Defense / Federal

Poettker Construction Ranked as a Top St. Louis Defense Contractor

By |2026-04-24T17:15:40+00:00November 6th, 2025|Award - Company, Defense / Federal, Midwest, News|

From Illinois to North Carolina to Missouri, Poettker Construction is treating all project teams to lunch in celebration of Safety Week.

Poettker Moves up the ENR Southeast Top Contractors List

By |2026-04-23T18:44:23+00:00July 7th, 2023|Award - Company, Defense / Federal, Distribution & Warehouse, Multi-Family & Senior Living, News, Southeast|

Poettker Construction is thrilled to move up the ranks to #86 on ENR's Top Southeast Contractors list.   Publication: Engineering News-Record (ENR), July 2023  

Charlotte Spotlight: Keith Poettker, Poettker Construction

By |2026-04-24T18:18:34+00:00January 5th, 2023|Commercial & Corporate, Defense / Federal, Distribution & Warehouse, Hospitality, Multi-Family & Senior Living, People, Southeast|

Poettker Construction, an award-winning family-owned construction company, closed out the 2022 calendar year with tremendous employee, financial, industry, philanthropic and market sector growth across the company.

Poettker Construction Celebrates 40 Years Supporting Veterans

By |2026-04-24T18:38:13+00:00November 11th, 2020|Defense / Federal, News|

Established in 1980 by veteran Charles (Chuck) Poettker in Breese, Illinois, Poettker Construction celebrates 40 years of work and dedication for the United States Armed Forces and its veterans. Since its inception, Poettker Construction has established partnerships and conducted repeat business with multiple branches of the Department of Defense, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Naval Facility Engineering Command, which has positioned the company as one of the largest defense contractors in the greater St. Louis area.

Poettker Construction Completes $31.8m 21st Century School

By |2026-04-24T18:46:11+00:00March 18th, 2020|Defense / Federal, Design-Build, PK-12 Education, Projects|

Poettker Construction Company, a second-generation family and veteran-owned construction company, alongside its design/build team, led by FGM Architects, Inc., recently completed the new $31.8 million Pierce Terrace Elementary School in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the U.S. Army’s largest basic training installation.

Building St. Louis: VA Engineering Warehouse

By |2026-04-24T19:06:24+00:00March 22nd, 2019|Defense / Federal, Distribution & Warehouse, General Contracting, Projects|

Building a new warehouse on a more than 100-year-old confined medical campus proved to be a logistical challenge for officials at Jefferson Barracks.

Construction Update: Pierce Terrace Elementary School, Sc

By |2026-04-24T19:08:00+00:00October 9th, 2018|Defense / Federal, Design-Build, PK-12 Education, Projects|

Work is nearly halfway complete on the Pierce Terrace Elementary School at Fort Jackson, S.C. The new pre-K through second grade Department of Defense Education Activity school replaces the existing aging facility.

Construction Update: Robins Air Force Base, GA

By |2026-04-24T19:10:59+00:00April 6th, 2018|Commercial & Corporate, Defense / Federal, General Contracting, Projects|

It’s rare that a construction company is well ahead of schedule on a project. But that is the case with the Zodiac-Poettker joint venture project at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. This is the latest undertaking of the partnership formed by Poettker Construction of Breese, Ill., and Zodiac Inc. of St. Louis.

Poettker Construction Celebrates Topping out of Jefferson Barracks VA Engineering Warehouse

By |2026-04-24T19:29:55+00:00September 14th, 2017|Defense / Federal, Distribution & Warehouse, General Contracting, Projects|

Together with the Department of Veterans Affairs representatives, the architect and site construction workers, Poettker Construction Company celebrated the steel topping out milestone at the Jefferson Barracks VA Engineering Warehouse during a ceremony on September 7, 2017.

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