Beyond Prequalification

About Beyond Prequalification

Beyond Prequalification explores the tools, strategies, and real-world stories that are shaping the future of contractor management and construction safety. Hosted by industry leaders at Highwire, each episode dives deep into conversations with top EHS professionals, general contractors, and safety innovators who are driving progress across job sites and organizations. From fall protection and serious injury prevention to mentorship, data-driven inspections, and wrap-up programs, Beyond Prequalification delivers practical insights that help contractors and owners elevate performance, reduce risk, and build stronger partnerships. Whether you’re a safety manager, project executive, or construction leader, this podcast offers the actionable knowledge you need to stay ahead.

Publisher

Highwire

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jun 2025

Latest episode

29 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Lithium-Ion Batteries: Navigating the Risks Safety Leaders Should Address

   How prepared is your organization for the growing risks associated with lithium-ion batteries? In this episode of Beyond Prequalification, David Tibbetts, CSP, sits down with Miki Alroy, Founder of Commonwealth Risk Management Group and President of the ASSP Greater Boston Chapter, to discuss why lithium-ion battery safety has become one of the construction industry's most important emerging risks. Drawing from his experience in hazardous materials response, environmental remediat...

2. 

   13 May 2026

   Improving SIF Prevention Through Better Contractor Partnerships

   How can stronger contractor partnerships help prevent serious injuries and fatalities? In this episode of Beyond Prequalification, David Tibbetts sits down with Vic D’Amato of the National Safety Council to discuss how owners, contractors, and safety leaders can move beyond checkbox prequalification and build more effective partnerships around high-risk work. Vic shares lessons from nearly four decades in EHS, including why contractor risk cannot simply be transferred, how lower-tier subcontr...

3. 

   15 Apr 2026

   How Shockey Improves Risk Visibility with Project-Based Prequalification

   How do you manage subcontractor risk when everything can change mid-project? In this episode of Beyond Prequalification, Shayne Gaffney, VP of Product Transformation and Delivery at Veriforce, is joined by Rob Wagoner, Vice President of Operations, and Haley Russell, Safety and Prequalification Coordinator at Howard Shockey & Sons, to discuss their shift from an annual subcontractor evaluation to project-based prequalification. With greater visibility into subcontractor capacity, backlog,...

Who has been a guest on Beyond Prequalification

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mike Hennebery
• Matt Buzzetta
• Jason Edic
• Ryan Rohleder

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

589

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

54

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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