Prior to serving in the U.S. Army, in 1935 Leroy Howard started his career as a construction laborer with Brown & Root (now KBR). In 1937 he hired on with Clay C. KIng, Inc. where he was quickly promoted to foreman. Then in 1942 given his demonstrated skills and leadership ability, he accepted an offer to work with Glades Construction where he worked until he was called to serve in the military.

After the war, Glade welcomed him back, but he found himself working under men he had once supervised. So when an elderly lady approached the men working on her street and asked if one of them wanted to pour a set of concrete steps for her, our founder eagerly accepted the opportunity to be his own boss. As he finished the steps, a couple of the neighbors and then a friend of the lady who's steps he poured were all admiring his work and calling for him to build their porches, sidewalks, driveways and so on.

Over the years, by word of mouth Leroy Howard "Concrete Contractor" grew to serve thousands of residential and smaller commercial customers around the Fort Worth area where his motto was "Don't cuss, Call us".

In the 1980's our founder began to turn the business slowly over to his son Randle. Randle who had worked with his dad summers and weekends, graduated from Texas State University in 1981. While working as an account representative for Motorola, Inc until 1983, he couldn't help but notice that the company had a stong customer base, established vendors and customers that kept returning, so he decided to leave Motorola to carry on  the family business and has been the leader of the company ever since.

Over the next few years the younger Howard shifted the primary focus of the business from residential to commercial contracting. Today, the company employs around 30 employees with an additional administrative staff of 7.  Annual sales of the company is around 13 million. Our client base includes companies such as Walmart, Lockheed Martin, TXDOT, Department of Defense and TU utilities.

Over the years the company has changed its name to reflect its expanded services: General Contracting & Consulting, Commercial & Residential Concrete, Site Utilities, Lighting, Fences, Landscaping, MBE,DBE & HUB certified.

A lot in the world has changed for RD Howard Construction since that first set of steps. However, our core principles have not. Prompt, safe, quality work at a fair price established by our founder more than 63 years ago still remains. So what can we build for you?

Randle D. Howard - President