ABC of Western Pennsylvania

10/08/2024

Associated Builders and Contractors members help build communities in this Commonwealth every day – we build highways and bridges, libraries and schools, public buildings and much more. We believe public construction projects should be awarded based on merit, qualifications and safety records, not contractor classification.

09/20/2022

Thank you so much for attending the 49th Annual Excellence in Construction Awards Banquet. I want to thank everyone for coming out and honoring our fellow ABC members. We hope you had a great time.

Once again congratulations to our Construction Industry Award winners. Supplier of the Year: HVSS, Associate of the Year: Seubert & Associates, Inc., Specialty Contractor of the Year: A-1 Electric, Inc., General Contractor(s) of the Year: Sota Construction Services, Inc., Martik Brothers, Inc. and Vince Building Company, New Member of the Year: Omega Building Company, and Frank Irey Member of The Year Award: Jacque Hauser

ABC of Western PA Apprentice of the Year: Mr. Arthur Smith, Alpine Electric!

The Excellence in Construction Awards is the premiere competition recognizing the outstanding projects throughout western Pennsylvania.

▪️MINI MERIT AWARD by Martik Brother, Inc., for the Private Residence A project, Residential.

▪️ MINI MERIT AWARD by Hampton Mechanical, Inc. for the Personalized Skin Solutions project, Mechanical: Industrial

▪️ R.A. Glancy & Sons, Inc. on winning the MERIT AWARD for their project Sloan Elementary School Additions and Alterations, Institutional.

▪️ Martik Brothers Incorporated on winning the MERIT AWARD for their project Nemacolin The Peak Pool, Special Projects.

▪️ Arrow Electric, Inc. on winning the MERIT AWARD for their project The Standard, Electrical: Commercial.

▪️ Westmoreland Electric Services, LLC. on winning the EAGLE AWARD for their project Centre Care New Skilled Nursing Facility, Electrical: Commercial.

Once again thank you to our sponsors who help make events like the EIC possible.

09/12/2022

ANNOUNCING: October 2022 has now been officially proclaimed Month! Watch our social media channels and website calendar for events taking place during October such as the Keystone Chapter's annual Apprenticeship Craft Competition and our middle school outreach event Construction Wars. ABC Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter ABC of Western Pennsylvania Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc., Cumberland Valley Chapter Build Your Future

09/08/2022

: We welcomed two new members in August

⚙️ ABS Building Systems Integrators
⚙️ Buchannon Electric
⚙️ Franjo Construction Corporation
⚙️ Kelly Generator & Equipment, Inc
⚙️ River Valley School District

We are excited to have you as members!

09/05/2022

On this , take a minute to appreciate not just the day off, but to celebrate those who work on the betterment of the communities where they live and work.

08/29/2022

Thank you to our ABC members for being with us all these years.

08/26/2022

: Here are a few pictures from our networking night . Thank you to everyone who joined us!

Big thanks to our host sponsor: ABC Western PA Young Professionals.

08/23/2022

We welcomed two new members in July.

⚙️ Blockhouse Residential
⚙️ Jackson Computer Consulting

We are excited to have you as members!

08/20/2022

Pennsylvania officials have invested more than $28 million since 2018 in state apprenticeship programs, including $11 million in grants in April.

Matthew Waltman, workforce and education development director at ABC, said bringing young people to those realizations has been the program’s goal since 1967.

“Right now, we have about 125 students at the different levels of our apprentice classes,” he said. “We all know how much college costs. Whereas with an apprenticeship, the costs are very minimal. And most of the time, you’re earning while you’re learning

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