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For she’s a jolly good fellow…times two

Susan Heinking, Pepper Construction’s SVP of High Performance and Sustainable Construction, has been elevated to the AIA College of Fellows, adding FAIA to her LEED Fellow credentials. Recognized for her dual role as architect and contractor, she’s led over 250 LEED-certified projects and pioneered tools that advance sustainable, resilient building.

People

Meet the Maker: Creative Log and Lumber

Creative Log and Lumber specializes in manufacturing flooring and stair treads for cabins and lodges. The company, which is woman-owned, emphasizes sustainability and is excited to collaborate with Pepper Construction on a large project.

High performance & sustainability
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Quality Wars

Pepper Indiana hosts an employee event each year to share innovative ideas and lessons learned

Quality

2025 Safety Week Wrap Up

As we wrap up Safety Week at Pepper for 2025, we want all of our team members to remember that when it comes to Safety, they are always empowered to do the right thing - and we will always have their back when they do. 

Safety
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Taking a bird's eye view of building design

Our urban landscape is a maze of barriers to flying birds. Nearly one-third of the bird species found in the U.S. are victims of glass collision, so the need for action is pressing.

Environmental, High performance & sustainability
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Pepper celebrates Earth Day year-round by going Idle Free

Pepper is celebrating the 55th Earth Day by going "Idle Free" on our jobsites. Learn more during Pepper's Green Week.

About Pepper, Environmental

Women in Construction: Together We Rise

For Women in Construction Week, we talked to the women in the trailer who are building the Women's Leadership Center.

Diversity
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Women in Construction Week 2025

For Women in Construction Week, we hosted a discussion with leader from one of our most unique projects – The Women’s Leadership Center in William’s Bay, Wisconsin.

Diversity, About Pepper
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Continuing our PRECONversations

Jake Pepper and Scott Higgins provide a podcast-style wrap-up of issues that impacted prices in 2024 and a forecast of what's ahead for 2025.

Preconstruction, Industry insights

News

Women's Leadership Center Celebrates Launch Toward 'A Future That's Better Because More Women Helped Shape It'

Chicago-based Pepper Construction led the Center's building process through

As We Await Tower Crane #2, McDonald's Park Begins To Go 3D

5, so it can be erected as soon as the team from Pepper Construction, GMA Construction, and A.L.L.

Columbus Zoo announces it will build $175 million …

Columbus Zoo announces it will build $175 million … POWELL, Ohio ( WCMH ) — The... According to a release from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, it will open the John F.

UK, NKU break ground on $125M joint law, medicine facility

COVINGTON, Ky. — Community members gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Commonwealth Center for Biomedical Excellence, a transformative project that will unite legal…