Suffolk Construction Company

Suffolk Construction Company
Private
Industry Construction
Founded 1982[1]
Founder Ed Fish
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts
Key people
 John F. Fish CEO
Michael Azerela CFO, Executive Vice President
Kimberly Steimle Vaughan CMO, CPO[2]
Revenue $2.5 billion (2016)[3]
Number of employees
 1,200 (2016)[3]
Website www.suffolk.com

Suffolk Construction Company stylized as Suffolk[4] is an American construction contracting company based in Boston, Massachusetts[5] with additional locations in California, Florida, New York and Texas.[6][7] The company is contracted for work in the aviation, commercial, education, healthcare, gaming and government sectors.[8][1] Suffolk is the largest construction contractor in Massachusetts and one of the 20 largest in the country.[9][8] In 2017, Forbes reported that the company is the 158th largest private company in the U.S.[3] That same year, Suffolk was ranked 27th on Engineering News-Record's "Top 400 Contractors" list.[10]

History

Suffolk Construction Company was founded in 1982, by Edward Fish Sr. as an open-shop building contractor.[11] 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.[12]

By 1987, the company had grown its annual revenues from $300 thousand to $66 million.[13] In 1989, the company expanded its operations to South Florida.[11]

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.[11] In 1999, Suffolk reached a larger deal with the carpentry union in which it agreed to use union workers throughout the New England area.[14]

In 2009, Suffolk acquired William A. Berry & Son, a large New England contractor that specialized in biomedical and healthcare construction.[8] Suffolk acquired the San Diego-based ROEL Construction in January 2011 in an effort to expand its growth in California.[15][16]

In January 2016, the company was selected as general contractor for the $1.7 billion Wynn Resorts casino in Everett, Massachusetts.[17] In September 2016, the company held a ceremony in which they used virtual reality technology to "break ground" on their new headquarters project.[18] Suffolk was chosen as the general contractor for the General Electric's Boston headquarters building in December 2016.[19]

Notable projects

References

  1. 1 2 "Company Overview of Suffolk Construction Company". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Leadership". Suffolk Construction. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "America's Largest Private Companies #183 Suffolk Construction". Forbes. 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ Chesto, Jon (May 10, 2017). "Fusing Tech and Construction at Suffolk". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Globe 100: Top 100 places to work, 6. Suffolk Construction Co". Boston Globe.
  6. ↑ Reidy, Chris (January 30, 2013). "Suffolk Construction Opens a New York Office". Boston.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Where We Work". Suffolk Construction. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Ross, Casey (September 24, 2009). "Building a Bigger Builder". Boston.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  9. ↑ Slowey, Kim (December 19, 2016). "Suffolk Construction To Manage Main Building of GE's $200M Boston Headquarters". Construction Dive. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ "ENR 2016 Top 400 Contractors 1-100". ENR. May 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 Korman, Richard (June 2, 2010). "CEO John Fish Has 'Big, Audacious' Goals For Suffolk Construction". ENR Southeast. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  12. ↑ Thomas, Jack (June 29, 2014). "John Fish Went From Struggling Boy to Olympic Bidder". Boston Globe. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  13. ↑ Burnett, James (October 2003). "This Man is Building a $1 Billion Construction Empire". Boston Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  14. ↑ Van Voorhis, Scott (November 15, 1999). "Suffolk Signs Landmark Deal With Union". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Suffolk Construction Acquires San Diego Firm". Boston Business Journal. January 11, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Suffolk Construction Acquires ROEL Construction of San Diego". ENR California. January 14, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Boston's Suffolk Construction Co. Is Selected to Build Wynn Everett Casino". WBUR. January 19, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Suffolk 'Virtually' Breaks Ground on Boston Headquarters". ENR New England. September 30, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  19. ↑ Carlock, Catherine (December 16, 2016). "Suffolk Construction Wins $200M GE Headquarters Project". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Mullins Center 10th Anniversary Commemoration". Daily Collegian. December 13, 2002. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  21. ↑ O'Leary, Mary (October 21, 2009). "360 State Street Project ' Going Like Clockwork'". New Haven Register. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  22. ↑ "San Francisco's Newest Residential Tower Breaks Ground at 340 Fremont". The Registry. April 25, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  23. 1 2 3 "Suffolk Construction Sizzles in Hot South Florida Market". ENR Southeast. July 7, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Millennium Tower and Burnham Building". Bldup. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  25. ↑ 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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