WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 18, 2025 — Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced five Wisconsin chapter member companies were named to the 2025 Top Performers, annual listings that recognize its accomplished contractor members.
“These companies have proven through their accomplishments that they are setting the standard in performance, culture, and safety,” said Kelly Tourdot, president of ABC of Wisconsin. “Congratulations to these top-performing members for their commitment to safety, quality, inclusion, project excellence, and industry distinction.”
To qualify, Top Performers must achieve Gold status or higher in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System, which helps the best-performing contractors achieve incident rates nearly six times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average, according to ABC’s Safety Performance Report. The majority of the honorees also must earn ABC’s Accredited Quality Contractor credential, which recognizes excellence in quality, safety performance, talent management—including inclusion, diversity and merit—craft and management education and community relations.
2025 Top Performers
Through STEP, AQC and other robust ABC programs such as Projects of Distinction, ABC Top Performers demonstrate they:
Top Performers all agree: Culture is essential to a thriving and vibrant workplace, retaining top talent, creating safe and healthy jobsites and building better communities. The construction industry needs to attract more than a half million additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring annually to meet demand. ABC Top Performers know the recipe for the secret sauce that creates a robust employee value proposition, attracts and retains top talent and optimizes productivity.
ABC’s Top Performers are contractor members that achieved ABC STEP Gold status or higher (based on 2023 safety data) and earned ABC’s AQC credential in 2024. Top Performers are ranked No. 1 to 250 based on work hours reported on their 2024 STEP applications. Additional lists identify the Top General Contractors, Top Trade Contractors, Top Electrical Contractors, Top Plumbing/HVAC Contractors, Top Specialty Contractors and Top Performers by Market. Companies are recognized for National Excellence in Construction,® National Safety Excellence and National Inclusion, Diversity and Merit Excellence awards received in 2024.
ABC’s Top Performers listings are presented by these ABC strategic partners: CNA, Milwaukee and United Rentals. View the 2025 Top Performers lists at abc.org/topperformers.
