Building Excellence

Since 1976, Ronco Construction has been building and delivering exceptional construction projects and perfecting the client-centric construction experience. Ronco is one of the most established Midwest construction services providers — completing projects from Oklahoma City to Sioux Falls. From industrial and multi-family, to hospitality and education, to historic and commercial, our portfolio of projects not only represents the community where we work and live but showcases our philosophy of building excellence through teamwork.

Our blueprint for success is simple — hire the best, complete high-quality work, build relationships that last.

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OUR MISSION

Provide creative solutions for complex construction projects.

We build with pride and integrity, and work from the principles of trust, skill and safety.

OUR VISION

Set the benchmark for construction services.

As a construction services provider, we strive day in, day out to meet one constant goal: improve the way our team delivers quality construction projects.

OUR VALUES

INTEGRITY

We do what’s right, because it’s right.

SAFETY

See something. Say something.

TEAMWORK

We’re in this together, day in and day out.

1970s

Ron and Linda Olsen formed Linde Construction Co. Linde was a union general contractor serving eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

1976

Linde completes the first project – an expansion to the circulation towers for the University of Nebraska Omaha.

1977

1980s

Ronco Construction Co. was formed in 1982 as a non-union sister company to Linde Construction Co., serving the Midwest region. Ronco purchases Schafer’s chicken farm near 72nd and Blondo Streets and transforms the original farm building, constructed in 1920, into its headquarters, where the company is still located today.

1982

Ronco was awarded the Dillon Inn hotel project (now operating as AmericInn by Wyndham Omaha) at 98th and Dodge Streets. At the time, this was the largest project ever awarded to Nebraska non-union general contractor.

1984

Linde reaches the 100-employee mark. There are several projects underway at Offutt Air Force Base, including the administration building, barracks building, and fifth increment base housing.

1989

1990s

Ronco is awarded nine projects for $18.7M from Bellevue Public schools to build new construction and remodel existing elementary schools to better serve the city of Bellevue.

Ronco completes a two-year addition and renovation to Omaha South High School

1992

Linde Construction and Ronco Construction Co. merged as one company in 1999 as Ronco Construction. Ronco is awarded nearly $50M in Omaha Public Schools projects, including two new elementary schools and the three-year expansion of the King Science Center Magnet School.

1999

2000s

Ronco wins contracts to expand and renovate Bellevue East and Bellevue West High Schools.

2000

Founder Ron Olsen passed away at the age of 65. Zak Olsen takes over as the second-generation President.

2007

Ronco starts infrastructure division and completes its first major project — two open parking lots, MECA lots A and D, to prepare for the construction of Charles Schwab field (formerly TD Ameritrade Park) in north downtown Omaha.

2008

Zak Olsen is appointed the president of the Associated General Contractors of America Nebraska Building Chapter.

2015

Ronco begins working on Hilton’s Hampton Inn Carefree in Carefree, Ariz. This is the first Ronco job in the state of Arizona.

2018

Ronco completed its first Heliwall installation at the LinkedIn project located at 132nd and Pacific Streets.

2019

2020s

Ronco opens a new office location in Kansas City in the Crossroads Art District, in the remodeled historic landmark Corrigan Station. Ronco begins work on the Fairfield by Marriott Gladstone in Gladstone, Mo., outside of Kansas City. This is the first Ronco job in the state of Missouri.

2020

Ronco purchased a Potain MDT 289 crane which is the first of its kind in North America. It was erected on its first project, Hilton’s Hampton Inn at UNMC, in July 2022.

2022

After cutting his teeth building civic and infrastructure projects throughout Omaha in the 50s and 60s, Ronco Construction’s founder Ron Olsen recognized a hole in the commercial sector. So, he took a chance and jumped in with both feet.

It started with Linde Construction, a union shop specializing in the government and education sectors, completing many high-profile projects in the Omaha metro such as Central High School, University of Nebraska circulation towers and the Offutt Air Force Base barracks. As Linde and the city of Omaha grew, Ron and his wife Linda started Ronco Construction Co. as a non-union sister company in 1982, adding a formidable competitor to the non-union market. In 1999, the two companies merged and work today as Ronco Construction.

Following in the footsteps of our founder, Ronco has been constructing and delivering projects of remarkable scope and complexity, and has become one of the most established Midwest contractors — completing projects from Oklahoma City to Sioux Falls.