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Celebrating 75 Years of Legacy, Pride, and Excellence

September 1, 2024

Vaughn Prost

Prost Builders, Inc. is celebrating its 75th year in the construction industry in 2024. Construction is built into the DNA of the Prost Family members for eight generations when Paul R. Prost continued that legacy by opening the Handley-Prost Construction company with Roy Handley to build St. Joseph’s Retirement (Old Folks) Home in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1947. After a couple of years, Paul started his own company, Paul R. Prost Builder, in 1949 and welcomed his younger brother, Jay Prost, to join him in his dream of building quality projects with skilled workers to construct facilities that produced satisfied clients.

This year, Prost Builders is officially 75-plus years strong with our long list of construction projects, as well as restorations and renovations of Missouri’s beloved historic properties. The list of achievements ranges from the State Capitol in Jefferson City to the Everlast Manufacturing Corporation in Moberly, to the Country Club office condos in Kansas City, to the Loft Apartments in St. Louis, to the Palace Office building in Neosho, to Mark Twain’s home in Hannibal, to the Marquette Tower office building in Cape Girardeau, and the brand new EquipmentShare Technology Development Center in Columbia.

Prost Builders has left an indelible imprint on buildings throughout Missouri for three-quarters of a century for restoration, new construction, and design-build projects. Various buildings have a historic development plaque on it with the President of Prost Builders, Vaughn X. Prost, as a statement on his saving and restoring historical structures to preserve our Missouri history for our children and visitors to our state.

As an engineering and construction company, Prost Builders has offered a wide range of services in Central Missouri. Our expertise spans ecclesiastical, multifamily, commercial, industrial, governmental, educational, healthcare, and design-build projects that are a testament to our strong work ethic and commitment to quality construction. Prost Builders is now moving forward with a new logo that will promote our company for the next 75 years of our commitment to constructing new facilities that will help new businesses grow and thrive. At Prost Builders, we use the latest technology, the latest construction machinery, and highly qualified craftsmen to earn the tagline: Legacy, Pride, Excellence.

Vaughn Prost is the owner and president of Prost Builders lnc., a design/build and construction services firm located in Columbia. Vaughn has over forty years of domestic and international design and construction experience as a cost and scheduling engineer, structural engineer, owner’s construction representative, and general contractor.