ABC honored two longtime members with life membership on June 24 at ABC’s National Board of Directors meeting in Washington, D.C., during ABC’s annual Legislative Conference. Former ABC National chairs David R. Meyer, the Meyer Cos., Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and Greg Hoberock, hth cos. inc., Union, Missouri, were recognized for their extensive service to ABC at the national level.

Meyer has decades of involvement with ABC, serving as president of ABC’s Heart of America chapter in 1999, Region 2 vice chair from 2002 to 2005 and the 2007 ABC National chair. He also served on ABC’s National Board of Directors and as chair of the Free Enterprise Alliance.

The Meyer Cos. is a design/build construction firm offering services to commercial, industrial and institutional users in and around Kansas City, Missouri. David and Roger Meyer founded the company in 1977, and it continues to be a family-owned and -operated business.

Hoberock joined ABC in 1986 and served as Heart of America chapter chair in 1991 and chapter vice chair in 1990. After serving on the ABC National Board of Directors, he was elected the 2013 ABC national chair. He also chaired ABC’s Construction Legal Rights Foundation, which supports precedent-setting legal issues or legal issues in defense of contractors and the principles of merit shop construction.

In 1984, hth cos. was founded by Hoberock as a family-owned mechanical contracting firm. In its more than 40-year history, hth cos. has expanded its service offerings to include mechanical insulation, scaffold erection, industrial cleaning and maintenance, welding, pipefitting and confined space rescue. Today, Hoberock’s son and daughter run the company.