Build Iowa Award Winner

Dave Peters

2010 Winner

The 2010 Build Iowa Award was bestowed to Mr. David Peters at the 2010 Build Iowa Awards Dinner held Monday, February 1, 2010 at the Polk County Convention Complex in Des Moines, Iowa.

Inspired by the MBI motto, the Build Iowa Award is presented annually to the individual who best exemplifies the tenets of our organization:  Skill, Responsibility and Integrity.  The honorees are judged by the way in which they have performed both within the construction industry, and their communities.

Build Iowa Award

Concept

The Build Iowa Award was initiated in 1989 as a vehicle to honor MBI members and to bring public attention to excellence in the construction industry.

Eligibility

Any general contractor member, or an associate member, may nominate an active or retired member. Memberhsip within the organization is required.

Award

There will be one honoree each year who best exemplifies the tenets of our organization; Skill, Responsibility and Integrity. The nominees will be judged by the way they have performed both within the construction community and in their communities as well.

Selection Committee

The Selection Committee is made up of an MBI past president, a retired general contractor member, a National AGC Director and an associate member.

Criteria

Submissions will be judged according to the following key elements:

  • Contributions to the industry
  • Contributions to the community
  • Professionalism in business dealings and construction projects

Build Iowa Award Recipients

Fred W. Weitz, The Weitz Company, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa
W.A. Klinger, W.A. Klinger, Inc., Sioux City, Iowa
Ken Gethmann, Gethmann Construction Inc., Marshalltown, Iowa
Orville E. Crowley, Ringland-Johnson-Crowley Co., Des Moines, Iowa
Reuben Schaefer, Henkel Construction Co., Mason City, Iowa
Bob Gleeson, W.A. Klinger, Inc., Sioux City, Iowa
Bill Seedorff, Seedorff Masonry, Inc., Strawberry Point, Iowa
Woodrow "Woody" Buck, Story Construction Co., Ames, Iowa
Ralph E. Emerson, Cardinal Construction Co., Waterloo, Iowa
Louie H. Kuepper, Carl A. Nelson & Co., Burlington, Iowa
Robert Maddox, Sr., Allied Construction Services, Des Moines, Iowa
David Ward, Breiholz Construction Co., Des Moines, Iowa
Robert M. McCline, Chris Hansen/McHan Construction, Sioux City, Iowa
Norman Riis, Story Construction Co., Ames, Iowa
Mike Conlon, Conlon Construction Co., Dubuque, Iowa
Dave Holtze, Holtze Construction, Sioux City, Iowa
Gerald Friauf, Rinderknecht Associates, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Dick Bulkeley, Oakview Construction Co., Red Oak, Iowa
Darrell Ball, Ball Construction Services, West Des Moines, Iowa
Richard Johnson, Story Construction Co., Ames, Iowa
Jack Taylor, Taylor Construction Group, Inc., DesMoines, Iowa
Ron Sande, Sande Construction & Supply Co., Inc., Humboldt, Iowa
James Grabau, R.H. Grabau Construction, Inc., Boone, Iowa
Dave Peters, Peters Construction Corp., Waterloo, Iowa