DonahueFavret Contractors announced today it has achieved Diamond Level in Associated Builders and Contractors’ STEP® Health and Safety Management System for the 18th consecutive year. STEP enables top-performing ABC members like DonahueFavret Contractors to achieve incident rates 658% safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics construction industry average, reducing total recordable incident rates by 85%.
“Our annual pledge to remain an Accredited Quality Contractor is an important part of our identity,” said John Donahue, President and CEO of DonahueFavret Contractors. “It stands as a testament to our commitment to safety on our job sites, the overall health and wellbeing of our employees, and the value we bring to our clients.”
The real-world impacts of STEP are based on the findings in ABC’s 2025 Health and Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to construction jobsite health and safety best practices. Established in 1989, STEP provides contractors and suppliers with a robust, no-cost framework for measuring health and safety data and benchmarking with peers in the industry.
“STEP will help any contractor or supplier reinforce their commitment to the well-being of their workforce,” said Greg Sizemore, ABC vice president of health, safety, environment, and workforce development. "If we choose to lead, if we choose to commit and if we choose to transform, together we can ensure every construction worker goes home safer, happier, healthier, and more fulfilled every single day."
“Transforming the status quo to set the expectation that all incidents are preventable creates a culture where health and safety are elevated to core values, a moral obligation for employers and employees,” said Sizemore. “Priorities change frequently, but values remain consistent. The tools in STEP, as detailed in ABC’s annual safety report, show the blueprint of how industry leaders and workers like those at DonahueFavret create a culture of health and safety and win and deliver work to communities without incident.”