MBBC Wins EIC Award for Wizards Facility

Congratulations to Meyer Brothers Building Company for building another award winning project!
Thursday, December 6, 2007, the Heart of America Chapter of the Associated Builders & Contractors hosted their annual awards banquet. Meyer Brothers Building Company was awarded the “Excellence in Construction Award” in the $1 million to $5 million Commercial Building category for the Kansas City Wizards Training Facility.

Additionally, Dino Simmermon received ABC’s Certificate of Outstanding Field Leadership as Project Manager, and Site Manager Richard Breck received ABC’s Certificate of Outstanding Field Leadership as Site Manager, for the Kansas City Wizards Training Facility.

The Kansas City Business Journal will include a special section in the December 14 issue featuring the winning projects and promoting merit-shop contractors in general.

MeyerComplete.com Has a New Look

Visit www.meyercomplete.com to view the new face of our web presence.

New features include:

• Project Profiles
• Leadership Profiles
• News Releases
• Links to all Meyer Company Affiliates
  

Fleming West Building Co. and Fleming Complete – Building the Community.

On Saturday, November 3, 2007 crews put the finishing touches on the Salvation Army Chandler Corps building located near the new 202 Santan Freeway and Arizona Ave. Fleming West Building Company and Fleming Complete, located in Chandler, AZ, teamed up with many other Valley Partnership members to complete this years Community Project.

The project involved creating a safe environment for the kids after school. This included laying an acre of sod to create a multi use field, installing a tether-ball court, rock climbing wall, and much more.

Included in the efforts were a great deal of painting, landscaping, a new fence, remodeling of restrooms, new outdoor sign, etc.

Fleming West Building Company is a general contractor serving the Phoenix, AZ metro. Fleming Complete is a building repair and maintenance contractor serving the same area.

Meyer Companies sponsors Community Organizations

Meyer Companies sponsored a table at the Eastland Community Foundation "Sing for Your Supper" on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Eastland Community Foundation is an organization who supports area non-profit and volunteer Service Organizations.

Todays event was a breakfast to raise awareness of community service organizations and to give-a-way 3 prizes of $5,000, $2,500, and $1,000 to 3 organizations.

The Lee's Summit Symphony won the judges vote to take home the grand prize. Judges awarded the checks based on 3 criteria:

1. Creativity
2. Communication of Organizations mission
3. Staying in 2 min.

Meyer Companies is proud to be involved in the Metro community. Lauri Meyer, wife of Meyer Brothers Building Co. co-founder, Dave Meyer, serves on the Eastland Community Foundation Board of Directors. For more info on Eastland Community Foundation, please contact Debbie Starke, (816) 842-0944 or starke@gkccf.org.

Below is the act that won.

ABC Leadership Council Tours Site

Scott Gordon and Jennifer Wenker of Meyer Brothers Building Company gave the ABC Construction Leadership Council an in-depth tour of Zona Rosa's Building C on October 11, 2007.

Located in Phase II of the Zona Rosa Development, Building C is a three story, 66,000 sf building with multi-tenant retail on the first floor and Class A office space on the upper two floors.

Construction of this building consists of concrete tilt-up wall panels with in-laid thin brick veneer and direct applied EIFS coatings, structural steel framing at the upper floors and roof, a TPO roofing system, aluminum windows and aluminum storefront systems.

Interior fit-up includes the first floor lobby area, core restrooms, mechanical and electrical rooms and two elevators. At the time of the tour, the slab on grade was placed, the tilt-up concrete wall panels were in place, the structural steel columns were erected, and the second floor steel framing was in progress.

Meyer Brothers began Construction began in August 2007 and is scheduled to be complete in Spring 2008. They are a general contractor that serves the Kansas City area and are affiliated with The Meyer Companies.

KC Star Anniversary Release

Click this link to view the 12 page article that on the Meyer Brothers Building Company and their celebration of 30 years of service to the Kansas City area.

Meyer Companies Helps High Risk Urban Youth

On Friday, September 28, Meyer Companies was one of several sponsors for the "Higher Impact Premiere Event."

The organization reaches out to the "high risk urban youth" and teaches them job skills, leadership skills, and provides mentoring and accountability. They has been featured by People magazine and has been recognized by the President of the United States.

The night was catered and was held in the American Jazz Museum which shares the foyer with the Negro League Baseball Museum. The premise of the night was a Hollywood style premier night to honor 7 youth who are a part of this ministry and who created their own film which was viewed in the history GEM theater.

The founder of Higher Impact, Tyrone Flowers, is a man with an amazing story. Growing up, his father was shot and killed at the age of 7, and beating the odds of his culture, 2 weeks prior to graduating and attending MU on a scholarship, an argument on a basketball court put this MU-bound ball player in the hospital after being shot 3 times. Now flowers is quarantined to a wheelchair.

His determination is a testimony in itself. He truly lives an example of endurance and attitude. Flowers, has since forgiven the man who shot him, and has a friendship with him.

An amazing example of a man who made the most of his opportunity, transforming his misfortunes into an investment that changes lives.

Another way that Meyer Companies is giving back to the the community.

KC Star 30th Celebration

On Tuesday, September 25th, Meyer Brothers Building Company will release a 12 page profile in the Kansas City Star. It will be inserted into the Tuesday Business section and will feature various projects that have been built over the recent years.

This release is part of a 30 year celebration that will continue through the week as the Meyer Companies celebrate this milestone at the Kansas City Wizards soccer game on Thursday night.

Dave Meyer Speaks to Kansas City DBIA Chapter

At an early breakfast on Wednesday morning September 12, a selection of Kansas City’s architects and engineers who are a part of the Kansas City Chapter of DBIA, gathered to listen to a presentation from Meyer Companies co-owner and ABC’s chairman, Dave Meyer.

Mr. Meyer has held the position of this organization which is made up of over 24,000 construction firms, since January of this year. As ABC’s chairman, Mr. Meyer represents the nations construction firms and promotes things such as open competition and free-enterprise based on merit, regardless of labor affiliation.

Mr. Meyer has found himself traveling across the country with ABC’s message and had the privilege of introducing President George W. Bush to the national ABC community at their national gathering.

Today Mr. Meyer wore two hats. First, as the ABC chairman, and second as an Owner/General Contractor.

Addressing topics of design-build and how his company, The Meyer Companies, has incorporated site-cast tilt-up concrete to their arsenal to enhance quality-control, time-control, and cost-control.

The first of two projects that Mr. Meyer addressed was their current office complex, the Business Exchange, located at 200 NE. Missouri Rd, in Lee’s Summit, MO. Mr. Meyer talked on the different challenges that an owner can face in the design-build process, and how site-cast tilt-up concrete was the solution.

The second highlighted project was the elite Briarcliff Village. This 135,000 square foot edifice is located in North Kansas City, MO. Mr. Meyer presented this project from the General Contractor’s perspective and provided a good case as to how site-cast tilt-up concrete was the best solution to manage the difficulties that this project presented.

More information regarding tilt-up construction and the Meyer Brothers advantage can be found at meyerbro.com.