Joseph M. Kaiser

Joseph M. Kaiser
Joseph M. Kaiser (BS 70, MS 71)
Executive Vice President
BSI Constructors Inc.

CEEAA Distinguished Alumni Award, 2011

For superior technical and administrative leadership demonstrated in the management of construction projects in the St. Louis area, including technically complex facilities, significant architectural structures and major renovations and restorations.

Biography

After graduation from the University of Illinois, Joseph M. Kaiser spent four years as an officer in the U. S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, with assignments at the Naval Air Station, Guam, and Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. During this period, he also co-authored with Professor Ronald Woodhead two published professional papers on decision making in the construction industry, which were an extension of his graduate studies at Illinois. His next two and a half years were with United Parcel Service, in their construction group. For the past 32 years, he has worked for two major general contractors, the last 25 of which have been with BSI Constructors in St. Louis, where he currently serves as Executive Vice President. During this time period, he has served as project manager or project executive on projects with total construction value in excess of $1.3 billion. Many of these projects have received local and national awards.

Kaiser has been very active in the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis, serving as chairman of various committees, Trustee of the Education Foundation and currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. He has been an instructor for more than 25 evening courses for construction project managers and superintendents over the past 20 years.

He has also been active in his community, holding many leadership offices, including school board president of his parish school and a five-year term as parish trustee. He also serves on the Leadership Council at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center on the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Kaiser's wife, Pat, and two oldest sons, Doug and Greg, are also University of Illinois alumni.