Fred Weber history

This site would serve as Fred Weber's base of operations for the next 50 years. It was also in 1939 that a second generation became involved in the business, as Fred "Freddie" Raymond Weber joined his father.

In 1945, as the war was winding down, Fred Weber achieved another milestone, landing its first major concrete job to enclose Cold Water Creek at St Louis Lambert Airport, the erstwhile balloon launch site, today known as Lambert-St Louis International Airport.

For its work for the state, Fred Weber was named by the Missouri State Highway Commission as the "Contractor of the Year" for 1963, the first such honor to be awarded by the commission.

In 1972 Fred Weber found a use for depleted sections of the first quarry when area voters rejected an incinerator project and the company was able to secure state permits to convert 90 acres of the quarry into a sanitary landfill.

In 1972 Fred Weber, Inc. was created out of the merger of Fred Weber, Contractor, Inc. and Vigus Quarries, Inc. It was also in 1974 that Fred Weber, Jr., decided to retire and John R. Weber succeeded him as president and chairman of the board.

Dunne was named Fred Weber's president in 1980.

In 1981 the company formed subsidiary Webcom Systems to develop computer systems for asphalt and concrete plants.

These deals helped to create the biggest backlog of work in the company's history and led to a major increase in revenues for 2001, when Fred Weber recorded $218.9 million.

2003: Company lays off 450 employees due to transportation spending cuts.