System Builders was founded in 1974 by Raymond Johnson and Wick Lehr as a Building Contracting Company, providing Butler Metal Buildings on small commercial projects. First year sales were nearly $647,000. Some of those first customers are still customers today: Missouri Western State College, Saint Joseph News Press, Saint Joseph Ag Processing, Iowa-Missouri Walnut, St. After employment with System Builders, Inc. for 17 years, David Boerkircher became sole owner of System Builders Inc., December of 2009.