Most Admired Companies of 2023: Suntec Concrete

50 companies have risen from the constantly evolving and ever-challenging business environment to earn the right to call themselves Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2023, including Suntec Concrete.

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“Most Admired Companies is the most comprehensive and prestigious annual corporate awards program in Arizona,” says Amy Lindsey, publisher of AZ Big Media, which publishes Az Business magazine and co-founded the Most Admired Companies program with the team from BestCompaniesAZ. “To be called a Most Admired Company, a business must demonstrate excellence in its leadership; corporate culture; innovation; customer relations; community engagement; and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and programs.”

Arizona’s Most Admired Companies will be recognized at a celebration dinner on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix. For sponsorship information, email Amy.Lindsey@azbigmedia.com. For information about the event honoring Arizona’s Most Admired Companies, email Lynette.Carrington@azbigmedia.com or click here. To buy tickets, click here.

Suntec Concrete

Top Arizona executive: Derek Wright, president and CEO

What it does: Concrete contractor

Admirable trait: Suntec continuously steps up to support the construction industry to address the labor shortage in innovative ways. One of those ways is the Build Your Future Arizona organization, helping create a sustainable and skilled craft workforce, which Suntec has been an investor in since its inception.

Community impact: In 2023, Suntec presented more than $300,000 in school supplies and equipment to more than 100 deserving teachers. Additionally, under the company’s Heroes in Hardhats umbrella, Suntec employees support the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and take part in charitable events around the community, including the American Heart Association Heart Walk, the Run to Fight Cancer and the Arizona Builders Alliance Toy Drive.