QUALITY WORK ON TIME
QUALITY WORK ON TIME
With the third and fourth generations at the helm, Cliff Buzick’s founding promise to deliver “quality work on time” still drives everything we do. It’s a philosophy passed down through decades of steady leadership, skilled craftsmanship, and strong community ties.
From bourbon to banking, restaurants to rickhouses, Buzick projects share a common thread: integrity in execution and intention behind every detail. We don’t chase trends. We build what lasts.
Buzick Construction was founded in 1937 by Cliff Buzick, who first visited Bardstown, KY as a distillery equipment salesman. Upon discovering that many of his customers didn’t have anyone to install the equipment he was selling them, Buzick moved his family from Louisville to Bardstown and opened a construction business to meet the need.
In 1941, Buzick Construction finished construction on their first barrel storage warehouse for the Fairfield Distillery. From then on, the company became and remains the “go-to” builder for barrel warehouses, and maintains working relationships with many distilleries that go back to the start of the company.
When Cliff’s son, Donald, took over the company, he expanded the clientele to commercial businesses in addition to distilleries. The size of projects Buzick Construction built increased and diversified to include manufacturing plants, churches, and banks; all the while their relationship with the bourbon industry remained as strong as ever.
In 1975, Tom Blincoe, Donald’s son-in-law, joined the business. After working on local projects for a few years, in 1977 he moved with his family to Shelbyville, Tennessee to oversee the continuing job of building barrel storage warehouses for Jack Daniel’s Distillery, a distillery in Lynchburg that Buzick has had a relationship with since the 1940s. Tom oversaw the construction of 39 warehouses, completed in 1982.
In 1991, when Maker’s Mark needed a barrel storage warehouse, Tom wanted to find a better method of construction than building by hand. A system was developed that allowed the “heavy lifting” to be done with machines and equipment, making the construction process faster, safer and more economical.
Since 2000 Buzick has completed 255+ rack supported warehouses, 11,075,310+ barrel storage spaces, 8+ distilleries, and countless support facilities including construction or modifications to visitors’ centers and bourbon tours for many distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, including Heaven Hill, Four Roses, and Jim Beam.
Our culture isn’t just felt on-site—it travels home with every team member. It’s in the pride they carry to their families, the safety they bring to their communities, and the care they pour into each build. When you work with Buzick, you are part of something bigger because we stand tall together.
Buzick Construction, Inc.
702 Beechwood Ave. Bardstown, KY 40004
502-348-6401
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