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D & J Construction Company began operations in
September 1967. Two brothers, R.D. Richardson and A.H. Richardson
founded it. In the beginning, the company owned one rubber tire backhoe
that it used for its complete gambit of business ventures. The business
was incorporated in 1970, and has been on a path of growth and change
since the very beginning. In December 1986, the founders sold the
company to Richard Richardson. Richard is R.D.’s son and had been a
part of the company since its inception. D & J has remained under
his ownership and management.
D & J began by doing all phases of
construction work from sewer to highway. D & J subcontracted jobs
from various contractors until the company was able to become a prime
contractor in the area. Since that time, D & J has experienced
periods of explosive growth that has resulted in following periods of
evolution and stabilization. In the later half of the 1970’s the
company became involved in all phases of highway construction and began a specialization in the hot mix asphalt segment of the
highway construction industry in the 1980's. D & J is
one of the premier companies in the production and installation of hot
mix asphalt in Louisiana today.
Around 1980 D & J acquired its first asphalt plant and placed it in
West Monroe, Louisiana, which was the current base and center of
operations for the company. The company now has hot and cold mix
production capabilities in West Monroe, Harrisonburg and
Alexandria Louisiana. These locations cover a market area roughly
defined as the northeast quadrant of the State of Louisiana.
The company’s most significant strength has always been and hopefully
will continue to be its employees. They have always been a group that
exhibited a tireless work ethic coupled with a pride and an unmatched
desire to achieve. This advantage has been the nucleus that has allowed
D & J to successfully branch out into new ventures. Many of these
earlier employees have become the guiding forces for D & J. In
today’s society, we consider one of the only advantages available to
any employer is the ability to hire quality people to "out
think" and "out work" the competition. We make every
attempt to do just that.
D & J mainly performs prime contracting services to numerous
governmental bodies within the State of Louisiana. The client list
includes the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development as
well as several city and parish governments.
In almost 40 years D & J has grown from a small company with a single piece
of construction equipment to one of major highway construction
operations in the State of Louisiana. The company operates over 250
pieces of construction equipment, 4 asphalt plants, and a gravel mining
operation. An insightful management team and a group of persistent and
professional employees that plan to continue this track record well into
the 21st century have provided the success. |
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