The Story of the Reinhardt/Wilson Partnership
Drive through Mid-Missouri and there is a good chance Reinhardt/Wilson has had a hand in building part of it.
Since 1992, the partnership between Reinhardt Construction and S. M. Wilson & Co. has helped shape schools, healthcare facilities, college campuses, civic spaces, senior living communities and commercial developments across the region. Some projects are highly visible. Others are places people use every day without ever thinking about who built them.
Together, they tell the story of a partnership that has become part of the fabric of Mid-Missouri.
It Started with a Grocery Store
In 1992, Reinhardt Construction President Jerry Dougherty contacted S. M. Wilson President Scott Wilson with an idea: team up to build a new Schnucks grocery store in Mid- Missouri.
Neither firm set out to create a decades-long partnership. They were simply bringing together the right strengths for the project in front of them.
More than 30 years later, that same idea still defines Reinhardt/Wilson: two companies that are stronger together than either would be alone.
Stronger Together
Reinhardt brings deep local knowledge, a union workforce and hands-on construction capabilities, including self-performing concrete, carpentry and masonry. S. M. Wilson adds depth of experience, additional team resources, state-of-the-art technology and a broad resume
across markets throughout Missouri.
But the value of Reinhardt/Wilson is not simply the sum of those capabilities.
On a Reinhardt/Wilson project, owners do not work with two separate companies operating side by side. They work as a united team.
“Reinhardt/Wilson brings together strengths that are very different, but very complementary,” said Susan Hart, President of Reinhardt Construction. “What makes it work is that we do not approach a project as two separate companies. We work with one commitment to the client and the community.”
A Footprint Built Over Decades
The scale of Reinhardt/Wilson’s work becomes clear when viewed across the region.
The partnership has spent three decades building at Westminster College and Columbia College, supporting both campuses through multiple generations of growth and change.
At Boone Hospital Center, Reinhardt/Wilson completed major work that included an $89 million patient tower, relocation of an active laboratory and a four-story parking structure.
Its footprint also includes the Special Olympics Missouri Training for Life Campus in Jefferson City, the Boone County Courthouse addition and renovation, Heisinger Bluffs, Stadium Shoppes and projects at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Today, Reinhardt/Wilson continues to build for Columbia Public Schools, serving as Construction Manager at Risk for projects tied to the District’s 2022 bond program.
Altogether, the partnership has completed more than $400 million in work across Mid-Missouri.
The larger story, however, is not the dollar value. It is what that work represents: places where students learn, patients receive care, families gather, businesses grow and communities invest in their future.
Still Building on What Works
A partnership that lasts more than three decades does not remain unchanged.
A new chapter began in 2021 when P.J. Hoerr acquired Reinhardt Construction. New leadership, an expanded vision for operations and Reinhardt’s relocation to Columbia brought renewed energy.
The partnership evolved without losing what had made it successful from the beginning: complementary strengths, shared accountability and a commitment to Mid-Missouri.
“Partnerships last when both organizations continue to see the value in what they can accomplish together,” said S. M. Wilson President Mike Yazbec. “Reinhardt/Wilson has endured because we trust each other, we share a commitment to Mid-Missouri and we know we are stronger together than either of us would be alone.”
More than 30 years after that first Schnucks project, Reinhardt/Wilson is no longer simply a joint venture formed around an opportunity.
It is a team that has grown alongside Mid-Missouri and helped build many of the institutions that define it.