The name Michuda traces back to Micuda, a Slavic surname rooted in a word meaning “forged work”—a name historically associated with the craft of the blacksmith. More than a century later, it is hard to imagine a more fitting beginning.
 

Tony and Leo Michuda came to Chicago from Czechoslovakia carrying little more than their carpentry skills, a formidable work ethic, and a belief in the American Dream. In 1919, they founded Michuda Brothers Construction.
 

There was no master plan. No outside capital. No shortcut.
 

Just tools, determination, and a simple conviction: you are only as good as your next job.

That philosophy has endured for five generations. The projects have grown larger. The work has become more complex. The tools have changed. But the standard has not.
 

More than 100 years after two brothers put their name on their work, Michuda still means exactly what it did at the beginning: forged work. Work done with purpose. Work built to endure.
 

Because for us, construction has never been only about buildings.
 

It is about what the work makes possible—and the people who depend on it.