(OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL – February 18, 2025) — Graycor Inc. is pleased to announce its recognition for the sixth consecutive year in Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2025 Top Performers, an annual publication that recognizes member contractors’ outstanding achievements in safety, quality, merit, project excellence and special designations ranked by number of hours worked. In addition, the company was named a Top General Contractor among the 2025 Top Performers.

As an ABC Top Performer, Graycor achieved Diamond status in ABC’s STEP Safety Management System^®, which helps industry-leading contractors achieve incident rates nearly six times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average, according to ABC’s Safety Performance Report. Graycor also earned ABC’s Accredited Quality Contractor credential, which recognizes excellence in quality, safety performance, talent management—including inclusion, diversity and merit—craft and management education and community relations.

Over the past three years alone, Graycor has received multiple awards, including ABC’s Accredited Quality Contractor credential; ABC’s Top Performer honor in 2024; ABC’s Top Performer honor and National Safety Excellence Award in 2023; four ABC Carolinas Excellence in Construction awards in 2023; and the Engineering News-Record Top 250 International Contractors Award and the Construction Users Roundtable’s Construction Industry Safety Excellence Award in 2022.

“Competition is a healthy constant in the ever-evolving world of construction, and Graycor believes fair and open competition based on merit fosters innovation, increases value and delivers results for the betterment of the individual, the industry and the nation,” said Michael Bellaman, president and CEO of ABC. “ABC top performers are the competitive all-stars of construction, with commonalities like ABC’s STEP Safety Management System, ABC’s Accredited Quality Contractor credential, upskilling and education programs, leadership development, technology implementation and more. These contractors win work based on merit. Congratulations to Graycor for competing on a fair and level playing field, building the nation’s most enduring, innovative, high-quality construction projects and for attracting and retaining the best talent, based on merit.”

The seventh annual ABC Top Performers lists include diverse merit shop businesses large and small, from women-, veteran- and minority-owned businesses and service-disabled firms to disadvantaged business enterprises across the country.

Through robust programs like STEP and AQC, Graycor demonstrates its commitment to:

• Sustaining and growing its business with integrity, honesty and innovation.
• Offering market-competitive employee packages and an outstanding company culture.
• Industry-leading safety practices and leadership with accountability at all levels.
• Workforce development, education, mentorship and creating career opportunities.
• A work environment that is inclusive and advances diversity and inclusion through its culture as well as employee development efforts.

About Graycor Inc.
Founded in 1921, Graycor is a leading provider of construction, maintenance and facilities services throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Graycor offers clients in a variety of industrial and commercial markets the strength and experience needed to tackle the most sophisticated projects and the flexibility to meet their toughest challenges. The Graycor group of companies employs more than 1,000 construction specialists at its headquarters in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, regional offices and project sites throughout North America.

About Associated Builders and ContractorsCelebrating its 75th anniversary in 2025, Associated Builders and Contractors is a national construction industry trade association established in 1950 that represents more than 23,000 members. Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC and its 67 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. Visit us at abc.org.

About ABC’s Top Performers
The ABC Top Performers lists identify the Top 250 Performers, Top General Contractors, Top Trade Contractors, Top Electrical Contractors, Top Plumbing/HVAC Contractors, Top Specialty Contractors and Top Performers by Market, all of which have earned the elite Accredited Quality Contractor credential. The Top Performers with Special Designations hold one or more special designations. The Top Performers were ranked by the number of hours worked in 2023, as reported in their 2024 STEP applications. The rankings also include lists of top-performing military and sports complexes.

ABC 2025 Top Performers is presented by these ABC strategic partners: CNA, Milwaukee and United Rentals. View the 2025 Top Performers lists at abc.org/topperformers.

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