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Brice Building Company was a construction firm founded in 1914 by Ralph Smallman and Houston Brice Sr as the Smallman-Brice Company. The company was incorporated on May 1, 1917. Brice assumed control of the firm in 1931.

Brice opened a division in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1952. In the early 1990s the Brice family sold the company to a partnership of D. Riley Stuart, Sam Dewey, Clyde Magnuson, Ben Nevins and Felix Drennen III. Stuart, who had worked for the company since 1955, served as chairman and CEO until his retirement in 1995. He returned to the company as director of safety programs and field operations from 2002 to 2008.

In 1997 Brice acquired Shreve Land Construction of Shreveport, Louisiana. In 2009 the company relocated its offices from the Crescent Building off Highland Avenue to the former Industrial Supplies Inc. warehouse in Oxmoor Valley (which it had built in 1994). The company's warehouse facility in Bessemer was also moved to the new headquarters complex.

In 2010 Brice was acquired by the Anderson Companies of Gulfport, Mississippi, its partner on several previous joint ventures. Anderton was acquired by the Tutor Perini Corporation of Sylmar, California a year later and merged into its Roy Anderson Corp. subsidiary. The company no longer has a presence in Birmingham.

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Notable projects

Bromberg's building, 1946
Parliament House, 1962
Liberty National Building expansion, 1971
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center, 1972-1976
Brookwood Village, 1974
Hyatt House, 1975
EBSCO headquarters building
Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital expansion
McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building, 1983
SouthTrust Tower, 1986
Children's Specialty Center South
Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, Hanceville
Southern Progress headquarters, 1990s
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport parking deck and flyover, 1999
Birmingham Museum of Art expansion
Elton Stephens Science Center, Birmingham-Southern College, 2000
MountainTop Community Church, 2001
Protective Life Corporation headquarters, 2001
Edgewood Town Center, 2003
Vulcan Park visitor's center and renovations, 2004
Cahaba Village (shopping center), 2007
Innovation Depot, 2007

References

Nicholson, Gilbert (October 27, 2000) "Brice Building Co. tackles big projects in metro area." Birmingham Business Journal
Cooper, Lauren B. (May 8, 2009) "Brice Building moving HQ to Oxmoor Valley from Southside." Birmingham Business Journal
Williams, Roy L. (April 16, 2010) "Brice Building Co. of Birmingham acquired by Anderson Cos. of Mississippi." The Birmingham News

External links

Brice Building Company website

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 '''Brice Building Company''' was a construction firm founded in [[1914]] by [[Ralph Smallman]] and [[Houston Brice Sr]] as the '''Smallman-Brice Company'''. The company was incorporated on [[May 1]], [[1917]]. Brice assumed control of the firm in [[1931]].
-Brice opened a division in New Orleans, Louisiana in [[1952]]. In the early 1990s the Brice family sold the company to [[Felix Drennen III]] and [[Ben Nevins]].
+Brice opened a division in New Orleans, Louisiana in [[1952]]. In the early 1990s the Brice family sold the company to a partnership of [[D. Riley Stuart]], [[Sam Dewey]], [[Clyde Magnuson]], [[Ben Nevins]] and [[Felix Drennen III]]. Stuart, who had worked for the company since [[1955]], served as chairman and CEO until his retirement in [[1995]]. He returned to the company as director of safety programs and field operations from [[2002]] to [[2008]].
-In [[1997]] Brice acquired Shreve Land Construction of Shreveport, Louisiana. Longtime field operations director [[D. Riley Stuart]] served as chairman and CEO until his retirement in [[1995]]. He returned to the company as director of safety programs and field operations from [[2002]] to [[2008]].
+In [[1997]] Brice acquired Shreve Land Construction of Shreveport, Louisiana.  In [[2009]] the company relocated its offices from the [[Crescent Building]] off [[Highland Avenue]] to the former [[Industrial Supplies Inc. warehouse]] in [[Oxmoor Valley]] (which it had built in [[1994]]). The company's warehouse facility in [[Bessemer]] was also moved to the new headquarters complex.
-In [[2009]] the company relocated its offices from the [[Crescent Building]] off [[Highland Avenue]] to the former [[Industrial Supplies Inc. warehouse]] in [[Oxmoor Valley]] (which it had built in [[1994]]). The company's warehouse facility in [[Bessemer]] was also moved to the new headquarters complex.
 In [[2010]] Brice was acquired by the Anderson Companies of Gulfport, Mississippi, its partner on several previous joint ventures. Anderton was acquired by the Tutor Perini Corporation of Sylmar, California a year later and merged into its Roy Anderson Corp. subsidiary. The company no longer has a presence in Birmingham.