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Employee Profile: Cory Shepard
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...
President’s Perspective: What Race Are We Running?
"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...
President’s Perspective: Efficient & Effective
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...
Employee Profile: Deb Thurmond
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...
President’s Perspective: Confidence vs. Certainty
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...
President’s Perspective: Willing & Capable
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...
Employee Profile: Kris Pruismann
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...
President’s Perspective: Why?
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...
President’s Perspective: Purpose
Anyone who knows me well knows I’m a Simon Sinek fan. I believe he’s one of the foremost thought leaders of our time, and he has a way of articulating ideas and perspectives on...
President’s Perspective: Age isn’t just a number
In our office we have a wall with photos of each of our team members. We recently organized them by tenure with the company, and I overheard some of our younger guys comment on...
President’s Perspective: Two things you should know
In February my wife and I took a trip to Nashville. It was a quick trip that included as many of the must stop places we could fit into our schedule: lunch at Biscuit Love, a...
Story’s Women in Construction: Deb Thurmond
Job Title: Project Engineer College: Colorado State University Years With Story: 6.5 WHAT DID YOUR PATH INTO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LOOK LIKE? I grew up in Memphis, TN around...
Story’s Women in Construction: Valarie Vizza
Job Title: Assistant Project Manager College: Iowa State University Years With Story: 18 WHAT DID YOUR JOURNEY INTO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY - AND YOUR CURRENT POSITION - LOOK...
Story’s Women in Construction: Melinda Packebush
Job Title: Estimator College: Iowa State University Years With Story: 1 HOW AND WHEN DID YOU DECIDE YOU WANTED TO GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD? I'd probably have to go back to...
Story’s Women in Construction: Diane McDonald
Job Title: Senior Project Designer College: Iowa State University Years With Story: 2.5 HOW AND WHEN DID YOU DECIDE YOU WANTED TO GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD? It was my...
News
United Equipment Accessories Adds Production Space
United Equipment Accessories, a family-owned company founded in 1952, is a manufacturer of custom slip rings, cable reels, shift controls and...
Availa Bank Brightens Up New Ames Location
Availa Bank, which first began as the German Bank of Carroll County in 1870, primarily served western Iowa communities until acquiring banks in...
Colorbiotics Grows Footprint of Ames Facility
Colorbiotics - known for its mulch colorant and now its asphalt, rubber, rock and recreational surface coatings - has been manufacturing in Ames for...
Hubbell Dining Hall Renovation Newest Project for Drake University
After Drake University agreed to a 10-year extension with its long-time food service provider, Sodexo, the university committed to a renovation of...
Midland Power Cooperative Adds Boone Administrative Location
Midland Power Cooperative - part of the Touchstone Energy Cooperative that represents a nationwide alliance of member-owned electric cooperatives -...
Bondurant Middle School Transformed Through Renovations
After delivering two building addition projects for the Bondurant-Farrar school district over the last five years, Story was hired as construction...
Baxter Community Schools are Getting Ahead of the Curve with Renovations
With strong support from their community, a bond of $6 million was passed to make improvements to Baxter’s K-12 facility, which was initially built...
Renovations and Additions Support Students at Ballard Middle School
The Ballard Community School District, which serves Kelly, Huxley, Slater, and Cambridge, Iowa, voted on a school bond in December 2018 to help...
Story Construction Finished in the Top Three of the 2017 Master Builders of Iowa’s Masters Awards
Story served as General Contractor for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.’s Ames Research & Development Laboratory in Ames. The project was a...
Shane Hall Promoted to CFO
Story Construction is pleased to announce the promotion of Shane Hall to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Jane Woodley to the position of...
Bidding Documents Available for Ames High School Project
Bidding Documents for the new Ames High School were issued on Tuesday, July 9th. A pre-bid meeting will be held on July 31st at 10:00AM at the Ames...
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