ABC Convention 2025 Celebrates Best Construction Projects, People, Practices and Contractors

/EIN News/ -- LAS VEGAS, Feb. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Associated Builders and Contractors today named the honorees recognized at ABC Convention 2025, “ABC—Building America for 75 Years,” which celebrates the best of the best in merit shop construction, honoring the member companies and individuals who lead the industry in representing the association’s core values. ABC Convention 2025 took place Feb. 25-27 in Las Vegas.

On Feb. 25, ABC honored the winners of its 2025 Construction Workforce Awards: the Craft Instructor of the Year, Craft Professional of the Year and Young Professional of the Year. These three construction professionals are shaping the construction industry by highlighting its lifelong career opportunities, emphasizing safe work practices and expanding skills-building education.

• Derek Robbins, HVAC director and sheet metal instructor, ABC Keystone chapter, Manheim, Pennsylvania, is the 2025 Craft Instructor of the Year.
• Chris Weaver, site superintendent and electrical foreperson for Feyen Zylstra, Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the 2025 Craft Professional of the Year.
• Ray Wallace, Nashville operations manager for Gaylor Electric, Indianapolis, is the ABC 2025 Young Professional of the Year.

On Feb. 26, ABC hosted its 35th Annual National Excellence in Construction^® Awards gala to honor the most outstanding construction projects and contractors for their remarkable achievements in leadership, health and safety, innovation and inclusion, diversity and merit.

• ABC Names 96 Best Construction Projects of 2024
• Gaylor Electric of Indianapolis Is the 2025 Contractor of the Year
• ABC Honors 52 Contractors as National Health and Safety Leaders
• 4 ABC Members Recognized for Leadership in Inclusivity, Diversity and Merit

On Feb. 27, ABC recognized the winners of the 2025 ABC Construction Management Competition and National Craft Championships. CMC is ABC’s hallmark competition promoting careers in construction management, featuring teams of undergraduate students from colleges and universities who test their skills in project management, estimating, safety, quality control and presentation skills. NCC celebrates and recognizes upskilling in construction, draws some of the country’s most talented craft professionals and highlights the important role that craft skills training plays in the construction industry.

• ABC Names the Nation’s Top Construction Craft Champions of 2025
• Clemson University Claims 1st Place in ABC 2025 Construction Management Competition

The association also honored the 2025 ABC Top Performers. Launched in 2018 as the only ranking of its kind, the Top Performers lists recognize ABC member contractors’ achievements in safety, quality, diversity and project excellence ranked by work hours, with special designations identified.

Erika Walter
                    Associated Builders and Contractors
                    ewalter@abc.org