About us

1972: Bought Ann Arbor Construction Co. – which consisted of 4 asphalt plants and 2 ready mix concrete plants.

1974: RAC in Jackson was purchased from Al Glick of Arlo Steel fame

1975: 2 of the asphalt plants were sold- which eventually became Doan construction. Metro Detroit projects being completed- 1-94 and 275

1976: Limestone Quarry opened, resulting in the vertical integration of our business. We produced the aggregates, made the specification asphalt cement, produced the asphalt mix at our various plants, and paved it on the roads with our crews. This vertical integration is one of the keys to the success of the company today.

1982: Globe Construction in Kalamazoo in from the Edison family

1983: GRA in Grand Rapids was purchased from Leonard Maas

1985: Woodland Paving in Grand Rapids was purchased from the Veltings and Mosey family

1985: Spartan Asphalt in Lansing was purchased from Deac Goff and Larry Albert

1988: The company acquired the Traverse Asphalt plant in Travers City from Terry Forsberg (later sold in 1993).

1988: TM Oil was established at the Whitmore Lake plant site.

1991: The Monroe Oil Terminal was opened with two AC tanks. Over the next few years, the facility grew to include seven HMA tanks, a rail spur to unload 24 cars at a time, access to the Raisin River to unload barges, and construction of an emulsion facility.

1993: TM Quarry opened at the Newport site

1995 & 1996: Additional portable gravel operations were started.

1999: Sold for $422 million, which Bob and Ellen Thompson shared with the 550 workers and saving towards future investments. The company was later renamed Michigan Paving and Materials. In August of 1999 the company purchased the South Kent Gravel company from the three Fenema brothers, adding two additional gravel plants.

2001: The Klett Construction Company was purchased from Jim Klett adding two additional Asphalt plants (Lawrence and Cassopolis — closed in 2002). In 2002 Thompson Asphalt was acquired (closed in 2007).

2003 May: The SE Johnson acquisition was completed adding three Limestone quarries and one sand and gravel operation.

2003 June: Michigan Paving and the Edward C. Levy Company joined together and created Cadillac Asphalt LLC — a joint venture. The joint venture had four asphalt plants in the Metro Detroit area.

2003 July: One of the Limestone quarries from the SEJ acquisition was traded for the Denniston quarry.

2011: Cadillac acquired the Shelby Asphalt Plant, and in 2013 MPM acquired both Waterland Trucking and the Rockwood quarry.

2015: Both MPM and Cadillac purchased all of the Michigan based assets of the Barrett Corporation. MPM acquired the Alma liquid terminal and three sand and gravel properties. Cadillac acquired four asphalt plants located in Ann Arbor, Romulus, Troy and Mt. Clemens.

2019: Cadillac reached an agreement with the Gerkin Company to lease the asphalt plant at the Denniston quarry.