Otte Construction, Inc.
Company History

Started in 1928 by Karl Otte, Sr., as Karl Otte Contractor & Builder constructing houses in Northeast Nebraska and progressed into a commercial builder specializing in churches.

By the late 1930’s, Karl, Sr. was established in Wayne and that is where the company was to stay. In the late 1950’s, three of Karl Sr.’s five sons, Karl, Kurt and Paul assumed control of the company and changed the name to Otte Construction Company.

Otte Construction Company followed in the same steps as their father by continuing to build homes as well as commercial projects. In September of 1994 Jeff Morlok, a third generation Otte, purchased the company from his uncles, as they were wanting to semi-retire, and again changing the name slightly to Otte Construction, Inc. Kurt and Karl remained on staff to perform estimating duties for a few years and are now occasionally performing work on a consulting basis.

Since 1994, Otte Construction Inc. has added several key employees and enjoyed watching the company’s annual volume grow from $750,000.00 per year to $3,750,000.00 in 2002.