Heath companies’ legacy in Northern Colorado runs deep

FORT COLLINS — When Robert Heath founded the nascent Heath Engineering in Fort Collins in the 1940s, he could have little inkling that – three companies and nearly a century later – the Heath family business would persist. What’s more, that it would persist with one of his descendants leading the way.  But so it is; Robert’s great-grandson Tony DeMario assumed the presidency of Heath Steel LLC on Jan. 1 of this year.

Heath Steel, in partnership with the second and current iteration of Heath Engineering LLC, is a leading full-service provider of metal building supply and erection services in Northern…