Madison, Wisconsin, Feb. 13, 2026—Associated Builders and Contractors Wisconsin today announced 9 member companies landed on ABC National’s 2026 Top Performers lists, which recognize its contractor members’ outstanding achievements in health and safety, quality and project excellence, ranked by number of hours worked.
The contractors include Derrick Companies, Faith Technologies Incorporated, Horizon Construction Group, Inc., Knobelsdorff, Kohl Electrical Services, Pioneer Roofing, A Tecta American Company, LLC, Precision Drive and Control, Rice Companies and Wondra Construction, Inc.
Notably, Faith Technologies Incorporated received the #1 ranking for the high-tech and data centers market sector.
“It is not surprising that our members are ranked nationally,” said Kelly Tourdot, President of ABC Wisconsin. “They are consistently delivering impressive projects with cutting-edge approaches and perfect safety records.”
To qualify, ABC Wisconsin Top Performers must achieve Gold status or higher in ABC’s STEP® Health and Safety Management System, which helps the best-performing contractors achieve incident rates nearly seven times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average, according to ABC’s Health and Safety Performance Report. The honorees also must earn ABC’s Accredited Quality Contractor credential, which recognizes excellence in quality, health and safety performance, talent management, craft and management education and community relations.
“ABC Wisconsin’s contractors—which build the most enduring, innovative, high-quality construction projects—develop smart strategies that create a clear path for success, regardless of the circumstances,” said Michael Bellaman[EW1] , ABC president and CEO. “ABC Top Performers all share commonalities like participation in ABC’s STEP® Health and Safety Management System and ABC’s Accredited Quality Contractor credential. They find opportunity amid uncertainty, embrace competition, cultivate positive company culture, prioritize safety and total human health, invest in leadership and workforce development and implement new technologies. Congratulations to ABC Wisconsin’s outstanding merit shop contractors for being employers of choice.”
Through robust programs like STEP and AQC, ABC Wisconsin Top Performers demonstrate they can:
The eighth-annual 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 were ranked by the number of hours worked in 2024, as reported in their 2025 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.
ABC’s 2026 Top Performers are presented by Construction Executive, ABC’s award-winning magazine for the business of construction. View the 2026 Top Performers lists at abc.org/topperformers.
Associated Builders and Contractors is a national construction industry trade association established in 1950 with 67 chapters and more than 23,000 members. Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC helps members offer a robust employee value proposition, 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.
