The Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama were the recent recipients of a prestigious award at a Las Vegas event hosted by the organization’s national chapter. The accolade, the Strategic Plan Chapter Performance Award for 2024-2029, recognized the Yellowhammer State’s branch for its membership growth, political advocacy, total human health, and workforce development. It marks the first time the Alabama chapter of the organization has won the award.
“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 ABC Alabama President Jay Reed. “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 praised ABC Alabama for their consistently high performance in several 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 the long-range goals related to membership, political advocacy, total human health, and workforce development.”
Bellaman also thanked ABC Alabama for its contributions to the national chapter’s efforts across the county.
“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 pride in the Alabama chapter and its members.
“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,” said Mattox. “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.”
Austen Shipley is the News Director for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
