We Support the C3 Initiative
Vaughn is proud to be a founding member of the Construction Career Collaborative (C3), a non‑profit alliance that brings owners, contractors, and trade firms together to strengthen the construction workforce. Through C3, we push for fair wages, advanced safety training, and meaningful craft education, ensuring each project supports a talented, empowered community of builders.
We believe in building not just projects, but sustainable, skilled craft careers.
The Construction Career Collaborative (C3) is a nonprofit alliance of owners, general contractors, specialty contractors, and associations working to strengthen the craft workforce. By promoting fair wages, safety training, and continuous skills development, C3 ensures a pipeline of qualified, motivated craft professionals ready for tomorrow’s challenges.
A workforce built on skill, safety, and sustainability.
- Safe work standards and metrics
- Career‑path training and certifications
- Partnerships across the industry to remove barriers
The proof is in the thousands of trained workers, millions of hours safely worked, and the countless lives changed by C3.
These numbers reflect real commitment and real change in how the industry builds its future.
- 12,528 craft workers with OSHA 10 training
- 4,276 craft workers with OSHA 30 training
- 564 contractors & owner participants
- 26 million+ man‑hours logged on C3 projects
- $4 billion+ total project value under C3 oversight
- 106% TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate) below national average in non‑res construction
Interested in accelerating your firm, workforce, or project standards? Enroll as a C3 participant and benefit from training resources, accreditation, and networking. Visit the official C3 site to get started or learn more about how membership works.
Your next step strengthens the entire workforce.
Fair Partnership
Working environments built on honesty and respect.
The number one reason we prefer to work with Vaughn Construction is they treat their subcontractors fairly. They expect you to honor exactly what is written in your contract, however if something arises outside of our contract documents we know we will be treated correctly. This produces a stable environment that allows us to concentrate on our work, instead of worrying if any contract language will be manipulated against us or if we will be paid for any extra work.