| Private | |
| Industry | Construction |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1982[1] |
| Founder | Ed Fish |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
| John F. FishCEO 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 |
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Suffolk Construction Co., a Boston firm, won the $1 billion contract to build the Wynn Everett resort and casino. Wynn Resorts won the right to build a casino in the Boston sururb of Everett in October 2014. The development is expected to be open by the end of 2018.
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]
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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]
- Virgin MiamiCentral[24]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Company Overview of Suffolk Construction Company'. Bloomberg. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Leadership'. Suffolk Construction. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^'Suffolk Hires Nick Dhimitri As National Vice President Of External Affairs'. Business Insider. 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ ab'America's Largest Private Companies #148 Suffolk'. Forbes. 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ^Chesto, Jon (May 10, 2017). 'Fusing Tech and Construction at Suffolk'. Boston Globe. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Globe 100: Top 100 places to work, 6. Suffolk Construction Co'. Boston Globe.
- ^Reidy, Chris (January 30, 2013). 'Suffolk Construction Opens a New York Office'. Boston.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Where We Work'. Suffolk Construction. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ abcRoss, Casey (September 24, 2009). 'Building a Bigger Builder'. Boston.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^Slowey, Kim (December 19, 2016). 'Suffolk Construction To Manage Main Building of GE's $200M Boston Headquarters'. Construction Dive. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'ENR 2018 Top 400 Contractors 1-100'. ENR. May 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ^ abcKorman, Richard (June 2, 2010). 'CEO John Fish Has 'Big, Audacious' Goals For Suffolk Construction'. ENR Southeast. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^Thomas, Jack (June 29, 2014). 'John Fish Went From Struggling Boy to Olympic Bidder'. Boston Globe. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- ^Burnett, James (October 2003). 'This Man is Building a $1 Billion Construction Empire'. Boston Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^Van Voorhis, Scott (November 15, 1999). 'Suffolk Signs Landmark Deal With Union'. Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Suffolk Construction Acquires San Diego Firm'. Boston Business Journal. January 11, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Suffolk Construction Acquires ROEL Construction of San Diego'. ENR California. January 14, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Boston's Suffolk Construction Co. Is Selected to Build Wynn Everett Casino'. WBUR. January 19, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Suffolk 'Virtually' Breaks Ground on Boston Headquarters'. ENR New England. September 30, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^Carlock, Catherine (December 16, 2016). 'Suffolk Construction Wins $200M GE Headquarters Project'. Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Mullins Center 10th Anniversary Commemoration'. Daily Collegian. December 13, 2002. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^O'Leary, Mary (October 21, 2009). '360 State Street Project ' Going Like Clockwork''. New Haven Register. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'San Francisco's Newest Residential Tower Breaks Ground at 340 Fremont'. The Registry. April 25, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ abc'Suffolk Construction Sizzles in Hot South Florida Market'. ENR Southeast. July 7, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^'Millennium Tower and Burnham Building'. Bldup. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^Carlock, Catherine (August 10, 2016). 'Suffolk Construction Issues $1B in Bids for Wynn's Everett Casino'. Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
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Suffolk Construction Co., a Boston firm, won the $1 billion contract to build the Wynn Everett resort and casino. Wynn Resorts won the right to build a casino in the Boston sururb of Everett in October 2014. The development is expected to be open by the end of 2018.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. contacted over a dozen major construction companies across the United States about building the integrated resort-casino along the Mystic River. Suffolk Construction was one of a handful of finalists for the job. Wynn Resorts said it chose the Boston-based construction firm because its pledge to meet its timeline commitments and its attention to detail.
DeSalvio on Suffolk Construction
Robert DeSalvio, a Wynn executive, released a statement on the choice of Suffolk Construction. DeSalvio said, “Building a five-star resort that meets the Wynn quality standards requires an attention to detail that is unwavering. Suffolk Construction shares our values and is working with us full speed to meet our ground-breaking target.”
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The Wynn contract is the latest coup in a series of coup’s for Suffolk, which already is the state’s largest construction firm. Representatives of Wynn Resorts say the casino development is the “largest private single-phase construction project in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” Suffolk Construction handles $2.5 billion in projects each year, but says this is the largest development in the company’s 33 year history.
John F. Fish on Wynn Everett
John F. Fish, the CEO of Suffolk, said the Wynn Resort would be a key priority for his company. Fish said, “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To me, it is the crown jewel of our portfolio.”
John F. Fish took over Suffolk Construction from his father 33 years ago, at the age of 22. At the time, the company was in its embryonic www. John’s brother, Tom Fish, took over the family’s much older and larger company, Peabody. Thirty-three years later, Suffolk Construction is the top construction firm in the state, often beating out the smaller Peabody for contracts.
Suffolk Construction’s Developments
The people of Massachusetts would be amazed to learn of the imprint the Suffolk Construction Co. has had on the state. Suffolk built the $150 million Westin Boston Waterfront hotel and the $278 million Mandarin Oriental. The company also renovated the John Adams Courthouse, which was a $147 million at the time. $10.7 million Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood was another Suffolk project. The Boston Opera House, the Liberty Hotel (originally the Charles Street Jail), and the Four Seasons Hotel Boston are other Suffolk Construction projects Bostonians might recognize by name.
When he is not putting up prestigious buildings around the commonwealth, John F. Fish is one of Boston’s civic leaders and leading philanthropists. Fish was one of the leaders in trying to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston. He also has made significant contributions to the Boston Pops, and chaired the “Presidents at Pops” event in 2005.
John F. Fish Flew to Meet Steve Wynn
Suffolk Construction Wynn Casino Everett
In seeking out the Wynn Everett contract, John F. Fish flew to Las Vegas to personally introduce himself to Steve Wynn, the CEO and founder of Wynn Resorts. He made the meeting a priority shortly after Wynn Resorts won the Everett contract in the autumn of 2014.
Fish said he wanted to meet Steve Wynn personally. He told the Boston Globe, “This business is all about relationships, and I had never met Steve Wynn. We were hoping to be considered for a project in our own backyard.”
This will not be the first casino project John Fish’s people have handled. Suffolk Construction built the Quechan Casino Resort in Southern California, while building a couple of casinos in South Florida: Dania Casino and Jai Alai. None of them match the scope and opulence of the coming Wynn Resort in Everett.
Wynn Resort Plans
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The Wynn Resort, which is planned to cost $1.7 billion in all, is expected to include a 600-room luxury hotel, a gambling hall, a ballroom, a spa, and a convention center. The resort will be the centerpiece of an integrated shopping area with many name brand retail outlets, along with fine dining restaurants, pop eateries, and nightclubs. The entire complex, which is expected to comprise just under 3 million square feet, is going to be 70% the size of Boston Common.
The development is expected to include a 24-story curved glass tower, as well as a boardwalk or promenade on 33 acres overlooking the Mystic River. To secure the gaming license, Steve Wynn promised to clean out the Mystic River by introducing 250,000 clams to the area, which will act as a natural water cleaning system. When completed, the Wynn Resort is going to make Everett a prime destination for millions of gamblers and other visitors each year. The construction job is expected to create 4,000 temporary jobs, while the resort-casino is expected to create 4,000 permanent jobs, when completed.