Midwest Aerials Cooks Out for Contractors

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Contractors wait in line for barbecue.

October 15, 2007 • Last week, more than 200 workers on the St. Clare Health Center jobsite in St. Louis, Mo., attended one of Midwest Aerials & Equipment's customer appreciation cookouts. Cooking up brats, handing out shirts, mugs, and hardhat stickers, and chatting it up with the workers, the Midwest Aerials' staff can be found twice monthly on jobsites in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield, Mo., barbecuing for its customers and work site crews.

Alberici Constructors, the general contractor, broke ground on the $236 million St. Clare Health Center in June 2006 and expects the hospital to open in late 2008. Oct. 3 marked a major construction milestone with the placement of the final steel beam on the hospital structure. Currently, more than 40 Custom Equipment Hybrid scissor lifts are on-site. These machines were specified to meet weight restrictions on the project.

In 1997, Midwest Aerials started with 31 aerial work platforms and today has a fleet of more than 2,000 AWPs and telehandlers. At all three of its locations, Midwest Aerials is experiencing growth. According to President Dan Tumminello, the company recently bought the building next door to its St. Louis location, expanding its facility to 10 acres. In Kansas City, the company has 5 acres at its facility on Front Street and three acres in Springfield.