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Jerry D. Daugherty
Chairman of the Board
Phillip W. Thomas
Vice Chairman of the Board
Scott Kelly
Assistant Chairman of the Board
Arthur Tanner
Assistant Chairman of the Board
Gregory A. Dunn
Assistant Chairman of the Board
James W. Carson
Immediate Past Chairman
Don Greenwell
President
Bill Wien, Editor
Donna Petersen, Advertising Sales
In this issue . . .
4-5 Esther George Addresses
AGC/CFMA Group
8,
10-11
Builders’ Association Service
Centers Celebrate the Season
14-16 Fogel-Anderson Delivers a New
Dealership for Lee’s Summit
17 CLC Kicks Off a Power-Packed
2013 at PowerPlay
18-19 Estimating Academy Returns to
Builders’ Training Center
20 Builders’ Hosts Block Kids
– cover photo by Rick McKibben
New Chairman Jerry D. Daugherty
Kicks Off Our Next 125 Years
Jerry Daugherty is known for old-fashioned
values that never go out of style – devotion
to family, a strong work ethic, gratitude for
each day’s gifts, and loyalty between employer
and employee. He is also known for his
passion and positive energy. When it comes to
the craftsmen who self-perform much of his
company’s work, for example, his enthusiasm
is palpable and his appreciation is deep.
Our new Chairman became a member of
the Board of Directors in 2006 and the
Executive Board in 2008. He is President and
Owner of Reinhardt Construction Company, a
Centralia-based general contracting firm which
has served Central Missouri since 1957.
Jerry was a Management Trustee on the
Bricklayers Pension Fund from 1985 to 2008
and on the Ironworkers Local 396
Apprenticeship Fund Committee from 1986 to
2006. He valued the opportunity to meet
management and labor trustees and to develop
relationships with the business agents.
“We’re all there for a common goal: to
provide quality benefits for a quality skilled
workforce,” said Jerry. Since 2009, he has also
been a member of the Builders’ Association
Political Action Committee (BAPAC).
Jerry, who lives in Columbia, has been a
Trustee of Columbia College since 1989. He
has been a Director of U.S. Bank in both
Centralia and Columbia since 1978. He is also
a member of the Columbia Rotary Club and an
elder and board member of the First Christian
Church of Columbia.
From 1997-98, he served as President of
the Kansas City Chapter, AGC. His
involvement was encouraged by Skip Hutton,
Jr., who was looking for more participation by
Central Missouri contractors in the KC AGC
and its sister organization, The Builders’
Association. During that time, Jerry built
relationships with contractors in the Greater
Kansas City and Southern Missouri areas –
including Jim Carson, Immediate Past
Chairman of The Builders’ Association.
“Our AGC chapter has given me a lot of
exposure to what is going on at the national
level,” said Jerry. “My world sets within about
a 90-mile radius in Central Missouri, but I’ve
been able to talk to contractors from cities like
New York and Los Angeles and learn how they
operate their businesses.”
Jerry praised his predecessor Jim Carson
for his service as Chairman during 2012, our
125th anniversary year. “Jim Carson and I go
back almost 50 years. When we met through
the AGC, we discovered that we were at the
same concert at the old Brewer Fieldhouse
when Andy Williams and Roger Miller came to
Columbia in the late ’60s. It is quite a
coincidence that he preceded me as President
of the AGC Chapter and then as Chairman of
The Builders’ Association. He has been a great
ambassador for our Association and I am proud
MANAGEMENT STYLE
In describing his management style, Jerry
stated, “I’m still from the old school. I see the
superintendent’s daily job reports once a week.
I still sign all the checks. But I also delegate.
I’ve got great superintendents and I want to
know what’s going on, but you’ve got to turn
things over to your best people and I try to live
by that.”
At Reinhardt, he has demonstrated a strong
commitment to promoting from within. “I’ve
always said you crawl before you walk and you
walk before you run. I try to promote
internally, and if I’ve got an employee who has
the skills, the work ethic, and the ability to get
along with people, I will talk to the
superintendent about promoting him to
foreman. If that proves successful, he’ll be
promoted to superintendent doing smaller jobs
and then larger jobs.”
He places a priority on people skills. “I’ll
say this probably more than once: It’s all about
relationships. If it’s a choice between resumes
versus relationships, relationships are going to
win every time. Every time,” he emphasized.
Jerry has strong roots in construction. His
grandfather was a carpenter and his uncle was
a homebuilder. Both worked in Columbia. In
1967, during his sophomore year at MU, Jerry
got a call from one of his uncle’s friends, Bill
Reinhardt, Founder of Reinhardt Construction
Company. Bill asked Jerry if he would help
him implement a cost system during the
summer, and Jerry said yes. Jerry continued to
work for Bill Reinhardt during summers while
in college.
In January 1970, Jerry and his wife Mary
both graduated from MU. Jerry received his
Bachelor of Science degree in Wood Products
and Construction, and formally began his
career at Reinhardt Construction Company. He
became a partner in 1980, and he and Mary
became sole owners in 1995.
ALIFE-CHANGING CLASS
Jerry was on the golf team each of his four
years at MU. In January 1968, when he was a
junior, he was out of town at a tournament and
unable to make the first few classes of Econ
210. Before going to class, he went to the
professor’s office and was asked to sign the
seating chart. Jerry looked for a spot at the
back of the room and thought, If I sit next to a
female, this class might be more interesting. He
signed his name next to Mary Ault, whom he
had never met.
Mary liked to sit in front, but on the first
day of class she was late and sat in back. When
the professor passed around the seating chart,
she signed her name where she was sitting.
“When I got to class I sat down, and then
this attractive young lady came and sat down
beside me,” recalled Jerry. He asked her out for
a Coke but was initially turned down. Several
weeks into class, she agreed to go to church
to follow in his footsteps.” (continued on next page)
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with him for their first date. They were married
a year and a half later on July 5, 1969, and
will celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary
in 2013.
FAMILY LIFE
Jerry and Mary have two children: Brad
and Laura. Brad is currently a senior in the
Hotel and Restaurant Management Program at
MU. Laura, an honors graduate of the
University of Colorado, is Managing Editor of
Affinity Magazine, a publication of Columbia
College. She has also just completed her first
novel, which has been selected to various
writing workshops including the Iowa Writers’
Workshop. “It’s been a long three-year process
of writing and editing, but we’re grateful she’s
had the opportunity,” commented Jerry.
The family also includes TJ and Linus, red
tabby cats Mary found after Mr. Kitty, the
couple’s long-time cat, died a few years ago.
“There were two brothers at the Humane
Society, so instead of bringing home one cat
she brought home two,” Jerry smiled.
He prizes the stability he has been able to
maintain at home and at work. “I’ve been
going to the same church most of my life. I’ve
had the same wife for almost 44 years and we
go to the same place on Saturday mornings for
breakfast. You’re going to get great food, it’s
quiet, it’s private, the setting is beautiful, and I
don’t get any surprises because I know what
I’ve had the week before. While I enjoy
making new friends I like to spend time with
the friends I have. You won’t see me go to
many places I haven’t already been.”
Jerry takes the same approach to his
business. His average employee has been with
him 15 years. Cindy Hinspeter, General
Manager, has been with him 35 years (since
1978) and Virginia Barger, Secretary/Receptionist,
has been with him 22 years (since
1990). They have been in the same modest onestory
office building in Centralia since 1976.
Reinhardt currently employs a team of
about 60 carpenters, laborers, iron workers,
brick masons, and cement finishers who selfperform
much of their work. This allows the
firm to maintain greater control over their
schedules, stay within budget, and achieve
exacting standards of quality craftsmanship,
said Jerry.
“My wife tells me, ‘Jerry, your business is
nothing without those people,’ and she’s
exactly right.”
Reinhardt was honored as the Centralia
Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Business of the
Year” in 2007. During his acceptance speech at
Centralia’s Holy Spirit Catholic Church, he
recalled that his father worked for A.B. Chance
Co., a supplier of transmission and distribution
products to the electric power industry, for 38
years before retiring as a foreman.
“I remember my father coming home one
Christmas with a check. He was elated and my
mother was elated. I later found out that Mr.
Chance had a profit-sharing program. If he
made money he shared it with his employees.
“
I’ve been coaching college football
my whole life, and I love what I do.
Jerry has the same passion that I have.
He absolutely loves what he does. He
loves working with people and being an
employer who can provide opportunities to
others. It is also really important for him
to be accountable and responsive to the
people he is building for, and to do things
absolutely the best.
We talk about who works the hardest,
and I kid him that unlike coaches,
contractors can play golf all the time.
Of course the truth is that he takes his
profession and the responsibilities that
go with it very, very seriously. I have
tremendous respect for him. I think without
question The Builders’ Association will be
”
well-served with Jerry as their Chairman.
– Gary Pinkel, Head Coach,
MU Tiger Football Team
Mary and Jerry Daugherty
My mother is 92 years old today and she is still
living off of that money,” commented Jerry.
The A.B. Chance profit-sharing program
became the inspiration for Jerry’s own profitsharing
program. “The good Lord has blessed
me without question. If things go well I want to
share that with my men and women,” he said.
AN UNBELIEVABLE SURPRISE
As a break from the responsibilities of his
work life, Jerry looks forward to going home,
sitting down with Mary, having a glass of wine,
and listening to music. “I look forward to that
every day I’m in town,” he said. (His work as a
joint venture partner with S.M. Wilson & Co.
takes him to St. Louis once or twice a month.)
He likes all kinds of music, especially easy
listening, Italian and Christmas, and describes
himself as “an old Andy Williams fan.” He and
Mary have seen the entertainer perform live in
Branson and other cities many times.
“I met Andy Williams in Branson a few
years ago,” recalled Jerry. “In fact he and Mary
and I had a glass of wine together. We were
both golfers and I told him I loved his music.
I shared with him that on my sixtieth birthday
Laura was supposed to be at school in
Colorado. It was right before Christmas and
she wasn’t going to be home for a couple more
days. She called me on my cell phone and as I
was talking to her, all of a sudden it sounded
like she was there at our home. She had taken
her finals early and was standing at the top of
the staircase, which just tore me up,” he said.
That wasn’t the only surprise.
“It’s a tradition for us to hide gifts at
Christmastime, and as I was looking for my
birthday gift, Laura let me know when I was
getting closer. I found an envelope and inside
were tickets for the Andy Williams Christmas
Show. I said, ‘That’s great. We’re going to
Branson,’ and she said, ‘Look again.’ I looked at
the tickets and they were for the Westbury
Theater near Long Island, New York. So I
asked, ‘When is it?’ and Mary replied, ‘It’s
tomorrow night. We’re leaving in about an hour.
Your bags are packed.’ The four of us – Mary
and I, Brad and Laura – had a wonderful time.
“When I told Andy Williams this story he
replied, ‘You mean you came all the way to
New York City to see my Christmas Show?’ I
said, ‘Yes sir, I did.’ He couldn’t believe it and
I couldn’t either.”
AN ESSENTIAL BALANCE
Jerry prizes the balance he has achieved
between life on and off the job. “I love my
work, and I’ve got a great working relationship
with the men and women who work with me.
I’ve got a great wife and family. You put all
of that together and you realize how fortunate
you are.”
A lifelong golfer, he still plays, although
not as often. “Early in my career I played a lot
of golf, but as I became more involved with
Reinhardt Construction I found I couldn’t play
golf every day. I still play once a week with
good friends and clients, and I enjoy traveling
with good friends and playing golf courses
around the country.”
CURRENT PROJECTS
Reinhardt is in the process of completing
finish work on a $203 million, 300,000 square
foot expansion of University Hospital for MU
Health Care in Columbia. JE Dunn
Construction Company is the construction
manager. Along with its joint venture partner
S.M. Wilson & Co., Reinhardt is also working
on a new $14 million, 52,000 square foot
science building for Columbia College. Since
1992, when they built a Schnucks supermarket
in Columbia, the joint venture team has
completed over $400 million worth of work
together. In 2011, Reinhardt/Wilson finished a
$100 million patient care tower for Boone
Hospital Center.
In late 2012, Reinhardt completed an
extensive remodeling of the Orscheln home in
Columbia. Reinhardt’s niche in high-end
residential projects dates to 1984, when Peter
Magrath was named president of the University
of Missouri system. Reinhardt negotiated a
contract to build a private residence for him at
Providence Point, which led to other high-end
residential work – what Jerry calls
“commercial projects that people live in.”
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In 1988, Reinhardt built a home for Stan
Kroenke, current owner of the St. Louis Rams.
“My favorite room of any residential project
I’ve been associated with is the library in Mr.
and Mrs. Kroenke’s home,” said Jerry. “The
library is like a piece of furniture. It is all oak,
with a two-story atrium, walk-around balcony,
spiral staircase, and fireplace.” In 2002,
Reinhardt received a Kansas City Chapter,
AGC Building Excellence Award for the
Gaines’ Residence in Columbia.
In 1988, Reinhardt Construction Company
also built Jerry and Mary’s home in southwest
Columbia. “I am very proud that my
employees built the house, but my wife has
made it our home. She transformed it into
an oasis with her decorating, gardening
and cooking.”
WORK ETHIC
When he was a young boy in Centralia,
Jerry got a summer job working at the Centralia
Country Club. “My dad would take me out there
at 6:30 every morning before he went to work,”
he recalled. In high school, Jerry continued to
develop his work ethic as an Eagle Scout.
In college, Jerry achieved his dream of
playing collegiate golf. Although he never
seriously considered a future as a golf
professional, his experience on the golf team
“
”
allowed him the opportunity to compete at the
I first met Jerry in the Athletic Dining
Hall when he was on the University of
Missouri golf team and I was on the
University of Missouri football team. We
struck up a friendship that has lasted ever
since that time. Jerry is one of those true
friends who is with you in life’s ups and
downs. His friendship is one you can truly
rely on. I think he is going to make a great
Chairman of The Builders’ Association
because he has that same commitment to
everything he does.
– Gary “Skip” Grossnickle,
Owner/CEO, The Insurance Group
and Defensive Back (1964-66)
MU Tiger Football Team
collegiate level and maintain a focus on his
education. The Daugherty family would not be
without representation in the pro ranks,
however. Jerry’s sister Diane pursued a career
as a part-time LPGA touring professional and
head coach of the Southern Illinois University
women’s golf team.
“I was fortunate to grow up in a small town
where I could play golf, football, and
basketball. I had some great coaches who
demanded a strong work ethic,” commented
Jerry. At Centralia High School, he played
halfback for Coach Russ Sloan and guard for
Coach Carl Traicoff. “I remember Coach
Traicoff saying ‘You are going to run and you
will run’ and by golly we did run,” said Jerry.
He is still running. Every morning at 5:30
except on Sundays, he and Dr. Jerry Brouder,
President of Columbia College, jog three miles
together on the MKT Trail in southwest
Columbia. The indoor track at Columbia’s
Activity & Recreation Center (ARC) serves as
a backup “so if the weather is bad there are no
excuses,” noted Jerry.
CHANGING WITH THE TIMES
Jerry said that as Chairman, he looks
forward to helping Don Greenwell and his staff
promote the services available to our member
companies. “The Builders’ Association is
involved in so many complex areas, and they
are great at what they do,” he said.
Staying ahead of the technology curve is
one of his priorities. “Buildings are still built
with bricks, mortar, granite, concrete and steel,
but technology has transformed the way we
build and communicate. Ten or 15 years ago,
you could give one of my superintendents a
spec book and a roll of plans, but today they
want everything on an iPad. The changes in
just the past five years in our industry have
been mind-boggling, but there’s none better
than the Builders’ at helping companies stay
competitive.”
JANUARY 17, 2013: THE BUILDERS’ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS: In front (left to right): Scott Kelly, Assistant Chairman (President, Kelly Construction Group,
Inc.); Phillip W. Thomas, Vice Chairman (President, A.L. Huber general contractor); Jerry D. Daugherty, Chairman (President, Reinhardt Construction
Company); James W. Carson, Immediate Past Chairman (Vice President, Carson-Mitchell, Inc.); Arthur Tanner, Assistant Chairman (President, Tinmaster, Inc.);
and Gregory A. Dunn, Assistant Chairman (Vice President/Administration, Dun-Par Engineered Form Company). In back (left to right): Directors Michael B. Long
(Vice President/Project Management, The Bratton Corporation); Scott Hoisington (Deputy Operations Manager, Turner Construction Company); Debbie Forck
(Corporate Secretary, Braun Plastering & Drywall, Inc.); Keith E. Wallis, Jr. (General Manager, Prestressed Casting Co.); Michael J. Kotubey (President/COO,
MMC Contractors National, Inc.); Rosana Privitera Biondo (President, Mark One Electric Company, Inc.); Dirk D. Schafer (Executive Vice President, JE Dunn
Construction Company); and Chris Hentges (President, SIRCAL Contracting, Inc.).
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