KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Burns & McDonnell announced it has been named a 2025 Top Performer by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The ABC’s 2025 Top Performers list is an annual publication that recognizes outstanding achievements by member contractors in safety, quality, merit, project excellence and special designations ranked by number of hours worked.

“We’re proud to be named a Top Performer by ABC,” says Joe Podrebarac, chief safety officer of Burns & McDonnell. “We focus our work through the lens of safety. While project scopes may change, our regimen for safety doesn’t: By emphasizing safety each day and in every project, we achieve successful outcomes for our clients, our communities and ourselves.”

As an ABC Top Performer, Burns & McDonnell achieved Gold status or higher 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. Burns & McDonnell 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.

In 2024, ABC’s Greater Houston chapter honored Burns & McDonnell with two Excellence in Construction awards, for work in aviation as well as transmission and distribution.

“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,” said Michael Bellaman, president and CEO of ABC. “Congratulations to Burns & McDonnell 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 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 as reported in their 2024 STEP applications. The rankings also include lists of top-performing companies in 19 market segments, such as airports, data centers, education, health care, industrial, infrastructure, military and sports complexes.

View the 2025 Top Performers lists at abc.org/topperformers.

About Burns & McDonnell

Working from more than 75 offices around the world, Burns & McDonnell designs and builds critical infrastructure. Our family of companies — driven by engineers, construction professionals, architects, planners, technologists and scientists — delivers projects grounded in safety and a desire to make a difference as we make our clients successful. Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is 100% employee-owned. Learn more.