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Dean Rinehart Dan Compston War Room
Maintenance Complex (previously Westerville Highway War Room)
(new facility at Westerville Campus)
Dan Compston graduated from The Ohio State
Dean Rinehart started with Kokosing in 1971 in University and joined Kokosing in 1977. Dan
the mechanic shop where he spent his career shirt- exhibited exemplary leadership abilities in the field
sleeve managing Kokosing’s field equipment needs. and was promoted to vice president of the highway
Dean used his extensive knowledge of mechanics division in 1983 and to president in 2015. He
to develop an outstanding field maintenance guided Kokosing through the unfamiliar market
program, and was not fazed by seemingly impossible sector, executing strategic moves and managing the
challenges. Two noteworthy equipment challenges work with great detail and attention. After over 40
included the construction of the IHC ladder bucket years of hard work, Kokosing Construction Company
dredge named the “Tiger” after Brad Burgett, and the is one of the nation’s largest heavy highway
relocation and rebuilding of a Bucyrus Erie 380W contractors. Dan cultivated many team members into
16-yard walking dragline. Dean was instrumental in the next generation of leaders that continue on with
other areas of Kokosing’s growth including acting his passion to build people and projects.
as the inaugural president of Kokosing Materials,
Inc. Dean’s contributions cannot be measured; his
leadership and hands-on involvement with his team
of mechanics kept the award-winning Kokosing
equipment fleet in excellent condition.
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