Kaplan Construction Named to ABC’s 2026 National Top Performers List

BOSTON – February 17, 2026 – Kaplan Construction, a WBE general contractor and construction management firm providing comprehensive building programs across Greater Boston, today announced it was ranked on the Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2026 Top Performers list, an annual publication established in 2018 that recognizes its contractor members’ outstanding achievements in health and safety, quality and project excellence, ranked by number of hours worked.

Being named an ABC Top Performer underscores the consistency and rigor behind our work. This distinction reflects our continuing efforts to elevate performance, strengthen safety practices, and enhance the experience we provide to our clients and partners.
Nathan PeckPresidentKaplan Construction

As an ABC Top Performer, Kaplan Construction 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. Kaplan is also an ABC Accredited Quality Contractor, which is a status that recognizes excellence in quality, health and safety performance, talent management, craft and management education and community relations.

Kaplan has a long history of being recognized by ABC through its Excellence in Construction Awards (EICA) and STEP Safety Management program, including:

ABC Excellence in Construction Awards

2025 – ABC MA Eagle Award for Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center
2024 – ABC MA Eagle Award for Castle Island Brewery South Boston
2023 – ABC National Eagle Award for Trust Early Learners
2023 – ABC MA Merit Award for Trust Early Learners
2022 – ABC MA Eagle Award for Edgerly Family Horizons Center

ABC Safety Awards

- 2025 – STEP Platinum
- 2024 – STEP Platinum
- 2023 – STEP Platinum
- 2022 – STEP Silver

Contractors like Kaplan Construction—which build the most enduring, innovative, high-quality construction projects—develop smart strategies that create a clear path for success, regardless of the circumstances. 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 Kaplan for being an employer of choice.
Michael BellamanPresident and chief executive officerAssociated Builders and Contractors

Through robust programs like STEP and AQC, Kaplan demonstrates it can:

- - Sustain and grow its business, financially and economically
  - Offer market-competitive compensation, benefit and retirement packages
  - Commit to industry-leading health and safety
  - Commit to workforce development, education and creating career opportunities
  - Develop opportunities for its employees to achieve their career dreams
  - Cultivate committed leadership

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.

4:14 pm , February 17, 2026