Our mission is to provide unparalleled personal attention to meeting the needs of our customers while treating all stakeholders with dignity and respect, thereby ensuring our strength and stability. Chief Industries has been a family-owned, service-oriented company since we opened our doors in 1954. From humble beginnings to a diverse, global corporation featuring 7 brand divisions, we're proud to continue our longstanding tradition of producing a wide variety of high-quality products that help communities all around the world.
Chief Industries has been a family-owned, service-oriented manufacturer since we opened our doors in 1954. From humble beginnings to a diverse, global corporation featuring 7 brands, we're proud to help communities thrive and engineer relationships. The quintessential American success story began when Virgil Eihusen launched a small construction company - Chief Industries - from a garage in Grand Island, Nebraska. From Virgil Eihusen to his son, Robert, and now to his grandson, DJ as Chairman and CEO, Chief has been guided by strong leaders who maintain a clear focus on its core values - take care of the customer, strengthen the company through diversification, and respect our employees.
Heartland Electric, as an entity within Chief Construction, was established in 1988 and has continually grown to meet our customers' needs. The majority of our business is comprised of commercial and industrial new construction, with the balance being residential projects. Our team is committed to providing high-quality service 24/7 to all residential, commercial and industrial customers. With more than 20 field electricians and a full office staff, we offer in-house design capabilities, data cabling, motor control cabinet design, and all necessary resources to support a large commercial electrical shop.
Our family of brands now manufactures products and provides services for a wide-range of industries. You will find Chief products and services used in agriculture, commercial construction, structural steel, factory-built housing, ethanol production, transportation and more. Value is the balance between what a product or service costs and what it contributes. Chief's family of brands work hard to provide products that are innovative, economical to own, and built to last. That's the kind of value that has created loyal customers for over half a century.
Since 1954, Chief Construction has been the premier construction company in the Midwest. As design/build, general contracting, and construction management specialists, we focus on the entire process from concept through completion. Our team manages every facet of the plan including initial concept, site selection, design, securing permits, construction, and final evaluation of the finished project. Our success in the commercial, industrial, manufacturing, and institutional buildings segments can be contributed to our years of experience and to the use of the latest technological advances in planning, design, engineering, specifications, and construction.