Columbia-based Coil Construction has built numerous shopping areas, restaurants, medical facilities and entertainment facilities that you and your family members have visited for the past 49 years. They include Columbia’s Missouri Heart Center, Level Up at Columbia Mall, Shakespeare’s South and the Broadway Bluffs shopping center. Randy Coil founded Coil Construction in 1975. His son David is now Coil’s president. David is only the second employee to be company president. Coil Construction owners Randy and David Coil joined host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program. They addressed the promotion in-detail. Randy Coil tells listeners that 70 percent of second-generation businesses fail nationally. He describes his son as a “relentless partner”, saying David Coil is frequently the first to arrive at the office and the last one to leave. Randy says that work ethic earned him the respect of fellow staff members. They also discussed the importance of culture in a construction company. David Coil tells listeners that Coil Construction has invested money to make sure they have the best people they can possibly afford. They also took a trip down memory lane and discussed Columbia in the 1970s: Dennis Harper of Harpo’s and Enos Stanley Kroenke both were mentioned on the show. Some of you might remember a clothing shop in downtown Columbia called Ladido of London:
(LISTEN): Columbia’s Coil Construction turns 50 next year
A well-known Columbia-based construction company will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next year.
Coil Construction was founded by Randy Coil in 1975. Mr. Coil started the company with $500 and a pickup truck.
“The great thing about Columbia is that there’s a real entrepreneurial spirit. And there was one around in those days as well,” Mr. Coil says.
Columbia-based Coil Construction has built countless buildings in the past 49 years that you recognize. Some of them include the Missouri Heart Center in Columbia, Midway USA, Level Up at Columbia Mall, Shakespeare’s South and the Broadway Bluffs shopping center. Randy’s company has built many of the fast food restaurants you’ve eaten at since 1975.
“The things that kind of started us off was some health care work. We were working for a lot of doctors back in the day, Boone Clinic for instance. We did a lot of remodeling work in there, so kind of got us in the health care part of it. Also McDonald’s and Wendy’s, both were expanding. We built several Wendy’s here locally as well as around the state,” says Coil.
Coil Construction owners Randy and David Coil will join host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday morning from 7-8 on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program. They’ll discuss numerous topics, including the 50-year anniversary, the importance of culture in a construction company and labor shortages.
(AUDIO): Boone Electric’s leader praises mid-Missouri contractors and workers for $29-million headquarters project
The chief executive officer of Boone Electric Cooperative publicly thanked his employees during this week’s ribbon-cutting for the Co-op’s $29-million new headquarters building. It’s on Columbia’s Rangeline, just south of I-70.
“Running a utility is a 24-7-365 operation. And then in addition to that, we had to disperse our employees in a different location while we built the project. And then in addition to that, we had the pandemic that happened,” Boone Electric general manager Todd Culley says.
Mr. Culley tells 939 the Eagle that the new cooperative campus will serve the area for decades to come. Boone Electric has more than 30,000 members in a six county area: Boone, Audrain, Callaway, Howard, Monroe and Randolph.
The new headquarters has three community rooms for the public to use. Offering those rooms is important to Boone Electric general manager Todd Culley.
“There are conditions for that use, but it’s made to serve the community for decades to come and we encourage people to come check it out,” Culley says.
Mr. Culley encourages anyone who wants to reserve the rooms to call (573) 449-4181 or check their website, which is booneelectric.coop.
He’s praising the work of Columbia-based Coil Construction in overseeing the project. Mr. Culley says Coil executives did a fabulous job during and after the pandemic.
“And from the very beginning, I told Randy (Coil) that I know I can trust you. I’ve seen the work that you’ve done in the community and central Missouri for years. And he just proved himself again,” says Culley.
Mr. Culley tells 939 the Eagle that there were more than 400 employees on the project, along with 57 contractors. He says about 90 percent of the contractors were from mid-Missouri.
Ribbon-cutting for Missouri’s first rural electric cooperative is today in Columbia
You’re invited to this afternoon’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for Boone Electric Cooperative’s new $29-million headquarters at Columbia’s I-70 and Rangeline street.
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce ambassadors will be wearing their yellow jackets for the 3 pm event. Columbia-based Coil Construction oversaw the massive project, that included both new buildings and rehabilitation of existing ones. The project also included a vehicle storage building. The project had more than 400 employees from 57 contractors, and 90 percent of the contractors were from mid-Missouri.
Boone Electric general manager Todd Culley predicts the new cooperative campus will serve the community for decades to come.
Boone Electric began in 1936 and was Missouri’s first rural electric cooperative.
(AUDIO): Boone Electric general manager Todd Culley appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Round Table”
Boone Electric Cooperative general manager Todd Culley tells 939 the Eagle News that construction on their $27-million headquarter project should be done by September and that he’s hoping to have employees moved in by November. Mr. Culley joined host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Round Table,” telling listeners an open house …