Hoar Construction

Infobox Company
name = Hoar Construction

type = Private
foundation = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. (1940)
founder = F.R. Hoar
location_city = Birmingham, Alabama
location_country = U.S.
key_people = Rob Burton, President
Tom Clyce, CFO
Steve McCord, COO
industry = Heavy construction
services = General construction
Construction management
Design / Build
Program management
revenue = US$350 million (2006)
US$537 million (2007)cite web
url=http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2007/10/29/focus2.html?jst=s_cn_hl
title=Diverse model helps push Hoar Construction up list
accessdate=2008-07-22
date=2007-10-26
last=West
first=Ty
publisher="Birmingham Business Journal"]
homepage = http://www.hoarllc.com/

Hoar Construction is a privately held heavy construction company specializing in commercial and industrial buildings, health care, and retail construction.cite web |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/merc-compint-0000049498-Hoar-Construction-L-L-C.html |title=Company Profile: Hoar Construction L.L.C. |accessdate=2008-07-22 |publisher=Goliath: Business Knowledge on Deman] Founded in 1940 by F. R. Hoar, and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the company is currently ranked as one of the top construction managers and retail contractors in the United States.cite web |url=http://www.hoarllc.com/alabama.html |title=Office: Alabama |accessdate=2008-07-22 |publisher=Hoar Construction] cite web |url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/125/125624.html |title=Hoar Construction LLC Company Profile |accessdate=2008-07-22 |publisher=Yahoo! Finance]

History

Founded in Birmingham, Alabama, the company initially specialized in the construction of churches throughout the Birmingham area.cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2003/06/16/focus13.html |title=Hoar Construction takes award in its category |accessdate=2008-07-22 |date=2003-06-13 |last=Nicholson |first=Gilbert |publisher="Birmingham Business Journal"] R.N. Hoar joined his father's construction business in 1947, and F.R. Hoar and Son was established.cite web |url=http://www.hoarllc.com/history.html |title=History: About Hoar |accessdate=2008-07-22 |publisher=Hoar Construction] After completing construction on 45 churches, F.R. Hoar and Son expanded its focus to include commercial and industrial projects. The company renamed itself Hoar Construction in 1985. With US$537 million in revenue for 2007, Hoar Construction was ranked 12th among Birmingham's 100 largest companies; in 2008, it was named the fifth best place to work in America.cite web |url=http://southeast.construction.com/news/industry/ |title=Hoar Construction Name #5 Best Place to Work (Industry News - July 2008) |accessdate=2008-07-22 |month=July |year=2008 |publisher=Southeast Construction]

Major projects

According to the "Birmingham Business Journal", Hoar construction "has built more than 100 enclosed malls, 250 theater screens, more than convert|90000000|sqft|m2 of retail space, and more than convert|5000000|sqft|m2 of commercial space since its founding in 1940.

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*Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Facility on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham

References

External links

* [http://www.hoarllc.com/ Hoar Construction Website]
*Hoar Construction's Rankings
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/rankings.html Awards and Rankings]
*Hoar Construction's portfolios
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/retail.html Retail projects]
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/commercial.html Commercial projects]
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/healthcare.html Health care projects]
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/hospitality.html Hospitality projects]
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/programmanagement.html Program Management projects]
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/residential.html Residential projects]
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/institutional.html Institutional projects]
** [http://www.hoarllc.com/concrete.html Concrete projects]