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The Shelly Company History

Charles J. Shelly founded his construction company in 1938. From the start, the Shelly Company focused on surfacing roads to a high standard. The company survived the Depression era through being competitive and, more importantly, performing high-quality work. Then, as now, the Shelly Company excelled because of its outstanding employees and their superior work.

Quality Drives Early Success

By the 1950s, the Shelly Company became synonymous with exceptional road construction throughout central Ohio. This reputation was a byproduct not just of size, but also the company’s intense focus on customer service and quality.

Soon the Shelly Company owned not only equipment, but the manufacturing equipment necessary to create road building materials. In 1961, Shelly procured its first portable asphalt plant, ushering in a new era for the expanding company.

Bigger Is Better

Shelly made its first of many acquisitions when it bought the larger L. P. Cavett Company of Lockland, Ohio. That acquisition provided inroads for Shelly in both the Cincinnati area and Indiana.

The success of that acquisition led to many others throughout the 1970s and continuing today. Shelly now has 24 subsidiaries in Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia. Most of these acquisitions were companies that grew to know and trust Shelly after doing business with the company, and often longtime owners approached Shelly with an offer to sell to a trusted business partner.

The Road More Traveled

If you’ve driven anywhere in Ohio, chances are you’ve been on a road that Shelly was involved in constructing. Our 42 asphalt plants make us one of the larger asphalt-producing companies in the nation.

We’re not only proud of the size and breadth of our enterprise, we’re proud of how we became so successful. Our success comes from quality, the trust we earn from our clients and environmentally sound practices. We couldn’t continue growing without firm commitments to all of those strengths.

Great Roads with Great Care

The Shelly Company’s Quality Control Department (QCD) designs and test materials to ensure excellent results, but their jobs extend beyond innovation and excellence. The QCD also ensures the Shelly meets and exceeds environmental and safety regulations.

Shelly is rightly proud of its commitment to the environment and its employees. The QCD finds solutions before problems happen in the workplace or the environment, and we employ an equal opportunity office to ensure a fair workplace. But Shelly goes above and beyond government requirements to provide a safe, clean and fair company because that’s the way we’ve always done business – the right way.

Impressive Growth

CRH, plc purchased the Shelly Holding Company in February of 2000. Since the purchase, Shelly has grown significantly through additional acquisitions. Shelly employs about 3,000 employees during the busiest construction months of May through October. Shelly continues to enjoy impressive growth through acquisitions and its outstanding products and services.

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