Clark Construction, also referred to as Clark Construction Group, LLC, is a construction firm headquartered in
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in ...
, 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
Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. It has been largely considered to be a commercial success ...
, and L'Enfant Plaza
L'Enfant Plaza is a complex of four commercial buildings grouped around a large plaza in the Southwest section of Washington, D.C., United States. Immediately below the plaza and the buildings is the "La Promenade" shopping mall."The L'Enfant c ...
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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 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
Alfred James Clark (December 2, 1927 – March 20, 2015) was an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He was chairman and CEO of Clark Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The company's largest subsidiary is Clar ...
bought the company from the Hyman family[ and oversaw major growth including one of its earliest projects ]L'Enfant Plaza
L'Enfant Plaza is a complex of four commercial buildings grouped around a large plaza in the Southwest section of Washington, D.C., United States. Immediately below the plaza and the buildings is the "La Promenade" shopping mall."The L'Enfant c ...
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