John M. Agrey Award
2009 Recipient
Steve McCormick, Sr.
Steve McCormick Sr. is the CEO/chairman of the board and president of McCormick Inc., the holding company that owns Northern Improvement. He also serves as executive vice president of Northern Improvement Company a fourth-generation, family-owned, highway heavy road construction company specializing in asphalt and concrete paving. McCormick earned a BS degree in 1967 from NDSU. Upon graduation he served for two years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Over the course of his career he has held many positions with Northern Improvement including, laborer, operator, field supervisor, vice president of operations and equipment. He has served as executive vice president since 1987.
McCormick has been a visionary and innovator in the highway industry. McCormick was president of the Associated General Contractors of North Dakota (AGC) in 1981. He is a life director on the board of directors for the AGC of North Dakota and has served on numerous committees. Nationally, McCormick became a life director of the AGC of America in March 2002. He has been a committee chair, elected director and is currently serving on the Workforce Development and Union Contractors Committee where he is also the liaison with the union.
