AREA WIDE PROTECTIVE, INC.
NORTH CANTON, OH

Company joins American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) and adopts its training and safety standards Now known as Area Wide Protective, company divests security services to specialize in traffic control services AWP purchases US Traffic Technologies, a Georgia based traffic control company AWP is purchased by The Riverside Company and acquired Traffic Specialties, Inc. in Georgia Area Wide Protective (AWP) is America’s Traffic Control Leader. Our commitment to traffic safety directly reflects our mission, which is to protect your people, your business, and your time. We deliver comprehensive traffic control services in support of infrastructure projects, construction, and utility work that improve roadways and communities across the country. We specialize in supplying the manpower to guide traffic safely around work zones. We also provide traffic consultation and traffic design services, as well as traffic control equipment rental. AWP provides best-in-class safety training and equipment. Every work zone that we develop complies with the appropriate local, state, or federal agency’s regulations and standards. All of our team members in the field are required to complete 40+ hours of training during their onboarding process. This onboarding training includes ATSSA Flagger training, temporary traffic control training, state-specific TTC training (as required), First Aid & CPR training, Smith System Defensive Driver training, and other health and safety training classes. We equip our people to keep your people safe. Protecting Your Business Our goal is to serve as an extension of your company by providing safe, comprehensive traffic control service as efficiently and economically as possible. With more than 60 offices across 20 states, you greatly benefit by having just ONE traffic control provider to work with across multiple states and regions. You have the advantage of our expertise in local regulations and our existing working relationships with regulators. AWP also protects you with significant liability coverage on every project. Furthermore, our strategic initiatives team is dedicated to ongoing business development, which assures that you are partnering with an aggressive team committed to continual process improvement that helps protect your business. At AWP, we understand the value of time. Our business is streamlined to efficiently and effectively handle your every traffic control need. From planning through implementation, our team provides seamless protection on every project, on or near public roadways. Our company-owned fleet of over 1500 fully-equipped pick-up trucks and traffic specialty vehicles, operated by highly-trained Traffic Control Specialists, ensure that we deliver safe, compliant, and on-time traffic control equipment and services to every job site. We continue to streamline our operations with modern, time saving innovations, including the use of tablet technology in the field. This technology automates processes and increases project transparency and efficiency so that your time is protected. Area Wide Protective was founded with a promise to protect your people, your business, and your time. As part of the Company’s Commitment to Safety, AWP protects clients with significant liability coverage on every project. AWP also provides safety training and equipment that meets or exceeds all requirements and regulations set by government and industry authorities. Every member of the AWP field team is American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) certified and is required to pass courses in First Aid & CPR, state-specific DOT training, and Smith Driving System as part of the on-boarding process. AWP fosters a safety culture company-wide. AWP added more than 50 Project Managers to its organization in 2016. These Project Managers provide additional oversight to work zone setups ensuring safety, compliance, and providing coaching to crews and customers. Monthly mandatory employee safety meetings are also held to discuss safety trends and practices at each local level. AWP has implemented a Stretch and Flex program to help improve the health, range of motion, and overall well-being of our team members. Major Energy Company Major Gas Company Major Telecommunications Company “We are very likely to keep working with (AWP). I expect the amount of business we do with them to increase in the next 5 years because we have acquired a number of offices that we haven’t integrated AWP into yet." Let us protect your people, business, and time. Submit project details and receive a quote within 48 hours.