Industrial First, Inc. is a diversified specialty construction service organization. Since our founding in 1936, Industrial First has brought together many traditionally independent specialty construction services within a single organization.

Industrial First offers our customers single source responsibility, 24 hours a day, for the management and supply of construction labor, equipment and materials. The result of the Industrial First program is the professional and economical delivery of construction services.

Industrial First is based in Cleveland, Ohio with operations throughout northern and central Ohio. Industrial First's Columbus, Ohio office provides a local presence to better service our customers in the growing central Ohio area.

Industrial First provides a diversified group of specialty construction services including roofing, waterproofing, protective coating applications, architectural and industrial sheetmetal fabrication and installation, structural steel sales and erection and light steel fabrication. We also provide heavy and specialized in-plant rigging and erection services, perform millwright and boiler maker work and furnish and/or erect metal siding, metal decking, precast and natural stone.

Industrial First offers additional specialty construction services through two subsidiary corporations. Shippers Highway Express, Inc. established in 1947, is a major mechanical, electrical, medical and telecommunications equipment warehousing, trucking, and rigging operation with solid credentials in inventory management. Shippers Highway is located in Garfield Heights, Ohio, a short distance from our Cleveland office. Construction Materials Inc., with offices in both Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, distributes industrial and commercial insulation, insulation accessories and firestopping materials to owners and contractors in Northern and Central Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.