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business has better demonstrated the ideals of adventure, patriotism, daring and
creativity than the American commercial construction company. Commercial construction
companies have connected our nation's coasts, harnessed the power of mighty rivers,
tunneled beneath great cities and touched the skies overhead. Today, you can't
enter a building, drive a road, ride a train or subway or even use a manufactured
product without experiencing the result of some commercial construction company's
efforts. These visionaries have literally paved the way for America's economy
and way of life. Every day, commercial contractors all across the country are
breaking ground on new structures, expanding and improving roads and bridges and
improving our nation's commercial and transportation infrastructure - extending
the veins and arteries of commerce, which carry our economy's lifeblood. The
work of commercial construction companies is almost always unheralded. Occasionally,
however, a construction project is so monumental in its scope or impact on our
society that it captures the world's attention. A selection of those historic
construction projects is showcased on this site. These famous projects show the
ingenuity, dedication and courage demonstrated by the commercial construction
companies that took them from vision to reality. The hardships and dangers the
workers faced, the challenges the companies overcame and the new technologies
they developed provide a remarkable testimonial to the American construction company
and its honorable place in our society's development. Historic Commercial
Construction Company ProjectsFollow the links below for descriptions of
construction companies and their historic construction projects: 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. We have provided
the following articles on historic commercial construction projects for your reading
enjoyment.  CargoCentre™
III and AirFreight & LogisticsCentres™ - The Airbus A380 dwarfs other
aircraft, and no U.S. airport facilities could support it. Not until the CargoCentre™
III and AirFreight & LogisticsCentres™ complex at Dallas / Fort Worth
International Airport, that is. Bob
Moore Construction was the commercial construction company who tackled this
challenging and historic project.
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 Empire
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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 Hoover
Dam - Several commercial construction companies wanted to build the
Hoover Dam, but no one commercial constructin 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 commercial construction company.
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 Water
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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