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Pavement Pioneers: ICI Members Celebrate a Century of Collaboration

by: Andria L. Hine, Indiana Constructors, Inc.
ICI Member Brooks Construction Co., Inc. shares its 100-year history in its office decorations. (Photo courtesy of ICI/Charlie McCullough)
ICI Member Brooks Construction Co., Inc. shares its 100-year history in its office decorations. (Photo courtesy of ICI/Charlie McCullough)
Original Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. membership application. Note the crossed-out reference to Illinois. Hoosier contractors traveled to Chicago in 1923 to meet with their Illinois counterparts, bringing back ideas, and apparently forms, to begin a similar association in Indiana. (Photo courtesy of ICI)
Original Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. membership application. Note the crossed-out reference to Illinois. Hoosier contractors traveled to Chicago in 1923 to meet with their Illinois counterparts, bringing back ideas, and apparently forms, to begin a similar association in Indiana. (Photo courtesy of ICI)
Indiana Constructors, Inc. (ICI) is the voice of the Hoosier highway, heavy, and utility construction industry. In 2024, ICI is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

At its final organizational meeting on February 4, 1924, the association's first Chairman — Paul J. Meredith of Meredith Highway Construction Co. in Indianapolis — offered William H. Holland the job of the Executive Secretary. Holland said he would take the job, but on three conditions:

  • The main objective of the association would be to stabilize the entire industry and strive for a strong, healthy, adequately financed highway program.
  • Every member would be treated equally. Honesty and integrity would prevail.
  • There must be at least 25 companies in the association.

At the time, ICI only had 23 members, so Holland picked up the phone on his desk. Within five minutes, the association had its 25 members.

ICI set out with the original 25 contractor members and quickly blossomed with the addition of subcontractor and associate members — those businesses providing vital products, services, and equipment to contractors. Through mergers and acquisitions, many of these original members are still active in the association.

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Regardless of their join date, each ICI member has played a special role in helping the association reach 100 years. In turn, the association congratulates those members who have also reached the 100-year mark:

  • US Aggregates (formerly Meshberger Stone) (1874)
  • Gregory & Appel Insurance, Inc. (1884)
  • Heidelberg Materials (formerly Lehigh Hanson) (1902)
  • Kahn, Dees, Donovan, & Kahn, LLP (1908)
  • Brooks Construction Co., Inc. (1909)
  • Ice Miller LLP (1910)
  • Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. (1916)
  • Buzzi Unicem USA (1919)
  • Phend & Brown, Inc. (1922)

From its humble beginnings in 1924, Indiana Constructors, Inc. has grown to represent 198 members from every region of the state and beyond. In honor of its centennial, ICI thanks its member companies as of June 1, 2024, for their commitment to the association’s first 100 years and their vision for the next.

Contractor Members
American Contracting & Services, Inc., Jeffersonville; Anlaan Corporation, Grand Haven, Michigan; Beaty Construction, Inc., Boggstown; Bowen Engineering Corporation, Indianapolis; Brooks Construction Co., Inc., Fort Wayne; Calumet Civil Contractors, Inc., Whitestown; Crider & Crider, Inc., Bloomington; C-Tech Corporation, Inc., Boggstown; Dave O'Mara Contractor, Inc., North Vernon; Duncan Robertson, Inc., Franklin; Dunigan Bros., Inc., Jackson, Michigan; E & B Paving, LLC, Anderson; E. S. Wagner Company, Oregon, Ohio; Eagle Valley Inc., Indianapolis; Earth Images, Inc., Floyds Knobs; Edward & Jones Concrete, Indianapolis; F.H. Paschen, Chicago, Illinois; Feutz Contractors, Inc., Paris, Illinois; Force Construction Company, Inc., Columbus; Fox Contractors Corp., Fort Wayne; G.E. Marshall, Inc., Valparaiso; Gaunt & Son Asphalt, Inc., Wabash; Gradex, Inc., Indianapolis; Grand River Construction, Inc., Hudsonville, Michigan; The Great Lakes Construction Co., Hinckley, Ohio; Grimmer Construction, Inc., Highland; Hasse Construction Company, Inc., Calumet City, Illinois; HIS Constructors, Inc., Fairland; The Hoosier Company, Inc., Indianapolis; J. H. Rudolph & Co., Inc., Tell City; James H. Drew Corporation, Indianapolis; Kokosing Construction Co., Inc., Westerville, Ohio; Kokosing Industrial, Inc., Greenfield; LaPorte Construction Co., Inc., LaPorte; Lunda Construction Company, Black River Falls, Wisconsin; Lutgring Bros., Inc., Tell City; Midwest Mole, Inc., Greenfield; Midwest Paving LLC, Noblesville; Milestone Contractors, L.P., Indianapolis; Miller Bros. Const., Inc., Archbold, Ohio; Pemberton Davis Electric, Inc., Mishawaka; Phend & Brown, Inc., Milford; Poindexter Excavating, Inc., Indianapolis; Pontem Contractors, Inc., Indianapolis; R. L. McCoy, Inc., Columbia City; RAM Construction Services of Michigan, Inc., Livonia, Michigan; Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc., Goshen; RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc., Lafayette; Signal Construction Incorporated, Greenfield; Slusser's Green Thumb, Inc., Logansport; Superior Construction, Portage; Thieneman Construction, Inc., Westfield; Town & Country Construction, Inc., DeMotte; Walsh Construction Company II, LLC, Crown Point; Wayne Asphalt & Construction Co., Inc., Fort Wayne; WB Koester Construction, LLC, Evansville; Weddle Bros. Highway Group, LLC, Evansville; and William Charles Construction Company, LLC, Clinton.
Subcontractor Members
ABC Cutting Contractors, Inc., Whiteland; Blue River Environmental & Restoration, Inc., Fairland; CE Hughes Milling, Inc., Jeffersonville; Champaign Asphalt Company, LLC, Urbana, Illinois; Crackers Demo, LLC, Indianapolis; Cripe, Indianapolis; Diamond Coring Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; DWD Company LLC, Indianapolis; Edwards Concrete Const. & Concrete Pumping, Evansville; ERMCO, Inc., Indianapolis; GridLock Traffic Systems, Inc., Indianapolis; Griffin Contract Dewatering L.L.C., Hammond; GroundBreakers LLC, Indianapolis; Harmon Construction Incorporated, North Vernon; Harmon Steel, Inc., North Vernon; Highway Safety Services, Inc., Lafayette; Hi-Way Paving, Inc., Hilliard, Ohio; HoosierVac LLC, Delphi; Hydro-Technologies, Inc., Jeffersonville; Indiana Sign & Barricade, Inc., Indianapolis; Indiana Traffic Services, LLC, Greenfield; Insituform Technologies USA, LLC, Chesterfield, Missouri; Javelina Construction, Inc., Fishers; JBI Construction, Inc., Evansville; Kentuckiana Off-Duty Police & Surveillance, Inc., Bardstown, Kentucky; KERAMIDA Inc., Indianapolis; McCrite Milling & Construction Co., New Albany; Mid-America Milling Co., LLC, Jeffersonville; Mt. Carmel Stabilization Group, Inc., Mt. Carmel, Illinois; Northern Materials, Inc., Frankfort, Illinois; Phoenix Services, LLC, Portage; Professional Concrete Cutting & Drilling, Columbus; Resolution Group, Inc., Indianapolis; RH Marlin, Inc., Indianapolis; RiverTown Construction, LLC, Newburgh; Roudebush Grading Inc., Noblesville; S T Construction, Inc., Terre Haute; Specialties Company, LLC, Indianapolis; Tatman Sims & Pedigo, Bloomington; TC Electric, Inc., Indianapolis; Three Rivers Barricade, Fort Wayne; Traffic Control Specialists, LLC, Knox; Tri-State Forestry Services, LLC, Noblesville; US Hydrovac Inc., Indianapolis; and Whitehead Construction, Inc., Columbia City.
Associate Members
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Pittsboro; Advantage Highway Company, Greenfield; Allied Wholesale, Indianapolis; American Global, Noblesville; American Structurepoint, Inc., Indianapolis; Aries Building Systems, Rochester; Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Risk Management Services, Louisville, Kentucky; Asphalt Materials, Inc., Indianapolis; AssuredPartners, Carmel; Blue & Co., LLC, Carmel; Bobcat of Indy, Indianapolis; Brandeis Machinery & Supply Company, Indianapolis; Buzzi Unicem USA, Carmel; CBIZ Somerset, Indianapolis; Chubb Surety, Cincinnati, Ohio; cmcglobal, Indianapolis; CNA Surety, Indianapolis; Commercial Metals Company, Muncie; Construction Engineering Solutions, LLC, Leopold; Construction Fabrics & Grids, Indianapolis; Core & Main, Indianapolis; County Materials Corporation, Maxwell; D2 Land and Water Resource, Inc., Indianapolis; Dean Dorton, Indianapolis; Dimond Bros. Insurance, LLC, Carmel; Don Smock Auction Co., Inc., Pendleton; Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP, Carmel; E5 Incorporated, Noblesville; Egis, Indianapolis; FactorLab, Pleasanton, California; Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Indianapolis; First Merchants Bank, Indianapolis; FORVIS, LLP, Indianapolis; Frost Brown Todd LLP, Indianapolis; Gibson, South Bend; Gregory & Appel Insurance, Indianapolis; HAAS Alert, Chicago, Illinois; Hare Truck Center, Noblesville; HaulHub Technologies, Inc., Sterling, Massachusetts; Heidelberg Materials, Sylvania, Ohio; Hercules Machinery Corp., Fort Wayne; HNTB Corporation, Indianapolis; The Horton Group, South Bend; HWC Engineering, Inc., Indianapolis; Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis; Indiana Logo Sign Group, Indianapolis; Irving Materials, Inc., Greenfield; Jobsite Supply, Indianapolis; Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP, Evansville; Katz, Sapper & Miller, Indianapolis; Laura Kopetsky Tri-Ax, Inc., Indianapolis; MacAllister Machinery Company, Inc., Indianapolis; Martin Marietta, Carmel; Martone Legal, LLC, St. Louis, Missouri; Michael Baker International, Inc., Indianapolis; Midland Tool & Supply, Oak Park, Michigan; Midwest Tile & Concrete Products, Inc., Woodburn; The MJ Companies, Carmel; Modified Concrete Suppliers, LLC, Indianapolis; Nationwide Surety, Chicago, Illinois; Parsons, Indianapolis; Pile CPAs, Indianapolis; Precast Solutions, Inc., Whitestown; Premier Truck Rental, Fort Wayne; Prestress Services Industries, LLC, Lexington, Kentucky; Quality Bridge & Fab, Inc., West Middlesex, Pennsylvania; The Reinforced Earth Company, Aurora, Illinois; Rinker Materials, Whitestown; Roadstone Production LLC dba "Aquaphalt", Charlottesville, Virginia; Rudd Equipment Company, Indianapolis; Safety Management Group, Indianapolis; Schuetz Insurance Services, Inc., Indianapolis; Shelby Materials, Shelbyville; Shepherd Financial, Carmel; Shoreline Aggregate Solutions, Inc., Michigan City; Southeastern Equipment Company, Indianapolis; SRM Concrete, Fishers; State Safety & Compliance, Indianapolis; Tensar, Alpharetta, Georgia; Terracon Consultants, Inc., Indianapolis; Travelers Companies, Indianapolis; United Consulting, Indianapolis; United Rentals, Indianapolis; US Aggregates, Indianapolis; USI Consultants, Inc., Indianapolis; Valmont Structures, Lee's Summit, Missouri; Valtir, LLC, Addison, Texas; VCNA Prairie LLC, Mooresville; VS Engineering, Inc., Indianapolis; West Side Tractor Sales Company, Indianapolis; WINFAB, Nashville, Georgia; and Zurich Surety, Schaumburg, Illinois.
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