Publication: Carolinas AGC, November 2024

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) named Poettker Construction a 2024 Accredited Quality Contractor. Launched in 1993, the prestigious Accredited Quality Contractor program is open to ABC contractor members earning STEP Safety Management System Gold, Platinum, or Diamond levels that have been in business for a minimum of three years. ABC’s STEP Safety Management System provides member contractors with a framework for measuring safety data and benchmarking with industry peers. Founded more than three decades ago, STEP dramatically improves safety performance among construction industry participants, with top performers achieving incident rates more than six times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average.

“Accredited Quality Contractors exemplify top-performing contractors by setting the standard in the contracting community for safety, culture, workforce development, innovation, diversity, and quality,” said Michael Bellaman, ABC president and CEO. “Every day, these member companies’ leaders and employees commit to the highest level of corporate and community achievement, embodying the best of ABC’s membership. Congratulations to these outstanding construction companies.”

The AQC credential publicly recognizes and honors the construction firms that have documented their commitment in the following areas of corporate responsibility:

• Quality
• Safety
• Talent management
• Craft and management education
• Community relations

AQC members make the following pledge:
As an Accredited Quality Contractor, our company is committed to providing our clients with the highest quality construction services, and we care deeply about our employees and the communities in which we build. We are proud to be part of the construction industry and are dedicated to the principle of free enterprise. We commit ourselves to serve our communities and provide our employees with the skills they need to work safely and productively in order to meet the needs of our clients.

Associated Builders and Contractors is a national construction industry trade association representing more than 23,000 members. Based on the merit shop philosophy, ABC helps their members develop people, win work, and deliver work safely, ethically, and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which they work.