Dillingham Construction

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Dillingham Construction was an engineering and construction services company which was based in Hawaii then in Pleasanton, California. The company was founded in the 1880s to build a railroad across the swamps of Oahu, Hawaii. Dillingham later became a leading engineering and construction firm, building dams, airfields, high-rises, hotels and embassies around the world.

Notable projects[]

• One Embarcadero Center
• Grand Hyatt San Francisco
• 44 Montgomery
• 50 California Street
• BC Place
• US Embassy, Singapore
• US Embassy, Moscow
• Sakkara Air Base
• Izmir Motorway Project
• Hilton Hawaiian Village
• Ala Moana Shopping Center
• Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center

References[]

• Yardley, Paul T. "Millstones and Milestones: The Career of B. F. Dillingham" (1981, University of Hawaii Press).
• Bobby N. Harmon (18 November 2008). "The Dirty Dillies of Dillingham Corporation". The Catbird Seat. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
• Christina M. Stansell (2006). "Dillingham Construction Corporation". International Directory of Company Histories. The Gale Group, Inc. Answers.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
• Carolyn Said (February 6, 2003). "Construction giant files bankruptcy, plans to move / Pleasanton's Dillingham will shrink amid public works legal morass". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
• "Company Overview of Dillingham Construction Corporation". Businessweek. 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
• Paul Rosta (10 February 2003). "Dillingham Files for Bankruptcy". Engineering News Record. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

External links[]

• Official website