Cal Beyer

Lakeside Industries

Cal Beyer is the Director of Risk Management since 2014 at Lakeside Industries, Inc. in Issaquah, WA. Cal has 30 years of safety, insurance and risk management experience; 20 years serving the construction industry in various capacities. Working in the insurance industry for two large national carriers, he worked with large contractors on strategic risk improvement and risk management best practices. He joined Lakeside Industries to transform his mission of saving lives into his career legacy. Cal frequently presents at national and regional construction, safety and risk management conferences. He has written over 45 articles for various industry publications. Cal is a member of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) Health and Safety Committee. Lakeside Industries is a 2015 and 2017 recipient of the NAPA Operational Excellence in Safety Innovation Award.  Cal is the Co-Chair and facilitator of the Washington Asphalt Pavement Association (WAPA) and Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Joint Committee on Paving Work Zone Risk Reduction. Cal is active in the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) and served as National Secretary for 2009-2010. He speaks regularly at CFMA’s Annual Conference & Exhibition.  Cal is an established author for CFMA Building Profits. He is the 2016 recipient of the Danny Parrish Outstanding Leadership Award which resulted in CFMA launching the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (www.preventconstructionsuicide.com). Cal is a member of the Washington Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. Cal has served on the Workplace Task Force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention since inception in 2010. He was appointed as Co-Lead of this Task Force in 2015 and to the Executive Committee in 2016.  Cal was a driving force in this Task Force being awarded the 2016 Gary Bird Horizon Award for Innovation from the International Risk Management Institute (IRMI). In February 2017, Cal was named one of the 25 Newsmakers for 2016 in the global construction industry by Engineering-News Record (ENR) for his work with suicide prevention.