In 2000, Story chairman Norm Riis retires. In 2005, Story announced a new executive management team consisting of Mike Espeset, President; Pat Geary, Chief Operating Officer; and Steve Tenney, Chief Financial Officer. Dick Johnson, Story’s CEO and chairman at the...
Major projects throughout the 2000s include the $20 million Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa and the USDA High Containment Large Animal Housing Facility,
Throughout the 2000s, Story excelled in providing safe work environments for employees. The company reached 1.5 million hours without a lost-time accident.
In 2018, Story finished a manufacturing facility in Oelwein, IA for East Penn Manufacturing via design-build delivery, which was the largest project in Story’s history, until ground was broken at the site of the new Ames High School the following year.
Throughout the 2010s, Story continued to specialize in GC, CM and design-build services for commercial construction. In 2012, Story adopted the Entrepreneurial Operation System to focus the entire company on its direction and the day-to-day strategy of getting...
