Crescent Communities Leads Construction Industry in Health and Safety, Says ABC Report
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Nov. 20, 2025): Crescent Communities, a nationally recognized, market-leading real estate investor, developer, and operator of mixed-use communities, today announced that its construction division has achieved Diamond level in Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)’s STEP® Health and Safety Management System. STEP enables top-performing ABC members like Crescent Communities to achieve incident rates 658% safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics construction industry average, reducing total recordable incident rates by 85%.
“Achieving STEP Diamond is a direct reflection of the commitment our teams bring to every jobsite, every day,” said Daniel Cooper, President of Crescent Communities Construction. “Safety isn’t just a metric for us. It’s a core value deeply embedded in how we build, how we lead, and how we serve our clients and communities. Most importantly, it reflects the dedication of our people, whose commitment to safe building practices protects every worker on every jobsite.”
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.
“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 Crescent Communities create a culture of health and safety and win and deliver work to communities without incident.”
With more than 75 years of experience, Crescent Communities Construction’s team delivers projects and communities that stand the test of time. Currently serving Charlotte, NC, Raleigh, NC, Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, Tampa, FL, Orlando, FL, and Phoenix, AZ markets with construction management services, pre-construction services, and a captive general contractor model to ensure high-quality project delivery – on time, on budget, and aligned with or exceeding client expectations.
STEP participants measure their safety processes and policies on key components and the criteria for best practices through a detailed questionnaire, with the goal of implementing or enhancing safety programs that reduce jobsite incident rates.
Nationwide, Crescent Communities continues to experience significant growth with $7.2 billion of residential and commercial investments and developments in various stages of construction, operations, and planning. That pipeline includes 15,300 multi- and single-family build-to-rent units; 58,000 square feet of complementary retail space; and 7.5 million square feet of office, industrial, and life-sciences facilities.
For more information about Crescent Communities, visit https://www.crescentcommunities.com/.
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About Crescent Communities:
Crescent Communities is a nationally recognized, market-leading real estate investor, developer, and operator of mixed-use "communities." We create high-quality, differentiated multifamily and commercial communities in many of the fastest growing markets in the United States. Since 1963, our development portfolio has included more than 86 multifamily communities and 25 million square feet of commercial space. Crescent Communities has offices in Charlotte, DC, Atlanta, Orlando, Nashville, Dallas, Denver, and Phoenix. Our multifamily communities are branded NOVEL, RENDER, and HARMON by Crescent Communities, our industrial developments are branded AXIAL by Crescent Communities, and our life science developments are branded THE YIELD by Crescent Communities.
