At Neumann, we value our clients and believe that value is rooted in the long-standing relationships we have built throughout Des Moines and the surrounding areas. Since our founding in 1912, building and maintaining trust has been a core focus of our work. These...
Start Your Engines: Dennis Albaugh Suite Tower Set to Transform Knoxville Raceway with Neumann’s Assist
Excitement revs up at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum as Neumann Brothers gears up for a new chapter with the groundbreaking of the Dennis Albaugh Suite Tower! Scheduled to open for the 2025 season at the Knoxville Raceway, this new tower promises to...
LeBaron Hall project embraces Neumann’s history and looks to the future
When Neumann Brothers broke ground on its first project at then-Iowa State College in 1927, some of the students at the time had attended classes alongside Jack Trice, the pioneering athlete who remains the namesake of the football stadium. Since our local...
Neumann Brothers Receives 2022 Master Builders of Iowa’s Masters Award for Iowa State University Stark Performance Center
Neumann Brothers received the 2022 Master Builders of Iowa’s Masters Award for this project in the $25 million+ category! We are so proud of the entire team for their innovation, excellence, and dedication to the state-of-the-art Iowa State Stark Performance Center....
New Project Completed: Webster County Courthouse
Neumann Brothers is proud to share the completion of the Webster County Courthouse historical restoration project in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Originally built in 1902, the Webster County Courthouse is a four-story Classical Revival-style building located in the heart of...
New Project Completed: Missouri Valley JATC
Neumann is excited to announce the completion of the Missouri Valley Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) project! The Missouri Valley JATC building is a state-of-the-art training facility for the Missouri Valley Line Constructors located in Indianola,...
New Project Completed: Edna Griffin Building
Neumann Brothers is proud to have been the general contractor on the Edna Griffin building completed earlier this year. Originally constructed in 1885, the building has been home to various retailers, banks, restaurants, office space, and apartment tenants. Over the...
All Systems Go: Rare Two Crane Lift at ISU Sports Facility
Recently, Neumann Brothers project team completed a critical lift at Iowa State University’s Sports Performance Center on the north end of Jack Trice Stadium. This project needed to lift a 38′ tall, 220′ long truss that weighed 92 tons. That’s about as long as the...
Ten Years Later: Looking back on the World Food Prize
Ten years ago Neumann Brothers kicked off the $23 million restoration of the historic 1903 Des Moines Public Library building into the headquarters for the World Food Prize Foundation. The three-phase project took two and a half years to complete and was the first...
Looking Back: Barbican Sculpture
What started as an idea for a waterfall feature in a penthouse suite entryway at the Barbican, turned into this one-of-a-kind, two-story sculpture made with dichroic glass. The sculpture was completed in March, 2014. Brought in from Germany, dichroic glass is produced...
Under Construction: Remodeling LMC
In 2003, Neumann Brothers was hired to completely remodel LMC Insurance & Risk Management’s West Des Moines office space. Now, 16 years later, we have been hired again to assist LMC with pre-planning, budgeting and construction of their new 29,154 SF tenant...
New Beginnings: Work Starts on Fairfield Inn Project
We have been selected as the Construction Manager Agent for a new four-story, 76 room Fairfield Inn in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Our team will be supporting the Oskaloosa Gateway Hotel, LLC (Owner) and working closely with their representatives and trade contractors on...
Expanding BH Management’s Office Space
Neumann Brothers is working once again with BH Management to remodel and expand their existing tenant space in the Capital Square building. The team completed BH Management’s current space renovation in 2017. The current expansion project will add 7,500 square feet of...
Under Construction: Renovating Polk County Historic Courthouse
We’re back at the Polk County Courthouse – this time to renovate and restore the interior of the building. Demolition work for this hard-bid project is officially underway. Over the next two and a half years, we will complete the historic restoration of 135,063 square...
All Systems Go: Final System Tests for Polk County Criminal Courts
During the closeout portion of a project, system tests are conducted to make sure we’re turning over a working product to our clients. At the Polk County Criminal Courts project, one test that had to be completed was a test of the smoke evacuation system. This test...
Understanding the State Historical Preservation Office
Throughout our 107 year history, we have completed countless historical restoration projects. These projects require careful consideration to preserve and restore the original, historically significant aspects of the space. Some owners will elect to receive a tax...
















