Alexandria, Virginia, February 20, 2025 — W.B. Hopke announced Wednesday that it has achieved the ABC STEP SILVER SAFETY AWARD in Associated Builders and Contractors’ STEP Safety Management System. Founded more than three decades ago, STEP is a proven system that provides the framework to measure, strengthen and build industry-leading safety programs that enable top-performing ABC members to achieve incident rates nearly six times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics construction industry average.
Matt Hopke, W.B. Hopke President said, “We are proud and delighted with this prestigious safety award. It is a tribute to the hard work and dedication to safety processes, policies and procedures by our management team and crews and part of our business culture.”
STEP participants measure their safety processes and policies on key components through a detailed questionnaire with the goal of implementing or enhancing health and safety programs that reduce jobsite incidents.
According to ABC’s annual Safety Performance Report, STEP participants, regardless of company size or type of work, can reduce recordable incidents up to 83%, making the best-performing companies 576% safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average. Ratings range from Diamond, the highest, to Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Participant.
To learn more about the STEP program, visit abc.org/step.