A recognition that reflects the strength of our employee owners and the culture we've built together.

We're proud to share that Blue Diamond Legacy Holdings (BDL), the parent company of KE&G, has been named the 2026 ESOP Company of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of The ESOP Association.

This award recognizes organizations that demonstrate excellence in employee ownership—not through financial performance alone, but through a culture where employee owners are engaged, empowered, and invested in the long-term success of the company.

For us, that's what employee ownership has always been about.

An Award Earned by Our Employee Owners

Awards like this aren't won in a boardroom.

They're earned on jobsites, in the shop, behind the wheel, in the office, and everywhere our employee owners show up each day to do great work.

It's earned by the crews who make smart decisions in the field.

By the teams who put safety first.

By the people who take care of equipment, support one another, solve problems, and treat every project like it matters—because it does.

Most importantly, it's earned by the employee owners who understand that the success of KE&G is something we all share

Celebrating 20 Years of Employee Ownership

This recognition comes during a milestone year for our company.

In 2006, KE&G established its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), beginning a journey that transformed the way we do business. In 2014, we became 100% employee owned, ensuring that the value created by our work benefits the people who help build it.

Today, we're celebrating 20 years of employee ownership—two decades of building a company where the people doing the work also share in its success.

What Ownership Means

Employee ownership is more than a retirement benefit.

It means that when KE&G succeeds, our employee owners share in that success.

Every project delivered safely.

Every schedule met.

Every client relationship strengthened.

Every smart decision made in the field.

Those individual actions build a stronger company, and in turn, contribute to the long-term value of our ESOP.

There are no outside shareholders benefiting from the hard work of our employee owners. Instead, we're building something together that supports our retirement, our families, and the future of the company.

That's the power of ownership.

A Culture Worth Recognizing

Being named ESOP Company of the Year is an honor, but it's also a reminder of what makes KE&G different.

It's our commitment to safety.

It's our accountability to one another.

It's our willingness to step up, solve problems, and continuously improve.

Most of all, it's the pride our employee owners take in building infrastructure that strengthens the communities we serve.

That culture can't be manufactured—it has to be lived every day.

Thank You

To every KE&G employee owner: thank you.

Thank you for your hard work, your commitment to safety, your dedication to quality, and the ownership mindset you bring to work each day.

This recognition belongs to all of us.

Together, we've built a company worth celebrating—and we're just getting started.