San Pedro II project recognized with UT System construction safety award
UTSA’s San Pedro II construction project has received the UT System Safety Through Exemplary Performance (STEP) Gold Award. This achievement is a testament to UTSA Real Estate and Property Management and contractor Turner Construction’s steadfast dedication to workplace and project safety.
The UT System STEP Awards promote safety in construction and recognize projects and contractors whose exceptional leadership delivers safety excellence and positive change within the construction industry.
Monthly scoring for the STEP Awards is rigorous and demands consistent, exceptional performance. Categories include OSHA-recordable incidents, total claims, deficiencies observed during inspections, daily inspection participation, timely and thorough root cause analysis and diligent incident reporting.
This award is the latest achievement confirming UTSA’s commitment to excellence in construction, marked by safety and sustainability practices above and beyond industry standards. In recent years, UTSA and its partners have received national and international recognition for sustainable building practices:
- In 2023, San Pedro I became the first UTSA building awarded a LEED Gold certification, a result of thoughtful planning and collaboration with Whiting-Turner, Jacobs Engineering and Overland Partners.
- In 2024, the university was awarded a Gold rating on the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).
San Pedro II, a world-class 180,000-square-foot facility that is expected to open in 2026, will serve as a hub for experiential and career-engaged learning opportunities in interdisciplinary fields, and will also be home to the UTSA College of AI, Cyber and Computing. Together with the adjacent San Pedro I, it will anchor UTSA to San Antonio’s thriving high-tech corridor, driving economic growth and community investment in the San Pedro Creek area.
