Interstates Control Systems was named System Integrator of the Year by Control Engineering in 2010.

The Systems Integrator of the Year Award is presented to companies who excel in the areas of technical expertise, business skills, and customer satisfaction to the markets they serve.

To qualify for the award, a company must meet the requirements of a “system integrator”—“a contract engineering firm or an engineering division of a larger company that can design and implement computerized control systems for industrial machinery, manufacturing lines, or other automated facilities that produce either a commodity or finished product.” Control Engineering magazine introduced this awards program in 2006.

At the Interstates Companies, our insistence on the highest standards for safety has earned us a STEP Platinum designation under the Construction Leaders Agreement for Safety (CLAS) initiative. Associated Builders and Contractors’ program—developed by OSHA—promotes higher levels of safety awareness and performance.

Requirements include an excellent track record of safety, conducting monthly safety inspections, and being proactive in the safety arena by having a comprehensive safety program, conducting weekly safety meetings and daily tool box chats about possible safety hazards, and engaging all employees to be proactive in their daily approach to work safely.

The ABC Award of Excellence is presented to the contractor who has performed above industry standards and demonstrated significant accomplishments in construction.

Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa is a non-profit construction trade association that represents nearly 400 member firms throughout the state. Member firms include general contractors, subcontractors, educational institutions, suppliers, and associates.

EC&M magazine is an electrical construction industry publication. In 2009, Interstates was listed at No. 48 on the publication’s Top 50 Electrical Contractors list.

The Top 50 Electrical Contractors listing highlights firms in the electrical construction market and presents an analysis of their performance and future projections. The rankings are based on firm revenues.

Associated Builders and Contractors’ awards program is designed to publicly recognize the quality and innovation of merit shop construction and to honor all the members of the construction team, including the contractor, owner, and design team responsible for the project.

Winning projects are selected from entries submitted from across the country and are judged on complexity, attractiveness, unusual challenges, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety, and budget.

Associated Builders and Contractors is a national association representing more than 23,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms in 81 chapters across the United States.

Engineering News-Record, a McGraw Hill Construction trade publication, has listed Interstates as No. 191 on a ranking of the top 600 specialty contractors.

Each year, this trade journal rates specialty contracting companies based on their dollar volume of business the previous year. The rankings track performance in 16 different categories, including mechanical engineering, sheet metal, masonry, drywall, and excavation.