Clark Construction

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Clark Construction Group, LLC
Company type Private
IndustryConstruction
Founded1906;119 years ago (1906)
FounderGeorge Hyman
Headquarters McLean, Virginia, U.S.
Key people
Robert D. Moser, Jr., president and chief executive officer; A. James Clark
Services
Revenue$6.5 billion (2022)
Number of employees
4,200
Subsidiaries
Website www.clarkgroup.com

Clark Construction Group, LLC is a construction firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia, [1] and founded in 1906. The company had 2018 annual revenue of more than $5 billion, [2] and is one of the largest commercial and civil contractors in the country. [2] Some projects include Capital One Arena [3] and L'Enfant Plaza. [2]

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History

The company traces its founding to the George Hyman Construction Company, an excavating company, in 1906. Business boomed, as it initially had the only steam shovel in Washington. [4] The company began doing construction work in 1923; its first such contract was with Wheatley Junior High School. The company was involved in numerous military construction projects during World War II. [5]

Hyman died in 1970 and was succeeded by his nephew Benjamin Rome. [5]

In 1969, A. James Clark bought the company from the Hyman family [6] and oversaw major growth including one of its earliest projects L'Enfant Plaza in Washington. Clark formed a separate company in 1977 for non-union projects in the Washington area (Hyman legally could not bid on such projects). [6] In 1995, Clark merged construction companies of Hyman, Shirley Contracting Company, Guy F. Atkinson Construction and OMNI to form Clark Construction. [5]

In 2016, a year after Clark died, firm management bought the company from its parent Clark Enterprises, leaving the parent to concentrate on its private equity, financial and real estate markets. [6]

In 2025, Clark Construction was awarded a $200M contract by the Trump administration, in conjunction with AECOM and McCrery Architects, to build a 90,000 square feet (8,400 m2) state ballroom, which would include demolition/modification of part of the East Wing of the White House. [7]

Subsidiaries

References

  1. ↑ Shaw, Dan (11 April 2017). "Findorff picked for Couture project – The Daily Reporter – WI Construction News & Bids" . Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  2. 1 2 3 "Clark Construction executives buy out iconic Washington firm". WTOP. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Alfred James Clark, founder of Clark Construction, dies - Washington Business Journal". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  4. ↑ "History of the Clark Construction Group, Inc. – FundingUniverse".
  5. 1 2 3 "About Us - Clark Construction" . Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  6. 1 2 3 Niedt, Bob (January 14, 2016). "Management team buys Clark Construction (Video)". Washington Business Journal.
  7. ↑ Philips, Zachary (August 6, 2025). "Clark nabs $200M White House ballroom project".
  8. ↑ Graebner, Lynn (November 15, 1998). "Electrifying purchase: Calpine buys Sacramento's Walsh Power". Sacramento Business Journal . Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ "CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP LAUNCHES C3M POWER SYSTEMS TO PERFORM WORK IN TRANSPORTATION MARKET". Clark Construction. 2015-02-16. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03.
  10. ↑ Horsley, Lynn (2017-09-08). "Edgemoor touts local jobs as Burns & McDonnell pushes back on KCI rejection | The Kansas City Star". Kansascity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
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