Messer Construction Co.

Messer Construction’s Raleigh office is on Wade Park Boulevard and handles commercial building work in the area. The company behind it goes back to 1932, when Frank Messer founded it, and it has been building for more than 90 years.

Messer has been employee-owned since 1990, which it credits for its focus on long-term work instead of quick jobs. Its pitch to clients is a partnership built on plain, open communication and projects delivered safely and well. The company works across the Midwest and the Southeast.

What to know

• Frank Messer’s early company focused on public works, including a central post office in Nashville.
• It built the public library in Toledo, Ohio, and a number of Cincinnati schools.
• One early contract was called the largest single building award in the country at the time.
• Under Frank’s son Charles, the company moved toward high-rise construction from the 1950s onward.