History/Leadership
History
Quality work and safety are characteristics that have shaped the philosophy of Thomson & Co., Inc. Civil Contractors since its beginning.
Our company was formed in 1984 as M & A Construction Co., Inc., a seven-person civil-construction firm based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Initially, we were just a residential-site contractor. Currently, Thomson & Co., Inc. Civil Contractors is a 45-person firm and a leader in both private and public-civil construction in the Wilmington area.
Repeat work from our customers has followed our commitment to value engineering on all jobs.
Thomson & Co., Inc. Civil Contractors
5707 Market St.
P.O. Box 12167
Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: 910-791-2733
Fax: 910-791-2797
Leadership
Robert E. Thomson, Jr., PE
President and CEO
Thomson & Co., Inc.
Bob Thomson graduated from Clemson with a BSCE in 1969. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, where he served for two years working at the B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake Construction Project near Raleigh, North Carolina.
Upon leaving the service, he worked as an engineer on water and sewer projects for three years with W. M. Piatt & Co. Engineers in their Winston Salem, North Carolina branch office.
In 1975, Bob returned to the Corps of Engineers and worked in the Construction Branch of the Wilmington District where he eventually became its chief. In 1982, he became chief of the Operations Branch, responsible for a staff of 100 whom operated and maintained dredges, a marine construction vessel, locks, dams, drawbridges, hydropower plants and associated-maintenance facilities.
In 1989, Bob left the Corps of Engineers and became a partner in and manager of a seven-person civil-construction firm called M & A Construction Co., Inc. in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The company has grown to 45 people and is now known as Thomson & Co., Inc. Civil Contractors. Thomson does civil-construction work for local developers, governments and industries.
Bob has a wife of over 30 years, Mary, who is a CPA, practicing in Wilmington. Bob enjoys their Labrador Retriever, coastal fishing and playing bass in a blue-grass music band that's composed of all civil engineers.
