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6 - WELCOME HOME 2016-2017
R.K. Redding
Construction Celebrates
25th Anniversary
By: Geoff Parker
When Randall Redding, owner of R.K.
Redding Construction Company decides
to take a few days off, he is not concerned
about leaving the office. “I stay connected
all the time in case someone has a question
but we have such a professional, talented
employee base, I know that the company
will be in the same shape when I return to
the office,” said Randall Redding.
RKR was established in 1991 initially
with Randall Redding and a former part-
ner. Tony and Debbie Lovvern joined the
company as additional partners until 1996
when the Lovverns left to form their own
organization. “We are still a private busi-
ness. Our first contract was with a grocery
store in Tallapoosa which was a major job
for a new business. From there we were for-
tunate enough to land an assignment with
Big B Drugstores, part of the Bruno’s super-
market chain. We ended up building 36
drugstores in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida
and Georgia over a period of five years,”
Redding said.
“We also built a 12 story condominium
structure in Orange Beach, Alabama (Nau-
tilus Condominiums) with elevators to
each floor considering that there was only
one unit per floor. These condos were up-
scale and the project took us a little over
a year to complete. Considering that RKR
was only in business five years prior to this