""The Korte Company"", founded in 1958, specializes in design-build

Design-Build

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, construction management and construction services, and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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 with additional offices in Highland, Illinois

Highland, Illinois

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 and Las Vegas, Nevada

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. The firm’s project expertise includes the design and construction of warehouse/distribution centers, religious facilities, commercial buildings, schools, recreation centers, office complexes, as well as a variety of projects for federal, state and local government agencies. The Korte Company manages, on average, an excess of $330 million in annual construction volume.

The Korte Company has been considered a pioneer through the late 20th century through new construction methods such as Tilt slab

Tilt slab

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 construction and design-build-furnish construction. The company is now run by Ralph Korte's son, Todd Korte. Ralph Korte still remains as a consultant and chairman of the Board of Directors

Board of directors

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Timeline

• 1958 - The Korte Company, then named "Korte Construction", was created after Ralph Korte was approached to build a milking parlor near Pierron, IL.
• 1968 - Official headquarters
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   opened in Highland, Illinois
  Highland, Illinois
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• 1977 - First ConSteel Tilt-Up Building in Highland, Illinois
  Highland, Illinois
  Highland is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,433 at the 2010 census. Highland began as a Swiss settlement and derived its name from later German immigrants.Highland is a sister city of Sursee in Switzerland....
  
  
• 1981 - Korte Interiors division created
• 1986 - Headquarters
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   moves to St. Louis Union Station
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   in St. Louis, Missouri
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• 2000 - Name changes from "Korte Construction" to "The Korte Company"

CEOs

• Ralph Korte - 1958 though 1987
• Vern Eardley - 1987 though 2000
• Todd Korte - 2000 to present

Todd Korte

Todd Korte is the current president and CEO of The Korte Company. Born in 1967, he is the son of The Korte Company's founder, Ralph Korte. He started at The Korte Company in 1981 as a warehouse

Warehouse

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 worker. In 1989 he earned his bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in construction science from Kansas State University

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Awards

• Achievement Award, American Institute of Architects, 1/1/2005
• St. Louis RCGA Top 50 Businesses Award, St. Louis RCGA, 12/9/2005