There were 86 total submissions in over 30 project categories. These awards are recognized as one of the most prestigious awards in the nation.

According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the construction industry had 8.137 million craft and noncraft employees as of January 2024, and experienced an unemployment rate between 3.5% and 4.8% during peak construction months in 2023.

Buddy Henley was elected national chairman of Associated Builders and Contractors for 2024 during a meeting of the ABC board of directors that was held in conjunction with the association’s annual Leadership Institute.

Court filings by Associated Builders and Contractors and its Southeast Texas chapter, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, were announced Nov. 7.

While the October 2018 not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate fell 0.9 percent from a year ago to 3.6 percent, the construction industry employed 318,000 more workers nationally compared to October 2017, according to BLS statistics.

More than three in four construction firms expect that sales will continue to rise over the next six months, while three in five expect higher profit margins.

The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition that honors both general and specialty contractors for innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer.