ABC Reports Jobsites Can Be Nearly 7 Times Safer with Health, Safety Best Practices

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Associated Builders and Contractors released its 2025 Health and Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to construction jobsite health and safety best practices. The report shows the positive impacts of construction companies participating in ABC’s STEP Health and Safety Management System, which enables top-performing ABC members to achieve incident rates 658% safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ construction industry average, reducing total recordable incident rates by 85%. Established in 1989, STEP provides contractors and suppliers with a robust, no-cost framework for measuring health and safety data and benchmarking with peers in the industry. ABC’s research on more than … Read more

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Construction Hiring Historically Slow in December, Lowest Since April 2020 Says ABC

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The construction industry had 217,000 job openings on the last day of December 2024, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings are down by 217,000 from the same time last year. “Construction industry hiring slowed to an unprecedented pace in December,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. “The hiring rate fell to 3.6% for the month, the lowest level on record aside from the pandemic-affected … Read more

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Construction Industry Must Attract 439,000 Workers in 2025, Says ABC

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The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 439,000 net new workers in 2025 to meet anticipated demand for construction services, according to a proprietary model developed and recently released by Associated Builders and Contractors. In 2026, the industry will need to bring in 499,000 new workers as spending picks up in response to presumed lower interest rates. “While the construction workforce has become younger and more plentiful in recent years, the industry still must attract 439,000 new workers in 2025 to balance supply and demand,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. “If it fails to do so, industrywide … Read more

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2025 Craft Instructor, Craft Professional and Young Professional of the Year Named by ABC

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Associated Builders and Contractors announced the honorees for the 2025 Construction Workforce Awards: the Craft Instructor of the Year, Craft Professional of the Year and Young Professional of the Year. The three construction professionals are shaping the construction industry by highlighting  lifelong career opportunities, emphasizing safe work practices and expanding skills-building education. This year’s winners are: Derek Robbins, HVAC director and sheet metal instructor, ABC Keystone chapter, Manheim, Pa., is the 2025 Craft Instructor of the Year Chris Weaver, site superintendent and electrical foreperson for Feyen Zylstra, Grand Rapids, Mich., is the 2025 Craft Professional of the Year Ray Wallace, … Read more

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ABC Celebrates 75 Years of Building America

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Associated Builders and Contractors will turn 75 on June 1, and to commemorate the milestone, ABC and its members will gather at several commemorative events, which begins with ABC Convention 2025 held Feb. 25-27 in Las Vegas, Nevada. “For 75 years, members of Associated Builders and Contractors have built the places where communities across the nation learn, heal, play, live, pray and gather,” said ABC President and CEO Michael Bellaman. “ABC and its members have also helped build countless career dreams for their employees, while creating the conditions for them to do their work without incident and go home safer, … Read more

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