KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Burns & McDonnell announced it has been named a 2026 Top Performer by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The 2026 Top Performers list from ABC is an annual publication honoring contractor members for outstanding achievements in health and safety, quality, and project excellence, ranked according to hours worked.

“We’re honored to be named to ABC’s Top Performers list,” says Brett Williams, president of Burns & McDonnell Construction. “This achievement belongs to our craft, engineers and construction teams who consistently deliver safe, high-quality projects for our clients.”

As an ABC Top Performer, Burns & McDonnell achieved Platinum status 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. Burns & McDonnell has also been a longstanding participant in ABC’s Accredited Quality Contractors Program.

ABC’s partnership was instrumental in starting the Burns & McDonnell Construction Academy, the firm’s construction training center in Pearland, Texas, that prepares craft workers for field assignments. Burns & McDonnell was also the recipient of a Construction Excellence Award from the ABC’s Greater Houston chapter last year.

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.

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.