Associated Builders and Contractors announced the Excellence in Construction,® Safety Excellence and Inclusion, Diversity, and Merit Excellence award winners and the Contractor of the Year at the 35th annual EIC Awards Gala during ABC Convention 2025 in Las Vegas on Feb. 26.
ABC Awards CSM Group for Health and Safety Excellence
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has honored ABC Western Michigan Chapter (WMC) member CSM Group with a prestigious 2024 National Safety Excellence Award for their outstanding commitment to health, safety, and innovation.
The National Safety Excellence Awards recognize contractors who demonstrate leadership in creating a culture of safety, ensuring every team member returns home safely each day. Winners were chosen based on their exceptional performance in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System®, including self-evaluation scores, incident rates, leading safety indicators, and program innovations.
The 2024 National Safety Excellence Award winners were selected from ABC member firms that achieved Diamond, Platinum or Gold status in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System® in 2024, reflective of their 2023 safety performance data. During the selection process, contractors were judged on self-evaluation scores, lost workday case rates, total recordable incident rates, leading indicator use, process and program innovations and interviews conducted by members of ABC’s National Health and Safety Committee.
Bouma Corporation Honored at 35th Annual National Excellence in Construction® Awards
ABC Western Michigan Chapter (WMC) member Bouma Corporation was among the elite winners, earning top honors in the Interiors, Acoustical, Drywall, Millwork, or Plaster category. The award was in recognition of their exceptional work on the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Elevate Concourse A Expansion project, setting new standards for quality and craftsmanship.
“These projects are the epitome of excellence in construction, demonstrating quality, health, safety, and innovation in our industry,” said David Pugh, 2025 Chair of the ABC National Board of Directors and Partner at Bradley in Birmingham, Alabama.
The EIC Awards represent the pinnacle of merit shop construction, celebrating projects ranging from government buildings and hotels to hydraulic stations, sports complexes, hospitals, and airports. Notable winners in 2025 included upgrades to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the Great Wolf Lodge in Maryland.
Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2025, Associated Builders and Contractors 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 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. Visit us at abc.org.
