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High Steel Structures history
High Steel Structures company history timeline
1933 - High Welding completes its first experimental bridge welding project, welding angle iron stiffeners for a bridge near Stewartstown in York County, PA.
1947 Steel, LLC founded
By the late 1950’s the use of welded girders evolved and the company was ready to respond to the demand, using newly acquired automated equipment.
1951 - Sanford High's son, Calvin G. High, joins the company
1953 - The company is awarded its first sizable steel fabrication contracts
1955 - High Welding Company continues to grow and moves to a new facility
1958- Company purchases automated welding equipment.
Through the interstate building boom of the 1960’s, the company continued to grow, supplying steel to a great number of bridges in Pennsylvania and the surrounding market area.
1963 – S. Dale High, the youngest son of Sanford High joins full time after graduating from Elizabethtown College
1963 – Marking the beginning of expansion into other businesses, High Realty Company is formed
1977 - High acquires Kurtz Precast Corporation, the forerunner of High Concrete Group.
1977 – High Industries Inc. is formed as a holding company for the growing number of High businesses.
1977 – Richard L. High, Calvin High’s son, joins High Steel Structures as master scheduler/project manager
1978 – High Steel Service Center opens, a full-line metal processor and distributor; High acquires Lantz Builders, Inc., the forerunner of High Construction Company
1980 – The High Foundation, a philanthropic, non-profit organization, is formed.
1983 - Sanford H. High, the company’s founder, passes away.
1983 - High Steel receives first OSHA Star designation, recognizing excellence in its occupational health and safety program.
1985 – Williamsport Fabricators is acquired by High Steel Structures, increasing market share and service to customers
1988 – High Hotels Ltd. is formed to develop and manage limited-service hotels.
1989 – Steven D. High, S. Dale High’s son, joins as a safety specialist
1990 – High forms Greenfield Architects to provide architecture, adaptive reuse, interior design, and planning.
1991 – Gregory A. High, S. Dale High’s son, joins High Associates as marketing representative
1993 – The S. Dale High Family assumes full ownership of High Industries Inc. and its affiliated operating companies.
1994 – High Family Partnership is formed by the S. Dale High Family, seeking growth through development and acquisition of real estate
1998 – The S. Dale High Family assumes the role of general partner in High Properties, the primary asset-holding real estate company
2003 - Lancaster fabrication facilities recertified for OSHA Star VPP status.
2004 - Williamsport fabrication facilities cited as winners of the Pennsylvania Governor's Award for Excellence in Safety, also know as the PENNSAFE award.
2005 – Suzanne M. High Schenck, S. Dale High’s daughter, is active on The High Family Council and chairs The High Family Assembly
2006 - High Steel awarded 16,524 ton contract for the I-95/I-695 Interchange, Phase 1, in Baltimore, MD.
2007 - Williamsport fabrication facilities certified for OSHA Star VPP status.
2008 - High Steel awarded 19,400-ton contract for I-495 HOT Lanes in Fairfax County, VA.
2013 - High Steel awarded 50,000-ton contract for the approach spans of the New NY Bridge (Tappan Zee) in Rockland County, NY
2014 - High Steel Structures began fabricating steel for the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge, in the largest contract in the company's history (Photo courtesy of Tappan Zee Constructors)
2015 - Our company founder, the late Sanford H. High, was inducted into the ARTBA Foundation'sTransportation Development Hall of Fame.
2016 - The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences begins a new era by opening the doors of its consolidated campus in Greenfield Corporate Center, with extensive renovations designed by Greenfield Architects and completed by High Construction Company
The S. Dale High Leadership Center opened in September 2017 as "A catalyst for bringing people together" that honors the leadership and entrepreneurship of S. Dale High.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Steel Construction | 1968 | $31.0M | 200 | - |
| Novel Iron Works | 1956 | $33.8M | 100 | - |
| Powell Steel Corporation | - | $8.8M | 100 | - |
| DAVIS IRON WORKS | - | $25.0M | 350 | - |
| Steel Fabricators | - | $37.8M | 200 | 51 |
| Air-Flo | 1950 | $33.0M | 50 | 2 |
| Owen Steel | 1936 | $25.0M | 200 | 16 |
| Qualico Steel | - | $29.0M | 200 | - |
| Specialty Welding an | 2014 | $3.3M | 750 | - |
| Trident Building Systems | 1986 | $11.0M | 100 | - |
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