Contractor Of The Year

Lindler’s Construction of South Carolina, LLC was named a finalist in the 2025 Contractor of the Year Award. The Equipment World Contractor of the Year Award is sponsored by Caterpillar. Per Equipment World, this contest recognizes contractors who display the highest standards of business accumen, equipment management expertise, attention to safety and community involvement. Equipment World editors conduct comprehensive background checks on each qualified candidate, including a review of the company’s website and social media accounts, past media coverage, Google searches and reviews, and a minimum of three reference checks from professional or industry contacts. The following criteria is also reviewed: Experience Modification Rate, Lost Time Incident Rate, OSHA violations and Equipment finance reports. The editorial team meets to review the top candidates of all nominations submitted to select the 12 finalists. Editors visit each of the 12 finalists’ offices and jobsites, conducting interviews with the leadership team and staff to further assess performance.

We were honored to be selected as a 2025 finalist. Being selected in 2025 has been amazing. 2025 marks our official 20th year in business. We were incorporated in 2005 and the past 20 years have come with many successes but too many hurdles to count. Hard work, determination, faith and the help of a great team has got us to where we are today. As part of being named, Oneal & Heather Lindler along with Steffen Shealy and his wife Shay Shealy were able to take a couple days away from the office to make a quick trip to Nashville, TN. Our trip was filled with meet and greets, roundtable discussions and a wonderful Awards Dinner. We took full advantage of this opportunity and were able to discuss topics like employment struggles, GPS equipment, advantages of social media, AI benefits, safety measures and many of us shared our stories of how we became introduced into the construction industry. While we did not walk away as a winner, we are honored to have been a part of this event. We took valuable information back to South Carolina and got back to work!