Greg Sizemore, Associated Builders and Contractors vice president of health, safety, environment and workforce development, has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor to serve as a representative for U.S. construction employers on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health, which provides advice and assistance to the assistant secretary on occupational safety and health in construction standards. As one of 15 individuals selected, Sizemore will serve a two-year term on ACCSH, which was established in 1987 to advise the assistant secretary for OSHA on setting construction standards and policy matters arising in the … Read more
ABC Announces New Director of National Craft Championships
Associated Builders and Contractors has hired Jarrell Jackson as the director of ABC’s National Craft Championships and Construction Workforce Awards. Jackson brings nearly 15 years of program management experience to ABC’s NCC and CWA, two hallmark programs that highlight the best of the best in the construction industry. While promoting and celebrating skilled trades and careers in construction, Jackson will serve as the ABC national staff liaison to the NCC Committee and as the liaison amongst ABC strategic partners, training sponsors and outside resources in a workforce development subject matter expert capacity. Jackson will support ABC chapters and their members … Read more
ABC Announces Winners of its National Awards
Associated Builders and Contractors announced the winners of its annual national awards — the Excellence in Construction, Safety and Diversity Excellence, Contractor of the Year and Construction Workforce Awards — during ABC Convention 2021 in Grapevine, Texas. 2020 Excellence in Construction® Awards Honor 87 World-class Construction Projects 2020 National Safety Excellence Awards Presented to 39 ABC Contractor Companies 2020 National Diversity Excellence Awards Spotlight Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Initiatives of Three Member Companies Big D Metalworks of Dallas Named 2021 Contractor of the Year Todd Swan of the ABC Cumberland Valley Chapter in Hagerstown, Maryland, Named 2021 Craft Instructor of … Read more
ABC Launches Construction Technology Marketplace to Grow Contractor Members’ Innovative Initiatives
Associated Builders and Contractors has launched of its inaugural Tech Marketplace, comprised of companies that provide construction technology and innovative digital solutions for ABC contractor members to advance and grow their technology strategies, offerings and abilities. “Technology helps our contractor members become safer, more profitable and primed to win more work,” said Matt Abeles, ABC’s vice president of construction technology and innovation. “The Tech Marketplace brings together a group of technology providers, selected by ABC’s Tech and Innovation Committee, ready to partner with ABC members to help them integrate construction technology and innovation into all aspects of their strategic initiatives. … Read more
ABC Elects 2020 National Chair, Executive Committee
Associated Builders and Contractors’ board of directors elected Tim Keating, owner and president, R. C. Stevens Construction Co., to serve as the 2020 ABC national chair during the association’s annual Leadership Institute. Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., was elected chair-elect and Stephanie Schmidt, president, Poole Anderson Construction, was elected secretary. Members of ABC’s 2020 executive committee, who will take office Jan. 1: Tim Keating, owner and president, R. C. Stevens Construction Co., Winter Garden, Florida, chair Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., Kaukauna, Wisconsin, chair-elect Stephanie Schmidt, president, Poole Anderson Construction, … Read more