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Events & Happenings

Sub and Supplier Appreciation Event Date Announced

The 2012 version of our construction family picinic will be held at Coldwater Golf Links on Thursday, July 19. More information to be announced in May.

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StoryLine Winter 2011

StoryLine-Winter-2011

Our Winter 2011 newsletter focuses on several of our recent projects, including our design-build historic renovation work on the Charlson Building and our design-build work for NextEra Energy Resources in Story City, Iowa, our GC work for AIB College of Business in Des Moines, Iowa, and our construction management services for the fine arts addition and athletic facilities improvements on… Read »

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Story Employees Donate Generously to United Way

Story Construction is proud to announce employee contributions to the 2011 United Way Campaign have exceeded past records. More than $9,700 in employee pledges and a corporate match of 25 percent will result in a gift of nearly $12,150 for United Way of Story County community partners. Donations from Story Construction to United Way increased… Read »

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Story Construction Earns ABC National Safety Designation for 2011

2011 ABC STEP Award

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Iowa today announced that Story Construction has been awarded the Gold level of ABC’s prestigious Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) program. To achieve ABC’s STEP Gold level, among other requirements, a company must have a total recordable incident rate of no more than 1.5 times the U.S. Bureau… Read »

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Story Construction 2011-12 Awards Scholarships to Area Students

Story Scholarship Winners

  The Story Scholarship Committee recently selected four outstanding young men and women as scholarship recipients for the 2011-12 academic year. Cole Cummings, son of Story employee Randy Cummings, was awarded a $750 scholarship. Cole graduated from Roland-Story High School (Story City, Iowa) in 2011 and is currently enrolled at Iowa State University in Ames… Read »

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Story Construction President Wins Ames School Board Election

Mike Espeset

Concerned parents and community members turned out in record numbers on Tuesday, Sept. 13, for the Ames Community School Board election, where voters overwhelmingly favored adding new members to the district’s governing body – including Story Construction President Mike Espeset. Espeset’s “big picture” approach to looking at the district’s needs helped him win a seat… Read »

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Boehringer Ingelheim Dedicates New Research Facility

BIVI Dedication

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds were on hand for the dedication of Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica’s new Livestock Vaccine Research Facility in Sioux Center, Iowa. Story Construction was the design-builder for this 8,500 SF research facility. Pictured here with Gov. Branstad is Rick Timm, Story’s project superintendent. The main feature of this… Read »

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Story Construction Recognizes Excellence

2011 Appreciation Event

Story Construction held its annual Appreciation and Recognition Event on July 21, 2011 at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames. This event is held to express Story’s appreciation to its industry partners and to recognize the outstanding firms we have worked with during the past year. Each year Story personnel nominate firms to be recognized for Subcontractor… Read »