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West Contracting has built our region with Asphalt and Concrete Services for over Six Decades

Paving the Way Since 1956

Family owned since 1956, West Contracting combines generations of construction and materials experience with the industry’s latest innovations. Our mission is to enable and inspire our team to construct safe, durable projects that bring value to our customers.

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History of West Contracting

1956
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Norman B. West returns from serving in the Army in WWII, and works as a Truck Driver Mary Woolsey’s (soon to be West) father’s paving company in Steelville, MO – Woolsey-Geitz. Shortly thereafter Norm and Mary form a bond, get married, and decide to move to St. Louis to pursue their own dream of owning a business

1956 – 1961
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Norm and Mary start N.B. West Contracting in early 1956 after President Dwight Eisenhower released the first “Federal Highway Act. ” They opened their first office in Rock Hill at the Great Central Lumberyard, across the street from the famous “Trainwreck Saloon.” They quickly outgrew this office space and purchased 6 acres down the Manchester in Brentwood off of “Mary Ave,” where the company was located for over 60 years.

1969

Their son Larry, begins working for the business.

Early 1970’s
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West Contracting purchased a fledging quarry in Bourbon, MO and installed its first asphalt plant at this site.

1983
Sulllivan Office

West Contracting grows with the expansion of an office in Sullivan, MO.

1987 – 1988

West Contracting purchased and set up two additional asphalt plants – in Pacific, MO and House Springs, MO

1996

Larry West assumed role as President, and ran the company alongside his mother Mary.

2000
New Sullivan Office

West Grows in the Western Market with purchase of new Bourbon Asphalt Plant, and construction of a new Sullivan office.

2001

Company grows again by starting a GC division encompassing concrete, bridgework, and grading.

2006
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City of Brentwood dedicates Norm West Park near the company’s headquarters in Brentwood, MO.

2007
7 Ribbon Cutting

West Contracting builds first Continuous Flow Intersection on Route 30 @ Gravois Bluffs

2008

As the push for recycled materials in asphalt developed, West Contracting built a State of the Art Testing lab focused on RAP and RAS

2010 – 2015

Nationally recognized recycling efforts.

2018
Road To Saving Lives

N.B. West Contracting wins the National Award for the company’s two-year, $20m Safety Design Build job across four counties in the St. Louis Region.

2019
Plant 4 Timeline Photo Update

N.B. West Contracting purchases fourth asphalt plant with the capability of producing higher recycled content asphalt mixtures.

2020
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Wins highest State award for Best Project (over 50,000 tons), and National Awards for same project. The project encompassed 135,000 tons of asphalt, 10,000 sq yds of concrete full depth patching, and 10,000 tons of gabion rock blanket along 16 miles of I-44 near Sullivan, MO

2020

West Contracting moves its office from Brentwood for over 60 Years to Pacific, MO

2021
Apwa

N.B. West Contracting and Horner Shrifrin receives the St. Louis APWA Project of the Year with their Hall Street Reconstruction for St. Louis City.

2022
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N.B. West Contracting purchased its fifth asphalt plant, located along I-44 in St. Clair MO.