History

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Fred Weber, Sr. bought his first piece of mechanized equipment: a solid-­tire, 5­-ton dumpster truck. Combining talented people and the right tools, his company began to grow.

After the death of his father, Fred Weber, Jr. faced tough trials and competition in order to expand the company. He constantly pushed the company to be the best in all our endeavors, keeping one of his goals always in mind: “Get the mostest with the leastest.”

Starting with the quarrying operations, then developing the asphalt and sand operations and others, Fred, Jr. pushed each area to make it the best producer with the lowest possible cost. He was also responsible for making materials a major part of the company.

In 1974, John Weber bought the company from Fred Weber, Jr. and became president and chairman of the board.

In 1986, John decided it was in the best interest of his family to sell the assets of the company. Prior to the sale, a management group came together to propose a sale of the company to the employees instead of an outside entity, forming an ESOP.

In 1988, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the company and Headquarters moved to its current location in Maryland Heights, Missouri.

During the late 80s, the “We” in Weber was established by four core principles:

2006 to 2009 – FWI forms Ozark Constructors, LLC JV company and completes construction of the largest Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) Dam in the US, consisting of 3.2M CY of RCC and Conventional Concrete.  During this same period FWI forms the JV called Gateway Construction and completes the $500M design…

2012 – Company becomes 100% ESOP owned and Doug Weible becomes CEO and Chairman of the Board.

2015 – Company purchases Beco Pipe Co forming FWI Reinforced Concrete. 

2016 – Company divests its interest in the heavy highway construction company.

2021 – Company completes asset sales of the St. Louis based aggregate and asphalt locations. 

2021 –  Company purchases General Drilling and Kienstra Precast to accompany the new focused contract mining business.