Our History

Previously, Hilton and Mary ran a very successful commercial insurance agency, Hilton Hilliard Insurance Designs and specialized in home builder insurance programs and risk management.

When they closed the insurance agency, they created Hilton Hilliard & Associates (HH&A), which provided OSHA safety training to home builders across the country. HH&A provided OSHA HAZMAT, first aid and general safety training to the home builder employees, specifically the building superintendents. Andrew joined them soon after HH&A was founded.

HH&A published safety training manuals, MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) manuals, safety posters and other materials that were required by OSHA to be maintained on each jobsite, specifically the job-site trailer.

HH&A would perform initial safety training for each division (or city), then with notice only to the company officers, HH&A would perform a video inspection of the community job-sites within 60 days. It was clearly evident from the inspection videos which superintendents were following company policy and keeping their job-sites safe.

Andrew would perform the video inspections across the country, edit with voice over and present the video inspections in a classroom environment to each division within 60 days. Safety issues would be reviewed and corrected.

The most noticeable issue that was problematic at ALL locations was guardrails. Every safety meeting had at least one question concerning keeping the guardrails in place after drywall installation. Typically, if there were guardrails at all, the framers would nail 2x4's to the framing structure which seemed OK, however they did not meet the OSHA strength standard of 200 lbs. They were unsteady, unreliable and rarely incorporated OSHA required toeboards.

Those guardrails nailed to the framing might stay in place until the drywall crews would show up and then all rails had to be removed in order for the drywall to be installed properly. They couldn't nail the guardrails back in place without damaging the newly installed drywall.

We noticed this serious issue, especially because new home construction attracts buyers and their families on the weekends. We saw this as a serious liability issue for our clients and realized that a niche temporary guardrail product was needed.