teer company type privately held company industry general contractor founded 1909 founders nello l. teer headquarters durham north carolina u.s. services general construction number of employees 5000 website www.nelloteer.com nello l. teer company was a privately owned general contracting firm founded in 1909 by nello leguy teer . 1 the nello l. teer company was headquartered in durham north carolina and grew to be one of the largest construction companies in the world . 2 koppers of pittsburgh pennsylvania purchased the nello l. teer company and today much of the aggregate assets are part of lehigh hanson heidelbergcement in north america rail assets are part of csx the road construction aspects are held within the colas group 3 and some of the real estate management aspects were transferred to teer associates . 4 contents 1 history 2 divisions 2.1 africa office 2.2 asphalt division 2.3 building division 2.4 central american division 2.5 central engineering and contracting corporation 2.6 concrete paving division 2.7 dredging division 2.8 durham southern railway 2.9 quarry division 2.10 teer enterprises 2.11 webster county coal company 3 some noteworthy projects 3.1 north america 3.2 international 3.2.1 africa 3.2.2 central america 3.2.3 middle east 3.3 south america 4 references 5 external links history edit this section may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with wikipedia s quality standards . you can help . the discussion page may contain suggestions . october 2014 research triangle park . the great north road . 5 the israeli air bases . the blue ridge parkway . 6 divisions edit africa office edit in 1968 the company opens an africa office in dar es salaam tanzania . asphalt division edit in 1945 the asphalt division was formed to do defense work in gulfport mississippi ; and later highway work in north carolina . building division edit the building division was officially launched in 1965 but it was not until 1973 the nello teer company bought romeo guest associates of greensboro 7 a well established industrial building firm . with 80 years of experience romeo guest associates became the building division of the nello l. teer company without any changes in management . the experienced guest firm built major manufacturing plants in 13 states a distinction that added a competitive element to the nello l. teer company s newly formed heavy and industrial division . today romeo guest associates inc. is an employee owned company based in durham north carolina . 8 central american division edit in 1955 the central american division opens its headquarters in guatemala city marking the launch of nello l. teer international . central engineering and contracting corporation edit in 1940 central engineering and contracting corporation opens and is responsible for owning and maintaining the company s equipment . in 1980 the company owned over 5 000 pieces of yellow iron that was located in north america central america africa and the middle east . concrete paving division edit the concrete paving division was started to pave the colonial highway williamsburg virginia . dredging division edit in 1955 the dredging division was started with work in florida virginia and later maryland . 9 durham southern railway edit when the nello l. teer company bought the durham and southern railway in 1954 it was still using steam engines . four baldwin 1200 horse power diesel electric locomotives were purchased in 1956 to replace the steam locomotives . 10 quarry division edit the quarry division operated several quarries including the crabtree quarry 11 in raleigh north carolina . other quarries were located in durham 12 holly springs new bern princeton raleigh rocky mount and rougemount . teer enterprises edit in 1969 the nello l. teer company signed a franchise agreement with triangle service center incorporated the for profit arm of rtp developer research triangle foundation . during the period of 1969 to 1979 the company completed the 128 room governors inn hotel 50 and 100 park offices . the company in 1972 placed its real estate development assets in teer enterprises ltd. then launched the construction of 200 park offices and 300 park offices . the company started construction on 400 park offices in 1980 which was eventually occupied by gte government systems and it then expanded governors inn to 203 rooms including additional meeting and lounge rooms . the nello l. teer company merged with koppers company on august 1 1980 ; however the deal did not include teer enterprises . during 1982 the company began work on 500 600 700 and 800 park offices which includes the ibm complex . teer enterprises was sold by the family in 1985 and management was transferred to a new company called teer associates . 4 webster county coal company edit in 1974 the nello l. teer company added another layer to its activities by entering the coal mining industry . the company started a surface mining division called webster county coal company . 13 the coal stripping division started in west virginia and western pennsylvania on property previously owned by the company and areas owned by established mining businesses . the nello l. teer company brought a new angle to the coal stripping process by applying highway construction techniques to surface mining . using conventional construction equipment the webster county coal company s mines were producing up to 1.2 million tons of high grade coal annually . some noteworthy projects edit north america edit blue ridge parkway 17 sections including the first and last sections 6 14 15 16 17 capeheart housing project 849 units jv with h. l. coble construction company cherry point north carolina 1959 capeheart housing project 1500 units jv with h. l. coble construction company & w. h. weaver construction company seymour johnson air base jordan lake dam north carolina liggett and myers tobacco company headquarters durham north carolina forsyth county hospital charlotte north carolina maine turnpike section which ran from portland to augusta maine roanoke rapids dam north carolina duke university chapel excavation durham north carolina george p. stevenson dam sinnemahoning pennsylvania cherry point marine corps air station runway construction north carolina pennsylvania turnpike concrete paving operations near harrisburg pennsylvania blue cross blue shield building chapel hill north carolina iceland nato airfield keflavik iceland 18 reigal paper plant north carolina west virginia turnpike six sections west virginia kenan stadium excavation chapel hill north carolina roanoke civic center i 495 maryland duke university medical center durham north carolina governors inn rtp north carolina burroughs wellcome headquarters durham north carolina wake county courthouse raleigh north carolina fort lee grading and paving for streets and parade grounds virginia raleigh durham airport runway grading and paving of two perpendicular runways north carolina winston salem airport runway grading and paving north carolina bear creek dam scranton pennsylvania seymour johnson air base expansion for b 52 jet bombers goldsboro north carolina broken bow dam broken bow oklahoma titan ii missile base tucson arizona 19 jv with j.a. jones construction company & dwight w. winkleman construction company k 2 vienna route metro subway e.g. clarendon metro station arlington virginia smithland dam kentucky jv with j.a. jones construction company international edit africa edit great north road tanzania africa four united states air bases in morocco northern africa including nouasseur air base 20 atlas constructors a joint venture of morrison knudsen nello l. teer company bates & rogers construction corp. blythe bros. company and ralph r. mills co. inc. dantopka akpakpa bridge republic of benin west africa kamuzu international airport aka lilongwe international airport malawi central america edit pan american highway guatemala rama road nicaragua 21 middle east edit ramada inn doha qatar 22 ramon air base israel 23 south america edit guri dam excavation and aggregate production 24 venezuela references edit nello teer sr. house woodland terrace open durham . opendurham.org . retrieved 2015 06 24 . nello l. teer company open durham . opendurham.org . retrieved 2015 06 24 . hanson 92 million dollar sale of us road paving businesses to colas april 21 1998 pr newswire uk . prnewswire.co.uk . retrieved 2015 06 24 . a b teer . teer.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . nello l. teer company image gallery . nelloteer.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . a b blue ridge parkway oral history interview with dillard teer january 20 1997 . docsouth.unc.edu . retrieved 2015 06 24 . romeo guest chief cut his construction teeth on a farm triangle business journal . bizjournals.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . introduction & history . web.archive.org . retrieved 2015 06 24 . nello l. teer company image gallery . nelloteer.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . durham & southern railway . durhamsouthern.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . crabtree quarry raleigh north carolina . wikimapia.org . retrieved 2015 06 24 . nello l. teer quarry . wikimapia.org . retrieved 2015 06 24 . billie ridge surface abandoned webster county coal company in durham west virginia . mines.findthedata.org . retrieved 2015 06 24 . hall k.j. ; parkway f.b.r. 2007 . building the blue ridge parkway . arcadia pub . p. 31 . isbn 9780738552873 . retrieved 2015 06 24 . blue ridge parkway heavy machinery and construction milepost 228 . docsouth.unc.edu . retrieved 2015 06 24 . education blue ridge parkway u.s. national park service . nps.gov . retrieved 2015 06 24 . construction of dry wall on blue ridge parkway . digital.lib.ecu.edu . retrieved 2015 06 24 . nello l. teer company image gallery . nelloteer.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . tucson daily citizen november 29 1960 . newspaperarchive.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . nello l. teer company image gallery . nelloteer.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . u.s. gao b 126817 feb. 28 1956 . gao.gov . retrieved 2015 06 24 . saudi aramco world partners in growth the gulf . saudiaramcoworld.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . nello l. teer company image gallery . nelloteer.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . nello l. teer company image gallery . nelloteer.com . retrieved 2015 06 24 . external links edit nello l. teer company historical homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nello l. teer company & oldid 712091443 categories 1909 establishments in north carolinacompanies based in durham north carolinacompanies established in 1909construction and civil engineering companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in north carolinahidden categories wikipedia articles needing rewrite from october 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 march 2016 at 22 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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