Leonard Masonry Jumps To #6 On ENR’s List Of Top Masonry Contractors
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19, 2001 - Leonard Masonry Inc. jumped to number six (up from number eight in '00) on ENR's list of the country's largest masonry contractors, and rose to number 290 (up from 344 in '00) among the nation's Top 600 Specialty Contractors. The rankings were published in the Oct. 8 issue of Engineering News Record, a McGraw-Hill publication. Leonard Masonry's work can be seen throughout the St. Louis area, including masonry and stonework at the new Charles F. Knight Executive Centre and Anheuser-Busch Hall at Washington University, and student housing at Saint Louis University. Recently, Leonard Masonry installed more than 1.1 million bricks at adjacent building sites in Clayton for the new Forsythe Centre and Shaw Park Plaza office buildings. The company was the masonry contractor on many other St. Louis' landmark structures, including the Missouri Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Unity Health's corporate headquarters, Central Institute for the Deaf, and the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Court House.
"St. Louis has a fine tradition of masonry and stone craftsmanship," said Jeff Leonard, president. "Bricklayers Local # 1's commitment to craftsmanship, combined with new construction materials and technologies, allows today's masonry contractors to deliver high quality, enduring buildings of lasting beauty. We are exceptionally proud of our foremen, superintendents and craftsmen, and feel privileged to be able to work on the high caliber stone and masonry structures that comprise the St. Louis landscape."
Founded in 1959, Leonard Masonry, Inc. is a four-generation, family-owned business.