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Historic Construction Company Projects

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Disneyland and Walt Disney World - Up until the 1940s, the American amusment park was limited to merry-go-rounds, ferris wheels and carnival games. All that changed when Walt Disney envisioned a new amusement park called a Theme Park. Disney's innovations re-entergized amusement parks in this county and creating an entirely new approach to the real estate development and commercial construction of theme parks and the areas surrounding those attractions. And it all started when a father had a bad experience as he took his daughters out to an amusement park.

Empire State Building - The Empire State Building is a marvel of engineering and architecture, especially for the era in which it was built, and it occupies a unique place in the history of construction companies and construction management. Not only was the 1453-foot, 103-story structure built in just over 13 months, the construction company that took on the daunting job allegedly began with nothing on hand -- no equipment or supplies that would be sufficient for such an enormous undertaking. How they accomplished the task is a case study in early, successful commercial construction management.

Hoover Dam - A list of modern day construction projects that demonstrate a construction company's ingenuity and creativity may very well begin with The Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam was built by a construction company called Six Companies Inc, which was actually a consortium of several commercial construction companies: Morrison-Knudsen Co., Utah Construction Co., J. F. Shea Co., Pacific Bridge Co., MacDonald & Kahn Ltd. and a joint venture of W. A. Bechtel Co., Henry J. Kaiser, and Warren Brothers.

Interstate Highway System - The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways was designated as one of the Seven Wonders of the United States in 1994 by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The highway system is a marvel in construction. Not only does it link the nation from coast to coast, but it also helped to increase business productivity - in fact, since the highway system was started in 1956, our country has seen a tenfold increase in our gross national product, thanks to the construction companies who worked on this massive construction project.

New York City Subway System - New York City was the second-largest city in the world in the advent of the 20th century, with the majority of its 3.4 million people living in Manhattan and much fewer people living in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Queens. Public transportation of the time-electric omnibus, gasoline powered trolleys and elevated railways-was inadequate for getting people where they needed to go quickly and efficiently. The idea of an underground subway system had been discussed by politicians for decades, and finally it was decided in 1900 that a subway would be built. Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the construction company chosen for the job after its bid of $35 million was accepted.

Trammell Crow Company's CargoCentre™ III and AirFreight & LogisticsCentres™ Complex - This four-building air cargo complex at Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport in Texas may be the most significant air cargo project to be built un the United States. With the completion of this complex in December 2005, DFW became the first airport in the United States to offer an air cargo facility with parking space specifically designed to accommodate the Airbus A380 aircraft. General Contractor Bob Moore Construction was the construction company who tackled this challenging and historic project.

Transcontinental Railroad - The building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s is a story that heralds the courage and innovation of the construction companies and workers who built it. The Senate and House of Representatives passed the Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864. These laws granted rights of way and use of building materials along the way, a 20-million-acre land grant and government support for loans of 60 million dollars to construction companies that would build the railroad and its feeder lines.