Riverside buys Safety First Contracting for AWP add-on
U.S. private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based Safety First Contracting as an add-on for its Area Wide Protective platform. No financial terms were disclosed. Established in 1993, Safety First is a provider of traffic management solutions for utilities, utility contractors and telecommunications companies. The acquisition marks the first Canadian and international add-on for AWP, a Kent, Ohio-based provider of temporary traffic management solutions. Riverside made its initial investment in the company in 2015.





