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ABC Honors 2019 Award Winners

Associated Builders and Contractors has announced the winners of the 2019 Excellence in Construction® Awards, National Safety Excellence Awards and National Diversity Excellence Awards, all of which will be officially presented during ABC Convention 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, on Aug. 18.
By Construction Executive
April 15, 2020
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Associated Builders and Contractors has announced the winners of the 2019 Excellence in Construction® Awards, National Safety Excellence Awards and National Diversity Excellence Awards, all of which will be officially presented during ABC Convention 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, on Aug. 18.

The EIC awards program is the industry’s leading competition that honors both general and specialty contractors for innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects. Awards were selected from entries across the nation and honor all construction team members. A panel of industry experts served as the competition’s judges. This year's panel included representatives from Building Owners and Managers Association International, Smithsonian Facilities Construction Division, Construction Management Association of America, Engineering News-Record, Design-Build Institute of America and various construction-related firms nationwide.

The 2019 National Safety Excellence Award winners were selected from ABC member firms that achieved Diamond, Platinum and Gold status in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System, which is designed to help both large and small contractors evaluate every aspect of their corporate safety and health programs and identify opportunities for improvement. During the selection process, contractors were judged on self-evaluation scores, lost workday case rates, total recordable incident rates, leading indicator use, process and program innovations, as well as video interviews conducted by members of ABC’s National Safety and Health Committee.

The National Safety Excellence Awards are presented in three major North American Industry Classification System code categories: NAICS 236 – Construction of Buildings; NAICS 237 – Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; and NAICS 238 – Specialty Trade Contractors.

The 2019 National Diversity Excellence Awards are an annual recognition of ABC members that display exemplary diversity leadership in their workforce, supply chain and community with best-in-class recruitment policies, retention practices and education and mentoring programs. Award winners were selected by a panel of industry partner associations that share ABC’s strategic goal to continually grow and deliver value to a diverse and inclusive workforce. ABC’s Diversity Committee—formed to better reach underrepresented communities within the constructions sector—provides leadership and direction to chapters and member companies to promote diversity as an empowering competitive advantage through education, awareness and business practices.

A full list of EIC winners is available on CE’s website.

by Construction Executive

Construction Executive, an award-winning magazine published by Associated Builders and Contractors, is the leading source for news, market developments and business issues impacting the construction industry. CE helps its more than 50,000 print readers understand and manage risk, technology, economics, legal challenges and more to run more profitable and productive businesses.


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