| Clark Construction Group, LLC | |
| Type: | Private |
| Location: | Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Key People: | Robert D. Moser, Jr., president and chief executive officer; A. James Clark |
| Num Employees: | 4,200 |
| Founder: | George Hyman |
| Revenue: | $6.5 billion (2022) |
| Industry: | Construction |
Clark Construction, also referred to as 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]
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 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]