Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has announced its National Excellence in Construction® and Health and Safety Excellence award winners and the Contractor of the Year.
There were 86 Best National Construction Projects of 2025, and 59 contractors were honored for Jobsite Health and Safety Excellence. Coakley & Williams Construction (CWC) of Bethesda, Md., is ABC’s 2026 Contractor of the Year.
The 36th Annual National Excellence in Construction Awards celebrate the best in merit shop construction, honoring the most outstanding construction projects and contractors of the year for their remarkable achievements in leadership, health and safety, innovation, quality, and merit.
About Associated Builders and Contractors
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national construction industry trade association established in 1950 with 67 chapters and more than 23,000 members. Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC helps members offer a robust employee value proposition, 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.





