The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Alabama recently earned a prestigious honor at a national event in Las Vegas, hosted by ABC’s national chapter. The Alabama chapter was awarded the Strategic Plan Chapter Performance Award for 2024-2029, marking the first time the state branch has won this distinction. The award recognizes Alabama’s outstanding performance in areas such as membership growth, political advocacy, workforce development, and total human health.

“We are immensely honored to receive this year’s award, and it is incredibly fulfilling for our Executive Board and members to be recognized for their hard work, commitment, and forward-thinking,” said Jay Reed, President of ABC Alabama. “We are committed to impacting our communities, industry, and policymakers by developing a plan and setting measurable goals.”

ABC National President and CEO Mike Bellaman commended ABC Alabama’s exceptional performance across multiple areas.

“Congratulations to the 2024 winner of the ABC Strategic Plan Chapter Performance Award, ABC Alabama,” Bellaman said. “Established in 2019, the award recognizes the all-around top-performing chapter in achieving the annual objectives in the association-wide five-year strategic plan and outperforming 66 other chapters in long-range goals related to membership, political advocacy, total human health, and workforce development.”

Bellaman also acknowledged ABC Alabama’s significant contributions to the national chapter’s success.

“The five-year annual strategic planning process facilitates the leadership and execution of ABC’s purpose and objectives. Since its inception, ABC has improved on key metrics association-wide significantly, in some cases over 1,000%. Organizational alignment has been the catalyst for this transformational performance. Thank you, ABC Alabama, for your leadership and commitment to achieving performance objectives set for ABC nationwide; the industry, ABC members, and your community are better for it.”

Mark Mattox, Vice President of Robins Morton and former ABC Board Chairman, expressed his pride in the Alabama chapter’s accomplishments.

“In January 2024, we met as a Board to establish our agenda and action plan for the year. We established lofty goals and put a tremendous amount of work and effort throughout the year into achieving or exceeding those goals,” Mattox said. “The hard work and long hours of so many paid huge dividends — we surpassed our membership, political action, safety, and workforce development goals. We also had fun.”

“It was an incredible year, and I could not be more proud of the dedication of our chapter. It was an honor to serve as the 2024 Chairman of the Board for ABC Alabama,” Mattox added.

Originally reported by Austen Shipley in Yellow Hammer.