About Us

1907 George “Geo” W Kemper started Kemper Construction Company in Minot, North Dakota. The first big project was digging the basement of the St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Minot with mules and drag buckets. In 1910, he purchased the first steam shovel in North Dakota and later acquired a steam trencher.

In 1935 Geo W Kemper retired. Kemper Construction Company of Los Angeles diversified into tunneling with Max Kemper becoming the President of Kemper Construction of Los Angeles. Paul Kemper graduated from the University of North Dakota with a BS in Civil Engineering and in 1935 became the Secretary/Treasurer of Kemper Construction in Los Angeles. 

In 1972 Paul’s son, George W Kemper, graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of North Dakota. In 1976, George returned to Minot to run a crew for Kemper Construction Company, become the Vice President in 1978 and assumed ownership and the presidency of the company in 1985. Under George’s leadership, Kemper Construction Company diversified into trenchless construction and performed the first large scale water main pipeline bursting project in New Town, North Dakota installing 20,000 linear feet of 6” water main and numerous services.