializes in construction safety. Additionally, he is a partner in Safety Management Solutions Group. He retired from his position as the Director of the Office of Construction Services for the Directorate of Construction within OSHA in January 2008, after over five and a half years of service. Prior to being appointed to this position in June of 2002, Stew spent forty years with the Bechtel Group of Companies, retiring in May of 2002, as Principal Vice President and Manager of Global Environmental, Safety and Health Services.
Stew received his Liberal Arts Degree from Thomas Edison State College, is a Professional Engineer (P.E.) a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), and a Certified Occupational Safety and Health Technologist (OHST). He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Safety Engineers in 2000, and was presented with the Distinguished Safety and Health Professional Award from the Safety Equipment Institute in 1998. Upon his retirement from the Bechtel Group of Companies, he was presented the Distinguished Service Award for outstanding achievement in the field of Environmental, Safety, and Health. This was only the fourth time in the 105 year history of the Bechtel Organization that this Distinguished Service Award, in any category, has been presented. In 2008, at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo, the Council presented him with the Distinguish Service to Safety Award. This is the National Safety Council's highest honor which can be bestowed upon an individual.
During his forty plus years as an Environmental, Safety and Health (ES&H) professional, he has managed the development of the ES&H program for the Kuwait Oil Fires Project, several nuclear and fossil power plants, chemical and refinery projects, mining projects, and was Consulting ES&H Director, to the City of New York, for the World Trade Center Emergency Project in the early stages. In addition, Burkhammer has Chaired OSHA's Advisory Committee for Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH), has served as CEO and Board President for the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI), is past president of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP),and has been a keynote speaker on the topics of environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) at several local, regional, and global conferences and seminars.
Additional information is available on this site or by contacting Burkhammer Consulting Services at 240-285-8222 or email at safetystew1@msn.com.
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