Flatiron Construction Corporation, a subsidiary of
Hochtief
Hochtief AG is a German construction company based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.Broomfield,
Colorado
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in U.S. Flatiron builds infrastructure such as bridges, highways, railways, roads, tunnels, hydropower facilities, oil, gas and industrial infrastructure for the transportation, energy and water sectors, specializing in large-scale infrastructure projects. The company conducts projects through contracting methods such as design-build and public-private partnerships.
Named after the flatiron rock formations found near Boulder,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
, Flatiron was originally a small materials company and is now an infrastructure contractor serving North America. This growth began in the late 1980s, when the company conducted work along Interstate 70 (I-70) through the Glenwood Canyon Corridor in Colorado.
Flatiron added new markets in the years that followed. In 1997, Flatiron worked on the first design-build bridge project in Maine, the Sagadahoc Bridge in Bath. , Rebuilding the I-35W Mississippi River Crossing. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 July 2013. Flatiron opened two regional offices in California in the 1990s. In 1998, Flatiron secured a contract for the Eastern Toll Road project. From 1999 to 2004, Flatiron worked on projects in Florida, Texas, Louisiana and the Carolinas, such as the Carolina Bays Parkway project.Wilson, Zane (October 1, 1999). "SCDOT Selects Firm for Carolina Bays Project, Colorado Company Promises Quick Turnaround on Parkway". The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC).
In 2005, Flatiron expanded into Western Canada, and secured the company's first public-private partnership project, the
Park Bridge
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British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, for ...
. Kicking Horse Canyon Project Updates. Flatiron completed the
Carquinez Bridge
The Carquinez Bridge is a pair of parallel bridges spanning the Carquinez Strait at the northeastern end of San Francisco Bay. They form the part of Interstate 80 between Crockett and Vallejo, California.
The name Carquinez Bridge originally re ...
project in 2007. Gale Directory of Company Histories: Flatiron Construction Corporation In 2008, Flatiron secured the Port Mann Bridge, Port Mann Bridge/Highway 1 project in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hatch Mott MacDonald Case Study. That year the company also completed the I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge, I-35 W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge project in Minneapolis, which was built following the collapse of the original bridge in August 2007. Manson Construction Co.
Flatiron added work in Utah in 2009, and secured the company's first project in Canada's Saskatchewan province in 2010,
Circle Drive
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. "Flatiron Construction Corp." RSS Flatiron Construction Corp News. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2013. Flatiron has worked on other large infrastructure projects in recent years, including the John James Audubon Bridge (Mississippi River), John James Audubon Bridge Poirer, Louise. "Transportation: John James Audubon Bridge Sets New Standards for Lower Mississippi Crossings." ENR: Engineering News-Record. N.p., 11 Feb. 2013. Web. 17 July 2013. over the Mississippi River, sections of the
Anthony Henday Drive
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, "Northeast Anthony Henday Drive, Canada." HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions / Transport Infrastructure. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 July 2013. project in Edmonton, Alberta, the Lake Champlain Bridge (2011), Lake Champlain Bridge Hallenbeck, Terri. "In the Name of Speed: Lake Champlain Bridge Was 8 Percent over Budget." Burlington Free Press. N.p., 18 Dec. 2011. Web. 17 July 2013. connecting New York and Vermont and the Yadkin River Bridges in North Carolina. Flatiron has also worked on several contracts on the new eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.
Flatiron now operates across the U.S. and
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...
, has more than 2,000 employees and 12 regional offices in the U.S. and Canada. Flatiron has completed projects in every region of the United States. Flatiron also provides heavy civil construction services in the northeast via E.E. Cruz and Company. The company is a subsidiary of Flatiron and sister company Turner Construction. Turner Construction
Flatiron is part of Dragados led team that is bidding for the different construction packages for the California High Speed rail. Although losing the bid for the first Construction package, they won the second with the contract announced on the 12 December 2014. Dragados/Flatiron/Shimmick submitted a bid of $1.23 billion to design and build the 65-mile stretch from the south end of Fresno to near the Tulare-Kings county line and was deemed the “apparent best value” bidder by the California High-Speed Rail Authority. , Building America's First High Speed Line