Decker Construction Co

Decker Construction Co is a construction company in Columbus, OH, located at 3040 McKinley Ave. The company was founded in the 1950s by Ed Decker and has evolved through ownership changes including Marble Cliff Quarries, Medusa Aggregates, and The Crane Corporation before becoming independent. Roger Apple and Fritz Smith took ownership in 1981, and Apple remains chairman of the board. Decker Construction serves a five-county area in central Ohio, completing hundreds of commercial and public projects annually.

The company operates in four distinct divisions. The Paving division handles projects from driveways to highways. The Construction division focuses on road widening, excavation, underdrain installation, and storm sewer installation. The Concrete division specializes in flatwork and large-scale wheelchair ramp projects, having built tens of thousands of ramps locally to support ADA compliance. The Asphalt Maintenance division offers street utility cut repair, pothole repair, and pavement removal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Decker Construction is pre-qualified by ODOT and the City of Columbus for asphalt paving projects and has received honors from Flexible Pavements.

Specialized business units support these operations. The Apple-Smith Corporation operates a year-round asphalt materials batch plant on McKinley Avenue, distributing Trackless Tack, recycled crushed aggregates, and Amor-Tile detectable warning devices. The Greensboro Corporation, operating as Flash Fill, manufactures and distributes Control Density Fill, a fast-setting flowable backfill material that can be paved in 30 minutes. The company employs multiple paving and concrete crews trained to OSHA standards and uses exclusive Thermal Master and Patch Master units for permanent asphalt repair.

Decker Construction provides comprehensive milling services, with machines capable of milling 13 inches deep and 4 feet wide in a single pass. The company also offers stone-based construction, including subgrade preparation and gravel parking lots. With over sixty years of experience, the firm delivers asphalt paving, concrete construction, and maintenance services to public, commercial, and residential customers throughout central Ohio.

Decker Construction Co combines decades of local expertise with specialized equipment to deliver high-quality pavement solutions to the Columbus community.

Decker Construction Co sits at 3040 McKinley Avenue, a location just meters from the main road it shares its name with. The site is also near West 5th Avenue and sits within walking distance of Campbell Memorial Park and Shrum Mound.

BizScoreAI gives the business a Technical score of 81 out of 100, which ensures the website is secure and readable for search engines without errors. The company also achieves a Discoverability score of 75 out of 100, allowing AI crawlers to access every page so the business can be recommended by AI assistants.

Services:

• Asphalt Maintenance and Repair
• Asphalt Paving
• Concrete Construction
• Excavation and Utility Installation
• RCC Paving