$30 million in Annual Sales
1980 – Expanded role as prime contractor, which involved work on major ODOT (Ohio Department of Transportation) projects, landfills, airports, golf courses, industrial and power plant projects. Hired full-time safety director.
1982 – Awarded site work at Timken Company’s Faircrest Steel Plant, which included 3.5 million cy of excavation and 10 miles of underground utilities. The project also provided Beaver the opportunity to perform concrete building and equipment foundations; it was the beginning of the company’s concrete division.
1985 – Beaver’s work was spotlighted nationally in the January 1985 issue of Highway & Heavy Construction magazine.