Tony Riccardi Sr.

Tony Riccardi Sr.
Tony Riccardi Sr. (BS 65)
President
William A. Randolph Inc.

CEEAA Distinguished Alumni Award, 2015

For a demonstrated high degree of competence and leadership in the civil engineering profession through long and hard work; for his achievements in successful projects including retail, special use, hospitality and hotel, residential, design build, institutional, industrial and office, healthcare, and nuclear power plants; and for proven leadership as a man of faith whose philanthropy, though great, often goes unnoticed.

Biography

Tony Riccardi Sr. is President and owner of William A. Randolph Inc. and one of the founding members and driving forces for the growth and success of the company. Tony’s strong work ethic and values including honesty, direct communication and excellence, set the tone for the organization and have helped William A. Randolph become a leading General Contractor Commercial Builder serving the retail, hospitality, office, education and industrial construction markets.

Tony’s vision has guided William A. Randolph throughout his tenure. From the late 1960s through the early 1990s, the firm concentrated on Illinois infrastructure construction. This included potable water and sewage treatment plants, water reservoirs, pumping stations, nuclear and fossil fueled electric generating stations, bridges, all types of work related to oil refineries, chemical plants, manufacturing plants and heavy industrial buildings, Category 1 work in existing and new nuclear power plants.

As infrastructure spending declined, William A. Randolph refocused its attention to building construction. In the early 1990s, the firm built everything from hotels, convention centers, parking decks, schools, office buildings, prisons, restaurants and retail centers. Now considered one of the premiere commercial contractors in the Midwestern United States, William A. Randolph continues to grow and expand under Riccardi’s tutelage.