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State Building - In 1931 the Empire State Building became the tallest building
in the world. At 1,250 feet tall it broke the thousand-foot mark - the construction
industry's equivalent of shattering the sound barrier - and produced astonishment
throughout the commercial construction world. Bill Starrett was the commercial
contractor and was in charge of its actual construction.
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Dam - Several construction companies wanted to build the Hoover Dam, but no
one company would be able to handle a project of this magnitude. It took a group
of general contractors and commercial construction companies named the Six Companies
Consortium to tame the Colorado River and bring the Hoover Dam to reality.
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Lady of Angels Cathedral - Our Lady of Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles is
the third largest cathedral in the world. The visionary for this building, Cardinal
Roger Mahoney dreamed of a cathedral that would rival any of the wonders in Europe,
that would stand for centuries and give comfort to all who entered. He chose Morley
Construction Company as the general contractor.
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Tower Place - Water Tower Place in Chicago was the tallest reinforced concrete
building in the world from 1975 to 1990. Named after the Chicago Water Tower,
the building was designed by Loebl, Schlossman, Dart & Hackl. The commercial
construction company who built Water Tower Place was Inland-Robbins Co.
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