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ABC Announces Award-Winning Construction Projects of 2021

by Erika Walter

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SAN ANTONIO, March 17—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced the winners of the Excellence in Construction® Awards—96 projects worth a total of $3.8 billion—during ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio. The EIC awards are the construction industry’s leading national competition that honors general and specialty contractors for world-class, safe and innovative construction projects from across the nation.

ABC Honors Top Safety Leaders in the Construction Contracting Community

17Mar

by Erika Walter

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SAN ANTONIO, March 17—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced the 37 winning contractors of the 2021 National Safety Excellence Awards for their remarkable achievements in leadership, safety and innovation The awards were presented at the 32nd annual Excellence in Construction^® Awards during ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio on March 16.

ABC Names the 2022 Craft Instructor of the Year

16Mar

by Erika Walter

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SAN ANTONIO, March 16—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced Larry Harris, electrical instructor at the Academy of Craft Training in Birmingham, Alabama, was named the 2022 Craft Instructor of the Year. Harris was honored at ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio on March 15.

ABC Names the 2022 Craft Professional of the Year

16Mar

by Erika Walter

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SAN ANTONIO, March 16—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced Adam Haywood, electrical foreman and safety officer at Premier Power LLC, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was named the 2022 Craft Professional of the Year. Haywood was honored at ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio on March 15.

ABC Announces Its 2022 Young Professional of the Year

16Mar

by Erika Walter

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SAN ANTONIO, March 16—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced Luke Perry, vice president at Perry Contracting, Cincinnati, received ABC’s 2022 Young Professional of the Year Award. Perry was honored at ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio on March 15.

ABC Announces Its 2022 Construction Workforce Awards

16Mar

by Erika Walter

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SAN ANTONIO, March 16—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced the winners of its annual, national Construction Workforce Awards, which includes Craft Instructor of the Year, Craft Professional of the Year and Young Professional of the Year. The winners were announced March 15, the first day of ABC Convention 2022 in San Antonio.

ABC Hails Court Decision Blocking Biden Administration’s Independent Contractor Do-Over

15Mar

by Donna Reichle

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WASHINGTON, March 15—The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas today dealt a blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to delay and rescind the Trump administration’s 2021 independent contractor final rule in a decision applauded by Associated Builders and Contractors, which had sued to block those actions. Under the court’s decision, the ABC-supported rule went into effect as scheduled on March 8, 2021, and remains in effect today.

Construction Input Prices Rise 2.6% in February, Says ABC

15Mar

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, March 15—Construction input prices increased 2.6% in February compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices rose 2.5% for the month.

ABC Construction Backlog Indicator Unchanged in February; Contractors Remain Confident

15Mar

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, March 15—Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator remained unchanged at 8.0 months in February, according to an ABC member survey conducted Feb. 21 to March 8. The reading is down 0.2 months from February 2021.

Construction Input Prices Rise 2.6% in February, Says ABC

15Mar

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, March 15—Construction input prices increased 2.6% in February compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices rose 2.5% for the month.