Keith D. Smith Concrete

A Successful Business Built On Strong Family Values

From the Kitchen Table to a Leading Regional Contractor

Husband and wife team Keith and Ellen Smith opened Keith D. Smith Concrete Contractor, Incorporated in May of 1994. With financial help from close friends and all their assets on the line, they started with an old pickup truck, a wheelbarrow, some hand tools, and two employees. Their shop was a shed in their back yard and their office was the kitchen table.

Keith managed all field operations, estimating, and project procurement…while Ellen handled all secretarial work and took care of the home and children. The first projects were mainly residential and light commercial work. The days were long and the nights longer, but in just 2 years, the couple grew their small business to eight employees.

In 1996 they moved their shop from their backyard to a small warehouse in Hanover, Pennsylvania which had just enough room to house all the material and equipment. Keith always believed in staying up-to-date with the newest concrete technologies, and the same year he brought decorative stamp concrete to the region. Demand for stamp concrete continued to grow and it remains one of the company’s most successful products.

In 1998 the company had grown to 16 employees and it was time for a larger shop location. They settled on a small five-acre farmette in South Hanover—which is where the current shop location is today.

Between 1996 and 1999 the company began servicing large commercial projects. The company was completing million-square-foot warehouse floors and tilt wall panels on a daily basis. In the early 2000’s the company purchased a dump truck and some excavating equipment. Additionally, in 2002, L&S Formless Curb Company was opened, a division of Keith D. Smith Concrete Contractor, Incorporated.

From 2002 to 2007 the company continued to grow, adding both office and field employees as well as adding many other services to better serve their clients’ concrete needs.

In 2008, the company made a big push into the very specialized fields of decorative concrete offering concrete countertops, concrete engraving and staining, concrete polishing, as well as concrete restoration.

Today the company is almost 17 years old and has placed and finished millions of square feet of concrete. We operate with between 38 and 40 employees and handle all facets of concrete construction, no matter how large, small, or complex.