Suffolk Construction Company

Suffolk Construction Company stylized as Suffolk[5] is an American construction contracting company based in Boston, Massachusetts[6] with additional locations in California, Florida, New York and Texas.[7][8] The company is contracted for work in the aviation, commercial, education, healthcare, gaming and government sectors.[9][1] Suffolk is the largest construction contractor in Massachusetts and one of the 20 largest in the country.[10][9] In 2018, Forbes reported that the company is the 148th largest private company in the U.S.[4] That same year, Suffolk was ranked 23rd on Engineering News-Record's "Top 400 Contractors" list.[11]

Suffolk Construction Company
TypePrivate
IndustryConstruction
Founded1982[1]
FounderEd Fish
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Key people
John F. Fish CEO
Puneet Mahajan CFO
Jay Tangney General Counsel
Jim Grossmann COO
Jit Kee Chin CDO
Lea Stendahl CMO[2]
Revenue$3.5 billion (2017)[3]
Number of employees
2,010 (2017)[4]
Websitewww.suffolk.com

History

Suffolk Construction Company was founded in 1982, by Edward Fish Sr. as an open-shop building contractor.[12] Immediately thereafter, Fish seeded Suffolk with an $80,000 loan and transferred full leadership and management to his 23-year-old son, John F. Fish, who has led the company as president and CEO since its founding.[13]

By 1987, the company had grown its annual revenues from $300 thousand to $66 million.[14] In 1989, the company expanded its operations to South Florida.[12]

Suffolk reached an agreement with Boston's carpentry union in 1993, in which it agreed to use union workers in downtown Boston, but would remain non-union in other areas.[12] In 1999, Suffolk reached a larger deal with the carpentry union in which it agreed to use union workers throughout the New England area.[15]

In 2009, Suffolk acquired William A. Berry & Son, a large New England contractor that specialized in biomedical and healthcare construction.[9] Suffolk acquired the San Diego-based ROEL Construction in January 2011 in an effort to expand its growth in California.[16][17]

In January 2016, the company was selected as general contractor for the $1.7 billion Wynn Resorts casino in Everett, Massachusetts.[18] In September 2016, the company held a ceremony in which they used virtual reality technology to "break ground" on their new headquarters project.[19] Suffolk was chosen as the general contractor for the General Electric's Boston headquarters building in December 2016.[20]

Notable projects

References
  1. "Company Overview of Suffolk Construction Company". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  2. "Leadership". Suffolk Construction. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. "Suffolk Hires Nick Dhimitri As National Vice President Of External Affairs". Business Insider. 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  4. "America's Largest Private Companies #148 Suffolk". Forbes. 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  5. Chesto, Jon (May 10, 2017). "Fusing Tech and Construction at Suffolk". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  6. "Globe 100: Top 100 places to work, 6. Suffolk Construction Co". Boston Globe.
  7. Reidy, Chris (January 30, 2013). "Suffolk Construction Opens a New York Office". Boston.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  8. "Where We Work". Suffolk Construction. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  9. Ross, Casey (September 24, 2009). "Building a Bigger Builder". Boston.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  10. Slowey, Kim (December 19, 2016). "Suffolk Construction To Manage Main Building of GE's $200M Boston Headquarters". Construction Dive. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  11. "ENR 2018 Top 400 Contractors 1-100". ENR. May 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  12. Korman, Richard (June 2, 2010). "CEO John Fish Has 'Big, Audacious' Goals For Suffolk Construction". ENR Southeast. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  13. Thomas, Jack (June 29, 2014). "John Fish Went From Struggling Boy to Olympic Bidder". Boston Globe. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  14. Burnett, James (October 2003). "This Man is Building a $1 Billion Construction Empire". Boston Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  15. Van Voorhis, Scott (November 15, 1999). "Suffolk Signs Landmark Deal With Union". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  16. "Suffolk Construction Acquires San Diego Firm". Boston Business Journal. January 11, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  17. "Suffolk Construction Acquires ROEL Construction of San Diego". ENR California. January 14, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  18. "Boston's Suffolk Construction Co. Is Selected to Build Wynn Everett Casino". WBUR. January 19, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  19. "Suffolk 'Virtually' Breaks Ground on Boston Headquarters". ENR New England. September 30, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  20. Carlock, Catherine (December 16, 2016). "Suffolk Construction Wins $200M GE Headquarters Project". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  21. "Mullins Center 10th Anniversary Commemoration". Daily Collegian. December 13, 2002. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  22. O'Leary, Mary (October 21, 2009). "360 State Street Project ' Going Like Clockwork'". New Haven Register. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  23. "San Francisco's Newest Residential Tower Breaks Ground at 340 Fremont". The Registry. April 25, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  24. "Suffolk Construction Sizzles in Hot South Florida Market". ENR Southeast. July 7, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  25. "Millennium Tower and Burnham Building". Bldup. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  26. Carlock, Catherine (August 10, 2016). "Suffolk Construction Issues $1B in Bids for Wynn's Everett Casino". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
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