The Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. is the voice of the Merit Shop in the construction industry. We assume the responsibility of making that voice heard.
Principles of the Merit Shop
We believe that the Merit Shop movement is a movement for the betterment of the individual...the industry...the nation.
We believe in the system of Free Enterprise.
We believe that employees and employers should have the right to determine wages and working conditions, through either individual or collective bargaining, as they choose, within the boundaries of the law.
We believe that the employer must have concern for the general welfare of the employee and that there must be a fair compensation for work performed. By the same token, we believe that the employee has an obligation for satisfactory performance of assigned work.
We support sound legislation in the areas of workers' compensation, safety and unemployment compensation. We believe legislation that embraces fair play for both employer and employee is essential to the preservation of our Free Enterprise system. The law should protect the right of employees to work regardless or race, color, creed, age, sex or membership or non?membership in a labor organization.
We oppose violence, coercion, intimidation, and the denial of the rights of the free working person and free management.
We believe that economy is incumbent upon all branches of government and that government should award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder only. We oppose any unjust pressure to violate these principles.
We believe that work opportunities in this nation should be made available to all of our people, regardless of race, color, creed, age, sex or national origin, and we support programs towards this end.
We believe that monopolies or any kind of price or wage fixing in either the public or private sector are detrimental to our system of Free Enterprise.
We believe that the destiny of all Americans can best be served by cooperation, reconciliation and following the tenets of Free Enterprise and democratic government. We believe businessmen can best preserve these tenets by becoming active in politics and civic affairs.
1984 Incorporated, W. B. Carlile, President, chartered in 1985
1985 Thad Chason, Albritton-Williams
1986 Doug Smith, Ajax Construction Company
1987 Jimmy Maples, Maples Concrete
1988 Kinson Cook, J. Kinson Cook, Inc.
1989 Eddie Long, Long Contractors & Associates
1990 Hunter Miller, Miller Plumbing Co.
1991 J. Rae Brown, F.W. Dodge Company
1992 Rusty Gemmill, S.C.C.S., Inc.
1993 Gene Strickland, Mitchell Brothers
1994 Allan Franklin, Sperry & Associates
1995 Barry Poole, Poole Engineering
1996 Bill Byrne, Ajax Construction Company
1997 Jim Schultz, Hertz Equipment
1998 Cyndi Lear, Culpepper Construction Company
1999 Gary Stout, Ingram Enterprises
2000 Jay Bostwick, Sperry & Associates
2001 Jim Cooke, Williams Cox Weidner & Cox
2002 Aaron Boyette, P.S.B.I.
2003 Scott Knox, Culpepper Construction Company
2004 Jamie Kinsey, KCI – Kinsey Contractors
2005 Gary Stout, Ingram Enterprises, Inc.
2006 Camp Bulloch, KCI – Kinsey Contractors
2007 Sutton Webb, Riley Palmer Construction Co.
2008 Gary Stout, Ingram Enterprises, Inc.
2009 David Sanders, William Scotsman