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\nPresent day Donley’s was founded as Ernest F. Donley’s Sons Inc. when Ernest’s sons borrowed $25,000 from their Dad to purchase the construction business from Donley Bros. Co. in 1941.<\/p>\n
In 1969, the company shortened its name to Donley’s under the leadership of Terry K. Donley who had officially begun working at the business as an estimator in 1952. \u00a0Terry was able to broaden Donley’s services in the concrete market and during the 1980’s expanded their offerings into general contracting and construction management.<\/p>\n\t
In 1996, Mac Donley took the reins to become the fourth generation to lead the family business. But it’s not just the Donley family that spans generations; there are employee families in their third and fourth generations as well who are proud of their contributions.<\/p>\n
In 2020, Mike Dilley became President and is the first person to hold this position outside the Donley family. Mac Donley continues as Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n
Over the last 20 years, we have expanded first into Virginia, then Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and now Florida.<\/p>\n
\nDon and Phillip Donley borrowed $25,000 from their dad to purchase the Construction Department from Donley Brothers. Ernest F. Donley’s Sons, Inc. is established on February 14, 1941 as concrete form work contractors. At the time, they were the only local supplier of metal pan forms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Starting just after Donley’s\u00a0was incorporated, the emphasis shifts from construction to industrial mill supplies, including saw sales & sharpening.<\/p>\n Equipment Division is formed.<\/p>\n When Terry Donley was a child,\u00a0his father Philip F. Donley would take the future president of the company to work on Saturdays and give him odd\u00a0jobs-sweeping floors, washing windows, etc. \u00a0He\u00a0went from sweeping floors to sharpening\u00a0tools when he was 13 or 14 years old.<\/p>\n Formwork subcontracting business grew from pans and open centering to all formwork for\u00a0concrete, including footings.\u00a0Donley’s was the first in N.E. Ohio to use ganged forms, tower cranes, and concrete pumps.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Donley’s\u00a0business offerings included:<\/p>\n\t Terry\u00a0graduates from Miami University and becomes an\u00a0estimator.<\/p>\n Interiors\u00a0Division is\u00a0formed. \u00a0This section of the business started an expansion program in 1955 and Donley’s\u00a0became acoustical ceiling applicators, terminated lathing for plaster by 1959\u00a0and started as drywall contractors.\u00a0 This business expanded from acoustical ceiling contractors to drywall and later to movable partitions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t The 30-story Winton Place was a project with many firsts.<\/p>\n The tallest apartment building-at 264 feet-between New York and Chicago at the time, Winton Place was the first high-rise apartment building on Lakewood’s Gold Coast.<\/p>\n It was the first project to be completed with a ceremonial “sky-closing”-a pail of Donley’s concrete was flown by helicopter to the building’s heliport where Co-owners Fred Parr Cox and George N. Seltzer fashioned the concrete into a 1-foot square using gold trowels.<\/p>\n It also was the first major project where Donley’s did the concrete along with the formwork-a major turning point in the company’s history.<\/p>\n Donley’s purchased J. H. Libby Company, broadening Donley’s capabilities in concrete placing and finishing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Donley’s moves to present location at 5430 Warner Road.<\/p>\n(Image 1) Phillip, Donald, Ernest & William Donley CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Terry Donley takes over leadership of company from Don Donley.<\/p>\n First slip form concrete core project, tower crane, and concrete pump in Cleveland.<\/p>\n(Image 1) Pier W Restaurant (1965) CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Equipment and other divisions are sold in order to allow entry into GC market, including Interiors\u00a0Division. \u00a0Growth\u00a0was consistent up to the mid-1970’s, when competition became very keen and branch locations became predominant. This period found too many companies competing for business in the Northeast Ohio market place.<\/p>\n 1st Design\/Build concrete project, Richfield Coliseum.<\/p>\n Expansion to Central Ohio with establishment of Columbus office. This office was closed in the early 1980’s.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st concrete restoration project, Cleveland Clinic Employee Parking Garage.<\/p>\n(Image 1) Terry With Staff CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t 1st General Contracting cultural project, Western Reserve Library.<\/p>\n (Image) Western Reserve Library Groundbreaking (1983)<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st Design\/Build construction project – LTV Steel Welfare Building.<\/p>\n Mac Donley and Don Dreier named Vice Presidents.<\/p>\n New Marketing Slogan…<\/p>\n 1st Construction Management project, Timken Mercy Ambulatory Care Center<\/p>\n Willard Park Garage Construction<\/p>\n(Image 1) Willard Park Garage Construction CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Mac Donley named President.<\/p>\n (Image) Mac Donley, Terry Donley, Don Dreier<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Garage.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st Construction Management higher education project, Lake Erie College.<\/p>\n Construction begins on Louisville Design\/Build Parking Deck. \u00a0This marks Donley’s initial expansion outside the state of Ohio.<\/p>\n (Image) Louisville Parking Deck<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Donley’s expands into Mid-Atlantic region and opens office in Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n 1st\u00a0higher education project is completed in Virginia, University of Virginia Emmet Street Parking Deck<\/p>\n (Image) University of Virginia Emmet Street Parking Deck<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Donley’s acquires Blair Concrete in Raleigh, North Carolina, extending its geographic range of concrete services.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Mike Dilley becomes an owner of Donley’s.<\/p>\n\n\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Completes Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland, selected as one of the World’s Coolest Buildings.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Donley’s opens a second Southeast regional office in South Carolina.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Donley’s launches Safe-D safety program.<\/p>\n CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Awarded $300 million Cleveland Clinic\/CWRU Health Education Campus, its biggest project\u00a0ever.<\/p>\n (Images) Cleveland Clinic\/Case Western Reserve University Health Education Campus<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t DCG continues to expand its client base and footprint into 4 states (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia). <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Donley’s positioned itself for even stronger growth by selling the company’s Construction Management (CM) business to Independence Construction of Independence, Ohio, part of the DiGeronimo Family of Companies. The move will position Donley’s to continue investing in and growing its concrete business across multiple geographies.<\/p>\n\t Donley’s positioned itself for even stronger growth by selling the company’s Construction Management (CM) business to Independence Construction of Independence, Ohio, part of the DiGeronimo Family of Companies. The move will position Donley’s to continue investing in and growing its concrete business across multiple geographies.<\/p>\n\t Mike Dilley becomes President. Mike becomes the first person to hold the position outside the Donley family. Mac Donley continues as Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Donley’s enters the Florida market with its first project, Naples Beach Club.<\/p>\n![\"image12\"](\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/s3.donleyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/06170238\/image12.jpg\" "\\"image12\\"")
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\n(Image 2) Marketing Brochure<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t1966\n\t<\/h3>\n\t
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The company name changes from Ernest F. Donley’s Sons to Donley’s<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tLate 1960’s\n\t<\/h3>\n\t
\n(Image 2) Cuyahoga County Community College (1969)<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t1970’s\n\t<\/h3>\n\t
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\n(Image 2) Terry and Donley Brothers<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\n\t\t1982 – 2001\n\t<\/h1>\n
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\u00a0“General Contractors with a\u00a0Concrete Reputation”<\/b><\/h2>\n
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\n(Image 2) Willard Park Garage
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\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t2015\n\t<\/h3>\n\t
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\n\t\t2016 – TODAY\n\t<\/h1>\n
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