Clark Construction, also referred to as Clark Construction Group, LLC, is a construction firm headquartered in
Bethesda, Maryland, and founded in 1906. The company had 2018 annual revenue of more than $5 billion,
and is one of the largest commercial and civil contractors in the country.
[ Some projects include Capital One Arena, and L'Enfant Plaza,][
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History
The company traces its founding to the George Hyman Construction Company, an excavating company, in 1906. Business boomed, as it initially had the only steam shovel
A steam shovel is a large steam-powered excavating machine designed for lifting and moving material such as rock and soil. It is the earliest type of power shovel or excavator. Steam shovels played a major role in public works in the 19th and e ...
in Washington. The company began doing construction work in 1923; its first such contract was with Wheatley Junior High School. The company was involved in numerous military construction projects during World War II.[https://www.clarkconstruction.com/about]
Hyman died in 1959 and was succeeded by his nephew Benjamin Rome.[
In 1969, A. James Clark bought the company from the Hyman family][ and oversaw major growth including one of its earliest projects L'Enfant Plaza in Washington. Clark formed a separate company in 1977 for non-union projects in the Washington area (Hyman legally could not bid on such projects).][
In 2016, a year after Clark died, firm management bought the company from its parent Clark Enterprises, leaving the parent to concentrate on its private equity, financial and real estate markets.][
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Subsidiaries
*C3M Power Systems - a transportation systems contractor
*Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate - a developer and asset manager of public buildings and infrastructure
*Guy F. Atkinson Construction - a heavy civil contractor
*Shirley Contracting Company - a transportation and heavy civil construction services company
References
External links
* {{official web site, http://www.clarkconstruction.com
Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States
Companies based in Bethesda, Maryland
Privately held companies based in Maryland
American companies established in 1906
1906 establishments in Maryland