Company History

     Beyer Construction was founded by Delyle (Del) G. Beyer in 1951 as a masonry subcontracting business. Del had worked for nine years as a construction laborer and had completed a bricklayer apprenticeship. He was eager to put his own ideas to work.

     Much of our early work was residential, and the company grew rapidly, fueled by the post-war building boom and a reputation for quality work. Soon we were building larger projects, and became the prime contractor on more and more commercial projects. Operating with large concrete and masonry crews, we completed many schools, churches and commercial projects during the next 30 years.

     While building Beyer Construction, Del was also pursuing some other opportunities. Frustrated because concrete blocks had to be unloaded by hand, one at a time, he worked with Best Block Co. to devise a way to palletize the blocks and developed a rough terrain forklift to transport the pallets from truck to job site. In 1955, the Koehring Co. bought the patent rights, placing the Kwik Mix Forklift on the market. Beyer Construction received the first machine as part of the deal.

     Del also saw the opportunity to market lifting services to other contractors, and introduced truck-mounted hydraulic cranes to the Milwaukee construction market in the 1950s. Establishing Allied Crane Service, which provided short-term crane rentals. He also started Industrial Waste Corporation, a construction site rubbish container service, in 1958.

     Today Beyer Construction is a full service construction firm, delivering high image and technically difficult projects to corporate, educational, religious, health care, elder care, and municipal clients. Beyer builds in a variety of ways that meet the needs of our clients, including construction management, design-build and general contracting.