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ABC Carolinas Celebrates Member Firms Earning National Quality Accreditation

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff Report on January 5, 2024

ABC Carolinas congratulates all member firms that were named Accredited Quality Contractors (AQC) by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) last month. These 30 companies from the Carolinas earned this prestigious national credential for their commitment to corporate responsibility – documenting this commitment in five areas: Quality, Safety Performance, Talent Management, Craft and Management Education, and Community Relations, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity.

The stringent criteria set forth in the AQC program includes a requirement that companies must have earned Gold-level or higher status in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System.

Companies Earning AQC Status

A M King

Balfour Beatty Construction

BE&K Building Group

Bobbitt Construction

Brasfield & Gorrie

CarolinaPower, Inc.

Choate Construction Company

CIANBRO

David Allen Company Inc.

Edifice, LLC

Gaylor Electric, Inc.

GMF Steel Group

Gray Construction

Graycor Southern Inc.

Lithko Contracting

McCrory Construction, LLC

Mechanical Contractors Inc.

Messer Construction Company

Metcon Incorporated

Miller Valentine Construction

Poettker Construction Company

Robins & Morton

Rodgers Builders, Inc.

Samet Corporation

SouthCon Building Group

SPC Mechanical

Starr Electric Company, Inc.

WB Moore

Wharton-Smith Construction Group

William R. Nash, LLC

The Accredited Quality Contractor program was launched in 1993. Over 450 of the nation’s elite merit shop construction contractors earned the AQC credential in 2023.

About ABC — Associated Builders and Contractors is a national construction industry trade association established in 1950 that represents more than 22,000 members. Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC and its 69 chapters help members develop people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which ABC and its members work.

About ABC of the Carolinas — Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas represents the merit construction contractors and related firms in North and South Carolina. Learn more at abccarolinas.com and follow the association on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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ABC Carolinas, accredited quality contractor, AQC

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