SPRINGFIELD AREA'S LARGEST COMMERCIAL GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Researched by: BRYAN J. SMITH

Name 1997 Current F/T Work Top General Areas Largest Recent Address Billings Backlog Perm Subcon- Managing Area of of Current Representative Year Telephone / Fax (mil $) (mil $) Empl tracted Principals Operations Specialty Project Contracts Estab

1 Killian Construction Co/ William F National, Industrial, commercial Hampton Inn-Arkansas & Missouri, KCC Contractor Inc $87 $102 55 90% Killian & Canada institutional, Grand Vista Hotel & Prime Inc commons building, 1948 1835 S Stewart / 65804 Mike Waters construction mgmt Resort-Arizona Palace Hotel & Resort-Mississippi 883-1204 /887-7338 Embassy Suites Hotel-Nebraska

2 DeWitt & Associates Construction mgmt, 1256 S Barnes / 65804 $45.5 $28.6 15 70% Ted A Smith Southwest commercial, Camden County First Card, SMSU Student Union 1972 881-4820 / 881-8317 Jerry Hackleman Missouri industrial, institutional Courts facility renovations, Springfield Post Office

3 MECO Systems General contracters, 1224 S Barnes ? POB 3733 $23.3 $70 50 85% Wayne Towe Southwest commercial, n/a n/a 1971 65808 ? 881-4916 / 886-8015 Missouri industrial

4 Wirt Development Co Gen commercial Ridgecrest Baptist Church, 2860 W Catalpa / 65802 $21.5 $14.5 22 80% Tom Wirt Southwest contractor, SMSU Public Affairs CBC Activities Building, 1964 869-6300 / 869-1206 Missouri construction mgmt building Farmers State Bank

5 Walton Construction Co Inc SMSU Bookstore, ReGen

305 E Walnut, Ste 109 / 65806 $13.8 $6.7 28 80% Richard Quint MO, KS, General construction, Hawker Power Systems Technologies, Centertech 1985

862-9700 / 862-1578 AR, OK comm'l construction office building

6 Morelock - Ross Builders Wayne Negotiated MCI, Vision Clinic, 722-B W Olive / 65806 $12.4 $6.2 17 90% Morelock, 60-mile commercial CanBrands Merrill Lynch, 1982 864-6661 / 863-8686 Kenny Ross radius construction Primrose Office Center

7 SBI Curtis & Medical, ProTel Communications,

619 N Jefferson / 65806 $11 $10.5 47 75% Kim 100-mile commercial, Breech Regional Freightliner Sales & Service, 1990

865-6200 / 865-6402 Looney radius industrial Medical Center Ozark Optical

8 Bell Building Systems Inc 2840 E Chestnut Expwy/65802 $7.5 $6.5 30 40.1% Ron Bell Southwest Design, build Positronic O'Reilly Automotive, 1976 864-5200 / 864-5253 Missouri Mears Florist

9 Rich Kramer Construction Pre-engineered

4715 W Maple / 65802 $7.9 $4 44 45% Richard Kramer, Southwest steel buildings, Central Trucking Roof at Eldon School, 1992

865-5959 / 865-6899 Robert Kramer Missouri general contracting Midwest Brokers office building

10 Nabholz Construction Design & build for Reliable BMW,

PO Box 11089 / 65808 $7.3 $24 24 90% Lowell Thomas 100-mile commercial and James River Greenhouse Market, 1995

581-3745 / 581-3608 radius industrial Assembly of God McAlister's Gourmet Deli

10 MoDoCo Inc General commercial, Purdy School District, 4608 S Campbell / 65810 $7.3 $3 16 75% Morris Dock, 100-mile industrial, institutional, Twin Oaks Office Park Jones YMCA, FBI Office, 1977 883-4143 / 883-8131 Debbie Dock radius construction mgmt Empire Bank in Chesterfield Village

12 Baumgartner General Contr Gary Baumgartner Municipal and 3648 W Nichols / 65802 $7.2 $2.6 25 25% John Johnson Midwest industrial Fulton, MO Tyson Foods, 1980 831-3459 / 866-3166 Darin Wilken construction wastewater improvements Hope, AR wastewater treatment

13 Professional Builders Disney Store-Texas, 2132 S Stewart / 65804 $6.2 $1.4 18 80% Chris Lakin National Retail, J Crew Store- Paul Harris Store-Texas, 1981 881-5151 / 881-0639 tenant infills Overland Park, Kan Charlotte Russe Store-FL

14 Unified Construction 2569 N Barnes / 65803 $6.1 $1.5 30 60-70% Dan Robbins 100-mile General contractor, Ozark High School Drury Student Housing 1984 866-0678 / 866-5585 radius construction mgmt

15 Hartman & Company

1313 E Montclair / 65804 $6 $3.5 35 5% Dean Springfield Heavy highway, Sunshine & Campbell Battlefield & Campbell, 1985

882-2062 / 882-2702 Hartman utilities Norton Road Project

16 Dock Brothers Const Co Office, warehouse, 1939 E McDaniel / 65802 $5 $4.8 15 80% Paul Dock, Southwest industrial, National Tire South Haven Baptist Church 1982 862-4178 / 862-8442 Bob Dock Missouri manufacturing & Battery for Sears

17 Carson-Mitchell Inc Chester P Jr, Commercial, institutional,

601 N Glenstone Box 667 / 65801 $4.8 $12 15 50% James W and 150-mile heavy industrial, chem Litton n/a 1946

869-5653 /869-0337 Douglas J Carson radius plants, heavy lift, rigging

18 Williams Construction Inc MO, Hollywood Theaters-Tyler, Texas, 2119-A E Division / 65803 $4.7 $1.8 20 50% David TX, Pre-engineered ReGen Technologies, Ozark Electric-Mt. Vernon, 1980 862-4171 / 862-4271 Williams MS buildings Casey's General Store Grand Casino-Tunica, Miss

19 Kenmar Construction Inc Commercial Stockton Nursing Home Addition,

2643 W. College / 65802 $4.6 $1 20 65% Mark Nation 50-mile renovations, res. Pearson's Hall Springfield Public Schools, 1985

863-1313 / 863-8101 and Kent Smith radius remodeling at Drury College cafe at Dickerson Park Zoo

20 Howard Bailey Co Mahaffey Enterprises, 4940 S. FR 189, Rogersville $3.1 $1.2 11 90% Howard Bailey 70-mile Design & build for Republic Ford Gillenwaters Development 1972 887-6177 / 887-8936 ? 65742 radius comm & resid Old South Plantation Apts

The above list of largest commercial contractors in Springfield is ranked by 1997 billings. Information was provided by company representatives. Some commercial contractors that deserve to be on the list may have been omitted due to lack of information, space or deadline restrictions, or a refusal to divulge information necessary for the list's compilation. [[In-content Ad]]