Ohio-based construction company to open Greenville office

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Messer Construction Co. is expanding into South Carolina, opening its 11th regional office in the Upstate.

According to a news release, the new office in downtown Greenville also serves Spartanburg and Anderson, as well as surrounding counties. Messer Construction Co. Vice President and Region Leader Erin Thompson has been with the company for 25 years and is responsible for overall operations. Greenville native Matt Irwin leads business development for Messer.

“We’re excited to continue growing our presence in the Carolinas while providing opportunities for career advancement for our employees,” Messer Construction Co. President and CEO Tim Steigerwald said in the news release. “It’s very rewarding to cultivate our employee-ownership culture and our company purpose — to build better lives for our customers, communities and each other — in each of the cities where we live and work.”

For Messer, expanding into a new region means they investing in the community — hiring locally and empowering its people to get involved in the nonprofit and civic organizations that make the region dynamic, Thompson said. The company’s headquarters and corporate support services office is in Cincinnati.

“We have a 90-year track record of leading safe and high-quality construction projects with transparency and innovation, including a commitment to creating opportunities for diverse businesses,” he said in the release.

Messer performs complex commercial construction projects as a general contractor and construction manager throughout the Midwest and Southeast. Market segment expertise includes health care, higher education, industrial, science and technology, aviation and federal/military, with an additional portfolio of commercial/mixed-use, public/government, culture/entertainment, athletic, senior living and K-12 work, according to the news release.

The construction company’s other regional offices are locatd in Charlotte and Raleigh; Knoxville and Nashville, Tenn.; Lexington and Louisville, Ky.; Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; and Indianapolis.

Messer Construction Co. is an employee-owned company.