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History
Merrick Construction Companies' history dates back to 1902, when the operations began
as the Falls City Cornice & Roofing Company. As the company developed, the name was
changed in 1958 to The Merrick Company, Inc. reflecting the pride in accomplishments of
quality and craftsmanship achieved by the family over the years. With further development
mechanical piping and industrial sheetmetal became an important operating part of the
company. During this time individual companies were set up: The Merrick Company, Inc.
(Industrial Sheet Metal), Merrick Mechanical (Mechanical Contractors), and Merrick-Kemper
(Roofing and Architectural Sheet Metal). Within a relatively short period of time, the
three companies were recognized as having the highest quality and the top craftsmen in
their field. In the late 1980's, with the fourth generation of Merricks in their early
thirties and forties, it was decided that the companies would be joined together in order
to reduce duplication and to achieve tighter control, and enable the new company, Merrick
Construction Companies, Inc., to be more responsive to the market place.
Merrick, in construction probably offers more of a variety of items of service than any
other contractor in this area. We have gradually grown into having expertise in these
areas of construction, in the past ninety plus years and more specifically in the past
twenty five years. The production employment level of MCC normally varies between one
hundred forty and one hundred eighty employees. In addition there are approximately twenty
project managers, accounting, administrative, safety and personnel employees in
management. Our ability to assemble qualified workers for both planned and emergency
situations, for our core work, comes from the large employee workforce that we employ. For
our core work, for our industrial customers, on an emergency situation we can move twenty,
forty, or sixty men in a matter of several days. MCC, through Associations, or direct,
have Multi Employer Bargaining Unit Agreements with Unions representing Pipefitting, Sheet
Metal, Plumbing, and Boilermakers.
Merrick Construction employs the use of computers for its accounting and various
information systems. Our systems center on our "Deneb" Construction and
Estimating computer software package. Depending on the needs of our customers we can
provide computerized estimating, cost analysis, productivity measurement, project
management and scheduling. |
