Suffolk Construction Company

Suffolk Construction CompanyCompany type| Private

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Industry| Construction
Founded| 1982[1]
Founder| Ed 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]
Website| www.suffolk.com

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]

## History[edit]

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[edit]

* William D. Mullins Memorial Center[21]
* 360 State Street[22]
* 340 Fremont Street[23]
* Jade Signature[24]
* Millennium Tower (Boston)[25]
* Encore Boston Harbor[26]
* Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa[24]
* MiamiCentral[24]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c "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.

## External links[edit]

* Official website