Alberici Promotes from within for Four Leadership Roles

Promotions reflect growth in industrial process markets
 and ongoing demand for self-perform construction

Alberici Constructors, Inc. announced four executive appointments to lead its self-perform and masonry subsidiaries, its industrial process market and project support services, which provides preconstruction and construction services to all Alberici markets. The promotions reflect the 106-year-old builder’s continuing adaptation to market and client needs and the importance of managing skilled craft labor in the execution of complex construction projects.  Alberici is one of the largest privately-held companies in St. Louis and one of the nation’s largest construction firms.  Alberici reported revenue of $4.0 billion in 2023, including $166 million from St. Louis area projects.  It employs 3,500 companywide.

“These appointments align our markets and services with forecasted growth in the industrial sector and beyond,” said Greg Hesser, Alberici’s president and CEO. “We develop leaders who understand the depth and breadth of our industry and the evolving needs of our clients, strengthening our next generation of leadership by leveraging our bench strength.”

Hesser noted the rising demand for process-intensive manufacturing facilities, such as those underway to establish a North American supply chain for electric vehicles. Meanwhile, craft labor shortages across North America have contributed to a doubling in volume in recent years for Kienlen Constructors, Alberici’s turn-key subsidiary for dedicated self-perform craft labor and project management.

After serving as Kienlen’s Vice President and Market Leader for the past six years, John Grib has been promoted to Vice President and Market Leader for Alberici’s industrial process market. Grib joined Alberici 24 years ago as an apprentice carpenter and remains a champion for the professional development of craft labor. He has orchestrated highly challenging self-perform projects such as the concrete and steel scopes for St. Louis’s CITYPARK Stadium. He will now lead some of Alberici’s most complex industrial projects for food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, aerospace and agricultural manufacturing clients.

Tony Stahlschmidt has been promoted to Vice President and Market Leader at Kienlen Constructors. Stahlschmidt started his career with Alberici as an intern 17 years ago. Most recently, he served as General Manager for Leonard Masonry, Alberici’s subsidiary stone-and-brick specialty contractor. He oversaw 385 percent revenue growth at Leonard Masonry between 2019 and 2024. As the executive in charge of Kienlen, he will continue to develop Alberici’s dedicated self-perform business.

Following 17 years with Alberici, Tyler Apple has been promoted to General Manager for Leonard Masonry. He started his career as an intern with Alberici and most recently served as a senior project manager in the heavy industrial market, cultivating long-standing relationships and delivering successful outcomes to challenging projects. He will continue to grow the masonry specialty company, which combines modern construction technology with traditional masonry techniques, further developing the brand’s reputation for excellence.

Ken DeBrecht has been promoted to Director, Project Support Services, bringing 18 years of project experience across virtually all project types. He joined the company as a project engineer in 2006 and most recently served as project director for the building & healthcare market. In his new role, DeBrecht will oversee services such as virtual design coordination, quality, scheduling, Lean and design integration that support all projects and all markets, leveraging new technologies to improve methods while continuing to support excellence in project delivery.