Kenneth Thompson, the one remaining member of the original partnership, retires, and JTS becomes totally owned by five employee stockholders: Woodrow Buck, Ted Heggen, Norman Riis, Dean Porath and Dick Johnson. The company then sold stock to several additional...
In 1971, the company completes Hilton Coliseum, one of the landmark facilities not only in Iowa, but nationally. In 1976, the Veterinary Medicine Complex at Iowa State is also completed.
After restructuring and diversifying services throughout the 1970s, Story Construction is created to focus on “merit-shop” commercial and industrial construction. The company today remains an totally employee-owned merit shop.
Throughout the 1980s, Story identified water and wastewater treatment plants as an Iowa market dominated by non-Iowa companies. Story received its first contract for a wastewater treatment plant in Pella, IA, and to this day serves both municipalities and private...
In the 1990s, Story Construction continued to support a wider variety of markets throughout Iowa. In 1996, in-house design capabilities are added to Story’s list of services, providing integrated design-build delivery to clients. The company also moved its...
