Fifty-five 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 2024, including Clayco.


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Clayco

Top Arizona executive: Ryan Abbott

What it does: Full-service, turnkey real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm.

Community impact: Clayco participates in the Construction Career Development Initiative (CCDI), a nonprofit organization that promotes diversity in the design and construction industry. In 2021, CCDI was launched in Phoenix as part of the Skye on 6th project, a collaboration between Clayco, Hubbard Street Group and Phoenix Union Bioscience High School.

Workplace culture: Clayco achieved a significant milestone in workplace safety with an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of 0.40. This exceptional rating underscores Clayco’s unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest safety standards in the construction industry. EMR is used by insurance companies to measure how safe a company is compared with others in the same industry.

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Achieve

Air2O

Aker Ink

Alerus

Arizona Diamondbacks

Axon

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Burch & Cracchiolo

Canyon State Electric

Clayco

Colliers

Concord General Contracting

Copa Health

CopperPoint Insurance Companies

Creation

Credit Union West

Cresa

Delta Dental of Arizona

Desert Financial Credit Union

Donor Network of Arizona

DP Electric

Enterprise Bank & Trust

Fennemore

FirstBank

Global Market Innovators

Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona

Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona

Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino

Haydon

KUBRA

Kovach

Lumifi

Mark-Taylor Residential

Meritage Homes

Northern Trust

OneAZ Credit Union

P.B. Bell

RPG Brands

Rafi Law Group

Ryan Companies US

Small Giants

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StrataTech Education Group

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Suntec Concrete

The James Agency

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TruWest Credit Union

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