The Voice of Merit Shop
HELPING YOU WIN WORK / DELIVERING WORK SAFELY / DELIVERING WORK ETHICALLY / ENSURING PROFITABILITY
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Associated Builders and Contractors is a national construction industry trade association
established in 1950 that represents more than 22,000 members. Founded on the merit shop
philosophy, ABC and its 68 chapters help 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.
ABC’s membership represents all specialties within the U.S. construction industry and is
comprised primarily of firms that perform work in the industrial and commercial sectors.
ABC’s mission is the advancement of the merit shop philosophy in construction, which
encourages fair and open competition and the awarding of contracts based solely on merit,
regardless of labor affiliation. ABC is the merit shop construction industry’s voice to the
legislative, executive and judicial branches of the federal government and with state and local
governments, as well as with the news media.
ABC’s core purpose is to advance and defend the principles of the merit shop in the
construction industry and to provide members and their employees with an opportunity to
succeed. The vision of ABC is to create and flourish an environment in which people and
companies succeed based on free enterprise principles within the free market system.