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Submit Your Best Projects for the 2025 Excellence in Construction Awards

🏆 CALLING ALL CONTRACTORS – SHOWCASE YOUR BEST WORK! 🏗️ ABC New Jersey is now accepting submissions for our 2025 Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards! This prestigious program celebrates the most outstanding projects from ABC-NJ members—honoring innovation, craftsmanship, world-class safety, and excellence in construction. Think your project has what it…
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ABC: June Nonresidential Construction Materials Prices Up 2.5% Year-Over-Year, 43% Since February 2020

Construction input prices increased 0.2% in June compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.3% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 2.1% higher than a…
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Contractor to Congress: ABC Safety System Demonstrates Cultural Transformation in Construction

Kevin Sell, senior manager of corporate development at Kwest Group, Perrysburg, Ohio, today testified on behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on the role that programs like ABC’s STEP® Health and Safety Management System play in creating meaningful pathways between the…
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ABC: Construction Adds 15K Jobs in June

The construction industry added 15,000 jobs on net in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has increased by 121,000 jobs, or 1.5%. Nonresidential construction employment expanded by 9,200 positions on…
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