Rhonda Bridgeman Awarded 2024 Member of the Year
ABC Virginia proudly recognizes Rhonda Bridgeman of Comfort Systems of Virginia, Inc. as the 2024 Member of the Year for her outstanding dedication, leadership and unwavering support of the construction industry and the ABC community. Since joining ABC-VA in 2010,...
Bridging the Gap: Mental Health Advocacy in Construction
Anyone involved in construction for more than a few years knows our industry faces mental health and suicide issues to an exponential degree. But how do companies address the problem? How do we flip the script and create an environment where it's okay to talk about...
Mike Miller Awarded 2023 Member of the Year
Associated Builders & Contractors – Virginia Chapter (ABC-VA), is pleased to announce our 2023 Member of the Year: Mike Miller, CEO of RetroAIM! This honor is bestowed upon a member each year that shows commitment to not only ABC-VA, but to the industry,...
Tell DOL To Withdraw Its Restrictive New Apprenticeship Rule
Click here to send an automated message to the DOL urging them to withdraw new apprenticeship rule. On Jan. 17, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor published a proposed rule that would make significant and controversial revisions to the National Apprenticeship System,...
Thirty-seven ABC Virginia Members Named National, Top-Performing US Construction Contractors
Dulles, Virginia, March 7—Associated Builders and Contractors - Virginia (ABC-VA) today announced thirty-seven (37) member companies were named to Associated Builders and Contractors’ sixth annual Top Performers publication, which lists its contractor members that...
ABC Virginia Supports Proposed Sports Arena at Potomac Yards: Project Labor Agreement Unnecessary
RICHMOND, Virginia – The Virginia Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors – the Commonwealth’s leading trade association for merit shop contractors – applauds the efforts of Governor Youngkin, Monumental Sports and Entertainment, and JBG Smith to bring the...
Building Triumph: Revealing the Winners of Central VA 2023 In-House Craft Competition
The atmosphere was electric, the pipes were humming and the air was buzzing with HVAC brilliance as we hosted our highly anticipated 2023 In-House Craft Competition for ABC-VA’s Central Virginia region. On November 17, nine apprentices across three disciplines came...
Crafting Victory: Unveiling the Champions of Hampton Roads 2023 In-House Craft Showdown
The ABC-VA Hampton Roads region held its annual craft competitions for the Electrical, HVAC and Plumbing apprenticeship training programs on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at their training facility in Norfolk, VA. This year was the first time holding an in-house...
Top Talked-About Tech at the 2023 ABC Joint Tech Summit
The 2nd annual ABC Joint Tech Summit was held on Thursday, April 27, in Tysons, VA. This event, hosted by the ABC chapters of Chesapeake Shores, Greater Baltimore, Metro Washington and Virginia, brought together over 200 construction professionals to learn and talk...
Circle of Winners: Multiple ABC-VA Member Companies Receive Awards at the 2023 ABC National Convention
ABC Virginia today announced multiple member companies won national awards presented during the 33rd annual Excellence in Construction Awards during ABC Convention 2023 in Orlando, Florida, on March 16. Categories include the Excellence in Construction Awards,...