ABC Announces New Director of National Craft Championships

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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

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ABC Announces Winners of its National Awards

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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

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ABC Launches Construction Technology Marketplace to Grow Contractor Members’ Innovative Initiatives

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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

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ABC Elects 2020 National Chair, Executive Committee

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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

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ABC Elects 2019 National Chair, Executive Committee

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. ― The Associated Builders and Contractors board of directors elected Tony Rader, telecom vice president for National Roofing Partners, to serve as the 2019 national chair during the association’s annual Leadership Institute in Las Vegas, Vegas. Ray Zamora, president of AnchorBuilt Inc., was elected chair-elect, and Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., was elected secretary. Members of ABC’s 2019 executive committee who will take office Jan. 1: Tony Rader, telecom vice president, National Roofing Partners, Coppell, Texas, chair Ray Zamora, president, AnchorBuilt Inc., Albuquerque, N.M., chair-elect Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and … Read more

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