CAGC Honors Community Impact Efforts of 28 Companies

June 10, 2026

Carolinas AGC is excited to announce the winners of the 2026 CAGC Community Impact Awards program. The CAGC Community Impact Awards honor member companies that are making significant contributions to their communities through their time, actions, talents, dedication, and resources. Honorees serve as role models for compassion and service, and they strive to make their community and the communities throughout North Carolina and South Carolina better places to live and work.  

The 28 CAGC Community Impact Award recipients will be honored at the Carolinas AGC Summer Summit to be held in Asheville in July.

Community Impact programs are recognized by:

• the size and scope of the community program/project and how it may be considered going above and beyond the call of duty;
• the organization that benefitted from the program/project;
• the impact of the program/project and how it has made a lasting or meaningful contribution or impact on their community.

The 2026 winners include:

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure	Messer Construction Co.
Barnhill Contracting Company	New Atlantic Contracting
Blythe Construction, Inc.	Next 2 Native
Branch Group	Poettker Construction
Civil Works Contracting, LLC	Reeves Construction Company
Crowder Constructors	Rogers Group
Daniels & Daniels Construction Co., Inc.	S.T. Wooten Corporation
Fred Smith Company	Sanford Contractors
Guilford County	Shook Construction
Harper General Contractors	Sunrock Industries
Holt Brothers	T.A. Loving
IMA Financial Group	Trident Construction
KWest Group	United Infrastructure Group, Inc.
Mashburn Construction	WB Moore Company of Charlotte

The 2027 Community Impact Awards will open in April 2026.

Congratulations to the 2026 Community Impact Award Winners!

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure
Aided the American Legion Whitehurst-Ware Post 539 with 22 events to raise awareness of the high rate of suicide among Veterans.

Barnhill Contracting Company
Participated in Cumberland County Council on Older Adults monthly program to build ramps in homes for those who have mobility challenges.

Blythe Construction, Inc.
Wide range of community impact events with their cornerstones being their blood drives, disaster relief drives, and holiday toy drives.

Branch Group
Worked with Yancey-Mitchell Pillars and students from Mountain Heritage high school to build small homes for those who lost everything in the storm. Branch also passionately supports the Autism Society of North Carolina.

Civil Works Contracting, LLC
Donated instruments to the Brookyln Arts Music Academy to support their arts education program that meets students where they are.

Crowder Constructors
Focused on addressing immediate needs like hunger and disaster response as well as long-term goals like education and housing in communities.

Daniels & Daniels Construction Company, Inc.
Supported the youth in the Carolinas through career fairs, jobsite tours, and hands-on demonstrations.

Fred Smith Company
Partnered with different organizations to help children receive presents during the holiday season donated by employees during their Christmas Brunch and Construction Toy Drive.

Guilford County
Aided in the planning and outreach needed for the Melvin “Skip” Alston Golf Classic which addresses homelessness, workforce development, and housing instability.

Harper General Contractors
Spent time planning, scheduling, trade coordination, and inspections for the Front Porch Housing 3-year supportive housing program.

Holt Brothers
Through the Holt Brothers Foundation, many volunteered and coordinated sponsors and donors for fundraisers to help children who have a parent with cancer.

IMA Financial Group
Continued the EMC Foundation as IMA Foundation to help 10 high-need organizations with a variety of urgent needs.

KWest Group
Organized a holiday food drive throughout the Carolinas and surrounding states to provide meals for families.

Mashburn Construction
Worked to build 86 wire reefs to support oysters, who filter 18 million gallons of water daily, keeping the ecosystem clean and thriving.

Messer Construction Co.
In Charlotte, their work helped the Humane Society to increase care. In Greenville, they assisted individuals on the autism spectrum with Project HOPE Foundation. In Raleigh, they helped more than 700 kids get to hospitals for care with the Children’s Flight of Hope.

New Atlantic Contracting
Worked on the Playhouse Project with Habitat of Greensboro, to help children picture their futures and encourage their endless imagination.

Next 2 Native
Worked to bridge the gap between English and Spanish on the construction site to lower safety issues.

Poettker Construction
Hosted a Clay shoot to support Dream On 3 Carolinas which creates memorable sports experiences for those 5-21 who live with life-altering conditions.

Reeves Construction Company
Hosted a Tackle Hunger competitive canned food drive which resulted in over 6,800 cans of food being donated to the Golden Harvest Food Bank.

Rogers Group
Focused on a combination of volunteering, donating, mentoring and hands on learning to schools, shelters, and non-profits in South Carolina.

S.T. Wooten Corporation
Sponsored and helped to build the Wilson Miracle Field, which allows those with disabilities to get their daily physical activity a little closer to home.

Sanford Contractors
Through the Sanford Contractors Construction Academy, they were able to give many high school students hands on construction experience.

Shook Construction
For every construction project worked on, a service project was completed. This helped many in the community with things like toys for children, mentorships for students, and making homes accessible.

Sunrock Industries
Donated needed resources to make the building of the Franklinton Innovation Park possible. The local students that were assisting received instruction.

T.A. Loving Co
In honor of their 100-year anniversary, every month T.A. Loving Foundation found organizations to support. They helped over 15 organizations including 3 education foundations and 6 cancer-related organizations.

Trident Construction
Collaborated with their employees to create personalized community engagement plans to support what they were passionate about.

United Infrastructure Group, Inc
Loaned roadway signs to the Pisgah Luthern Church Summer program “Road Trip” to help create a lasting memory for those children.

WB Moore
Through their program, GiveMoore, they found different opportunities to keep the employees engaged to support organizations like the Ronald McDonald House, CPCC, Toys for Tots, and the American Heart Association.