David Allen Company Named Contractor of the Year by ABC

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Associated Builders and Contractors recently named David Allen Company of Raleigh, North Carolina, its 2015 Contractor of the Year. Art Odom, president of the company, accepted ABC’s highest honor at the 26th annual Excellence in Construction Awards gala on March 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Founded in 1920, David Allen Company is a marble, granite, terrazzo, tile and underlayment contractors with nearly 500 employees and craft professionals at its offices in Birmingham, Alabama; Columbia, South Carolina; Miami, Florida and Washington, D.C. In 2015, the company achieved ABC’s Safety Training Evaluation Process Platinum status and boasts an exceptionally low Experience Modification Rate of 0.63, signaling it is among the safest construction companies in the United States.

David Allen Company demonstrates a commitment to the community through initiatives including awarding an annual scholarship to a student at the North Carolina State University College of Architecture and hosting a golf tournament that has supported both the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Paralyzed American Veterans.

The company’s portfolio includes national landmarks like the White House, Pentagon, National Archives and Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; the Miami, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and Washington Reagan international airports and numerous educational, government, hospitality, institutional and medical interiors and exteriors.

During the gala, the company also received an Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award for its work on the Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama.