Our Process

Our mission is to continue our legacy of providing professional construction planning, management, and general contracting services to value-conscious owners by building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships.

PCE Construction has been operating in Columbia, MO and the surrounding communities for more than 100 years. Initially founded as B.D. Simon Construction, our predecessors built iconic structures like Memorial Union at the University of Missouri Columbia, MO campus and the Missouri Veteran’s Memorial in Jefferson City, MO. In 1989, B.D. Simon Construction was reorganized into Professional Contractors & Engineers. In 2024, our name changed to PCE Construction. From the beginning, we have been dedicated to providing outstanding commercial contracting, construction, and engineering services to our clients. We are erecting buildings and forming lifelong relationships.

We aim to demonstrate leadership in the mid-Missouri construction industry. Our success will be measured by the value and service we provide to our clients, the growth and productivity of the firm and our employees, and the contribution we make to our community.

Our company will achieve success and growth by building and maintaining successful relationships with our clients. We will expand our markets by consistently meeting the needs of our existing clients, who are our best resource for additional work, and by selectively pursuing new client relationships that best utilize our capability and experience.

Each project and client will have unique expectations which must be exceeded to achieve the greatest measure of success. However, our focus on partnering with each client is our foundation for building this success. Partnering is a process to establish mutual goals for the project team members, and ensuring the critical elements of the partnering – commitment, communication, trust, and teamwork – are integral to the project.

We can best answer this question once we’ve had an opportunity to talk to you and learn more about you, your company, and your project plans. Please contact us at your earliest convenience and we'll be happy to get in touch.

PCE operates primarily in a market area within a 90-mile radius of Columbia, Missouri. We have extensive experience in a variety of market segments including medical, office, schools, industrial, retail, churches, greek housing, and special projects, e.g. airport hangars, Missouri Veterans Memorial, treatment plants, and reservoirs.

Each PCE project is under the responsibility of a company principal. This principal may act as the project manager or will work closely with the project manager to assure the successful completion of the project. The project manager is supported by a project engineer and a working project superintendent.

While PCE generally acts as the prime general contractor, we have experience in other methods of construction delivery including design build and construction management. Our extensive involvement with negotiated “guaranteed maximum price” contracts has enabled us to become proficient with both pre-construction as well as construction phase services.

Absolutely! We believe design build is the preferred method for owners looking to maximize the value of their construction investment. In order to provide the best means of offering design build services, we created Diamond Design Build, LLC. (DDB). DDB is uniquely licensed and insured to offer owners the availability of single-source design and construction responsibility.

We offer robust construction management services with involvement from our principal engineers, project managers, and superintendents. From the top down our team is dedicated to your project's success, offering unique insights and experiences you cannot find anywhere else in the midwest.