Robert G. Tointon
From swinging a hammer to managing conglomerates, Robert G. Tointon spent over 42 years literally building Colorado’s engineering, contracting and manufacturing industries.
Tointon was born on May 19, 1933 on a farm near Smith Center, Kansas. In 1949 he moved with his family to Almiena, Kansas, where he was one of 19 students to graduate from the small-town high school. Tointon earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University in 1955, where he also graduated with honors. That same year, he married his wife Betty and went on to have two sons, Bill and Bryan.
In 1959 Tointon began working as a field engineer for Eby Construction in Wichita, Kansas after leaving the Air Force. He was transferred to Colorado to supervise the construction of a nuclear missile site near Briggsdale, and in 1963 he was hired by Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and moved to Greeley, Colorado. During his first year with the construction company, Tointon was an estimator, project engineer, superintendent and project manager. In 1964 he became vice president, and was elected president in 1975.
When Tointon first started with the company their volume was $8 million. By 1989, the combined revenue of the company’s five operating divisions was over $600 million. In June of that same year, Tointon along with Joe Phelps, Larry LaFollette and Mike Holland, split off two of the five divisions of the company to form Phelps-Tointon, Inc. Tointon is currently president of the company, which owns and operates Rocky Mountain Prestress, Inc., Southern Steel Co. and Armor Safe Technologies.
Tointon is a member of the Greeley Rotary and Colorado Forum. He is also a trustee of the Longs Peak Council of Boy Scouts, chairman of the Downtown Development Authority, director of the Economic Development Action Partnership and a board member with the Big Horn Institute. In an effort to provide K-12 principals, administrators and superintendents with the opportunity to become better leaders, Tointon started the Tointon Institute for Educational Change at the University of Northern Colorado. In 2002, he received the Bravo Entrepreneur Lifetime Achievement Award.
Tointon was born on May 19, 1933 on a farm near Smith Center, Kansas. In 1949 he moved with his family to Almiena, Kansas, where he was one of 19 students to graduate from the small-town high school. Tointon earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University in 1955, where he also graduated with honors. That same year, he married his wife Betty and went on to have two sons, Bill and Bryan.
In 1959 Tointon began working as a field engineer for Eby Construction in Wichita, Kansas after leaving the Air Force. He was transferred to Colorado to supervise the construction of a nuclear missile site near Briggsdale, and in 1963 he was hired by Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and moved to Greeley, Colorado. During his first year with the construction company, Tointon was an estimator, project engineer, superintendent and project manager. In 1964 he became vice president, and was elected president in 1975.
When Tointon first started with the company their volume was $8 million. By 1989, the combined revenue of the company’s five operating divisions was over $600 million. In June of that same year, Tointon along with Joe Phelps, Larry LaFollette and Mike Holland, split off two of the five divisions of the company to form Phelps-Tointon, Inc. Tointon is currently president of the company, which owns and operates Rocky Mountain Prestress, Inc., Southern Steel Co. and Armor Safe Technologies.
Tointon is a member of the Greeley Rotary and Colorado Forum. He is also a trustee of the Longs Peak Council of Boy Scouts, chairman of the Downtown Development Authority, director of the Economic Development Action Partnership and a board member with the Big Horn Institute. In an effort to provide K-12 principals, administrators and superintendents with the opportunity to become better leaders, Tointon started the Tointon Institute for Educational Change at the University of Northern Colorado. In 2002, he received the Bravo Entrepreneur Lifetime Achievement Award.
