ABC’s membership has grown to over 23,000 which includes over one-third of the top 400 construction companies in the United States. ABC members are located in various chapters located throughout the United States and in Guam.
Particularly successful is the National Center for Construction Education and Research’s Wheels of Learning program, a unique competency-based, modular training program. Wheels of Learning provides a task oriented format which allows employers to structure training programs that best suit a specific project’s and employees requirements. Through a combination of classroom and on-the-job training, workers acquire new skills rapidly with the essential hands-on knowledge that lets them apply their new skills accurately and effectively.
Other ABC sponsored educational programs help keep the industry’s managers and apprentices well-versed in the latest construction methods and technologies. Through ABC, better training results in better construction -- and greater profits.
ABC actively promotes cooperative labor relations and a healthy, competitive work climate for all contractors, regardless of labor affiliations. Towards these goals, each of the ABC chapters across the country can advise and assist in any labor-related questions that might arise. In addition the ABC chapters are staffed with full-time executive directors who can offer additional on-site consultation, as well as contractor referral information and other valuable merit shop data.