News & Updates

Jetco, Inc. - a supplier of controls and electrical systems for water and wastewater treatment plants based out of Altoona, IA - hired Story...

After completing a warehouse addition for Iowa Spring Manufacturing in 2020, Story Construction designed and built an entirely new facility for Iowa...

In March 2023, pumps fired up inside a greenhouse at the City of Slater's wastewater treatment plant. Each of the six concrete cells inside the...

In November 2022, Story Construction and the Story Design team completed renovations at Iowa Realty's original office location in Des Moines. The...

On Oct. 4 2022, Norwalk's new PE & Competition Center saw its first competition: a Norwalk high school volleyball match featuring the Warriors...

After three years of construction and several years of planning and design prior to that, the new Ames High School opened for students for the Fall...

In September 2022, Story Construction and the Story Design team completed a new office and storage facility for Summit Agricultural Group at its...

In October, Story Construction's Small Projects Group completed spa room renovations at Green Hills Community in Ames. Green Hills, a long time...

In September, the rapidly growing Bondurant-Farrar Community School District opened up a new junior high school for students in grades 7 and 8....

It's been 15 months since the new Cedar Falls High School project broke ground, and with roughly 15 months to go until the the project is scheduled...

In April 2022, Story's Small Projects Group completed flooring and paint upgrades for the Facilities Management Department at Mary Greeley Medical...

Story Construction crews are wrapping up their work at the new Osceola Wastewater Treatment Plant, which will be completed in 2023. In August 2020,...

This spring, Story Construction is wrapping up construction of a new building at Kemin in Des Moines dedicated to the company’s Application...

This spring, Story Construction’s Small Projects Group completed renovations at Renewable Energy Group's 300 South Bell Ave location in Ames, which...

This spring, Story Construction is wrapping up another design-build project for Iowa Realty, this time at its office location in Waukee. The project...

In August 2021, Story Construction completed upgrades to the City of Massena's wastewater treatment plant The project consisted of improvements to...

On Wednesday, Sept. 22, the Ames Chamber of Commerce unveiled its newly named and renovated Laughlin Level to the Ames business community during its...

On Saturday, Nov. 13, Community Choice Credit Union held the grand opening of its Food Truck Parc in Ames. The design-build project was led by Story...

Story Construction recently wrapped up work at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church & School in Ankeny, IA. The building received a 13,000...

Story Construction and its in-house design team, Story Design, recently completed a 25,000 sq. ft. multipurpose build-out for Iowa Realty at its new...

In 2020 we started a podcast at Story Construction called Exit Interview. The primary purpose is to capture some company history from Story retirees and pass down some knowledge...

I was sharing some Christmas cheer last week with a friend of mine prior to the holiday weekend. At this time of year, he is cleaning out old folders and files, including email...

We lost a good one on Sept. 14, 2022. Clint Jensen was a great work colleague. He had a big personality, he wore his emotions on his sleeve, and he was always quick with a joke....

This quarter's President's Perspective is a lot less me and a lot more Kara Lawson, coach of the Duke Women's Basketball team. I was at a family reunion recently and one of my...

Bid day is the moment of truth in the preconstruction process. Months and sometimes years of work go into balancing design and budget expectations and trying to predict costs in...

My daughter was married on Feb. 18, 2022. It was a wonderful day for her and our family. She has found the love of her life and a wedding day is an awesome way to celebrate the...

'Tis the season! Christmas, that is. I hope you've had the chance to view our Christmas message and the Fireside Chats with a few of our own folks at Story. My mental frame of...

I consider myself a student of leadership. Leadership in some form occupies my thinking during both my work time and my free time, and there’s always something I can learn. So...

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) conference held recently was terrific, as it usually is. A conference full of Iowa business leaders coming together to network...

The Master Builders of Iowa held a socially distant and attendance-limited Winter Conference in February, the first event of its kind that I've attended in a year. Parts of it...

Role: Project Engineer Years at Story: 6.5Dennis, a Davenport native and graduate of Davenport Central High School, began his career at Story Construction in 2014 after...

Role: Superintendent Years at Story: 24Cory started with Story Construction as a laborer in 1996, the year he graduated from Aplington-Parkersburg High School. In 2001 he gained...

"This is a marathon, not a sprint!" We've all heard the phrase used. It applies at work, coaching youth sports, relationships - and, of course, running a marathon. I've heard it...

We have all heard it said by now. "Remote work is working really well. I am getting a lot done with fewer interruptions!" We hear stories of companies and organizations that may...

Role: Project Engineer Years at Story: 8Deb joined Story Construction in 2012 after spending most of her career in residential construction in Oregon, Colorado and then...

These day's it's impossible to watch the news or scroll through social media without seeing so many people who are certain of their position on a topic. I am specifically...

We have amazing capacity as individuals, as a company and as a society. That capacity is being tested in this current public health crisis caused by COVID-19, and we're truly...

Kris Pruismann, Employee Development Manager at Story Construction, is a native of Kamrar, IA, where she grew up on a farm north of town. She graduated from Northeast Hamilton...

If you’re a subscriber to this newsletter, you may remember last issue I teed up an important topic. I asked you, like we at Story ask ourselves, what is your purpose? Why are we...