Keeley’s ADB Cos. Casts 63% Uptick With Data Use Increase
Date Posted: September 21, 2018
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From St. Louis Business Journal: If you’re reading this story on your mobile device, there’s a good chance a St. Louis-area company made it possible.
Union-based ADB Cos., the utility infrastructure firm of Keeley Cos., installs everything from underground power to underground fiber and counts among its client base Ameren, AT&T and CenturyLink. Its $165 million in revenue is projected to grow 63 percent this year, President Chad Johnson said. ADB, launched in 1995, now has more than 500 employees across the U.S., including in New Orleans, Memphis, Des Moines, San Antonio, Kansas City, Albuquerque and Cincinnati.
To accommodate the uptick in business, ADB is building a new $15 million headquarters on 20 acres in Pacific that will feature dozens of excavators, correctional boring machines and trucks and include 32,000 square feet of office space and 30,000 square feet of warehouse space. L. Keeley Construction, also part of the Keeley umbrella, is the general contractor, and Chesterfield-based HDA Architects is the designer.
Construction started in April and is slated to wrap up in December.
“The use of cellphone technology continues to drive more and more of the work we’re doing,” Johnson said.