Fort Wayne Contractor Names CEO
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowFort Wayne-based Shambaugh & Son LP has named Paul Meyers chief executive officer. He most recently served as the specialty contractor's chief operating officer and succeeds Mark Shambaugh, who has retired.
March 5, 2015
News Release
Fort Wayne, Ind. — Shambaugh & Son, L.P. has named Paul R. Meyers, Jr., P.E., Chief Executive Officer. Paul succeeds Mark Shambaugh, who has retired. In his 23 year career with the company, Paul has been responsible for many of Shambaugh & Son's milestone projects and has played a key role in managing its significant growth to an organization of nearly 2,000 employees that works with many Fortune 500 companies.
One of the largest specialty contractors in the U.S., Shambaugh & Son is a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500 leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and building services for a diverse range of businesses.
Paul Meyers, Jr., a licensed professional engineer in 42 states, has been personally responsible for managing many projects since joining Shambaugh & Son in 1992, including:
–Food Processing magazine's 2007 U.S. Plant of the Year (a $50 million salad dressing manufacturing facility for T. Marzetti Company where he was onsite engineer overseeing construction and installation of the complete facility).
–Dairy Food magazine's 2010 Dairy Plant of the Year (a $65 million dairy facility for Michigan Milk Producers Association where he was program and engineering manager).
Most recently Paul, serving as the company's Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President in charge of Shambaugh & Son's National Process Group, was responsible for company-wide operations of 12 divisions.
“I'm honored to be entrusted with the leadership mantle at Shambaugh & Son, an incredible company and place to work,” commented Paul Meyers, Jr., CEO, Shambaugh & Son. “My continued focus will be on our valuable clients and on delivering each of their projects with superior productivity, quality, and safety—and always with an eye toward continuous improvement. This allows the Shambaugh & Son team to continually provide the value our clients have come to expect, and exceed their expectations.”
About Shambaugh & Son
Founded in 1926, Shambaugh & Son is one of the largest specialty contractors in the U.S., performing over $500 million of construction per year with over 2,000 employees throughout 40 states. Shambaugh specializes in the full range of new and retrofit construction for industrial, commercial, institutional, food processing, medical, commercial, and bio-fuel projects. The scope of work entails the self-performance of eight broad disciplines, including mechanical, process, refrigeration, electrical, process controls, water and waste treatment, fire protection and temperature controls. Headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN, Shambaugh has offices in Lafayette, and South Bend, IN; Detroit and Kalamazoo, MI; Chicago, IL; and Toledo, OH. Shambaugh is a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500 company with estimated 2015 revenues of ~$6.6B, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and building services. A provider of critical infrastructure systems, EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating, maintaining, and protecting the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments—such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security, fire protection, and power generation systems—in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses, organizations and government. EMCOR represents a rare combination of broad reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations. The ~27,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst the “World's Most Admired” and “Best Managed.” EMCOR's diversity—in terms of the services it provides, the industries it serves and the geography it spans—has enabled it to create a stable platform for sustained results. The Company's strong financial position has enabled it to attract and retain among the best local and regional talent, to undertake and complete the most ambitious projects, and to redefine and shape the future of the construction and facilities services industry. Additional information on EMCOR can be found at www.EMCORGroup.com.
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