By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
An executive with Herzog Contracting has been elected chair of the board of the Associated General Contractors of Missouri.
Heavy Highway Division Senior Vice President, Kyle Phillips of St. Joseph, will guide the association’s board of directors for 2024.
The Associated General Contractors of Missouri represents contractors, specialty contractors, and suppliers throughout Missouri.
Herzog, which has 2,500 employees and has its headquarters in St. Joseph, is a private rail and heavy/highway construction company. Herzog has been a member of AGC since the company was founded in St. Joseph in 1969. Phillips previously served as chair of the board of the AGC of Missouri during 2014 when it merged with AGC of St. Louis in late 2014.
“I feel like we’ve come full circle with our association. When we contemplated merging AGC of St. Louis with AGC of Missouri 10 years ago, Kyle Phillips was chairman of the AGC of Missouri board. Now he is returning as chairman of the largest construction organization in the state representing building, highway, transportation, and utility infrastructure contractors, industry partners and related firms in 110 counties across the state. With 525-plus members, AGCMO has both grown in numbers, and has expanded the types of members we serve and the areas we serve across the state. The full integration of the two associations has been realized and continues to move forward.” Leonard Toenjes, CAE, president of AGCMO said in a written statement.