Meredith Shriver
1925-1998

Shriver Construction Company actually started in the construction business in 1955 as an outgrowth of a successful feed and fertilizer business known as Shriver-Van Horn Company, a partnership between Meredith Shriver and his long time friend Del Van Horn.  Meredith purchased the construction operations in the late 1950's and began doing business as Shriver Engineering Company.  The business name was changed to its present form of Shriver Construction Company in 1966.  Meredith Shriver served as President of the company that he founded until 1996, when he was succeeded by his wife, Kathryn J. Shriver.  In August of 2004, Mrs. Shriver sold the company to her son-in-law, Sam Harding, thus keeping the company in the family for another generation.  

Following the sale, the company moved its headquarters for the first time in its history to 1403 North Elm Street in Jefferson, Iowa.  The company still maintains warehousing and equipment storage at its former location at 512 West McKinley Street.  The new office building offers excellent highway visibility as well as more efficient and well planned space.

Currently, the company concentrates most of its work in Central and Western Iowa .  Shriver Construction is primarily organized into two main divisions, one concentrating on conventional construction and the other pursuing pre-engineered building construction.  Over the years, the focus of the company has continued to be on commercial, industrial, and institutional construction.

In particular, the company is extremely proud of its long-standing association with Varco-Pruden Buildings, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of pre-engineered buildings.    With over 40 years of continuous association, Shriver Construction Company is the oldest Builder for VP Buildings in the world.

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