Thor Construction

General Contracting Construction Management Consulting

Richard Copeland, CEO of Thor Construction, Inc., was recently inducted into MEDA's Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame for his on-going leadership in the minority business community. MEDA is recognizing Mr. Copeland as a role model for "showing positive business results, creating good jobs, operating with integrity and giving back to the community."

Mr. Copeland, who is involved in many MEDA programs, is a strong supporter of MEDA's Construction Partnering Program, (CPP) which was created to increase construction opportunities for minority firms in the metropolitan area.

2008 Answering the Call, Martin Luther King, Jr. Local Legend Award
2007, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 Listing in Black Enterprise's 100 Largest Black Owned Businesses
2006 National Minority Contractors Association
- Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Award - Richard Copeland, CEO, Thor Construction, Inc.
2006 Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA) - Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame Inductee
- Richard Copeland, CEO, Thor Construction, Inc.
2005 U.S. Small Business Man of the Year Nominee - Richard Copeland, CEO, THOR Construction, Inc.
2004 Minority Business of the Year Award - City of Las Vegas and State of Nevada
2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year - Finalist - Richard Copeland, CEO, THOR Construction, Inc.
2003 Entrepreneur of the Year - Master of Business Administration
2003 Entrepreneur of the Year - Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2003 Entrepreneur of the Year - National Black Minority Business Association
2002 Minority Supplier of the Year - Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council
2002 Committee On The Environment (CUE) Award - Project: Witches Hat Tower Renovation, presented by the City of Minneapolis Planning Department
2001 Contractor of the Year - Construction Management Association (CMA) 2000 Committee On The Environment (CUE) Award
- presented by City of Minneapolis Planning Department Project: Park Avenue United Methodist Church
1999 Outstanding Usage of Poured-in-Place Concrete Award - presented by the Minnesota Concrete and Masonry Association
SRI Award (need help with information on this award)
1992 Entrepreneur of the Year - Charles W. Poe Award (MEDA)
1992 National Supplier of the Year - National Minority Supplier Development Council - Project: University of Minnesota's Large Animal Holding Facility Category: Commercial - Functional
1990 Economic Development Award - Senator Rudy Boschwitz
1990 Minority Supplier of the Year - MMSDC
1990 Administrator's Minority Business Enterprise Award - USA Dept. of Trans.