American Bridge Company

American Bridge Company
legal form	Privately held corporation under Delaware law
founding	April 14, 1900
Seat	Coraopolis , Pennsylvania United States
management	Michael D. Flowers, CEO ; Robert Yahng, Chairman of the Supervisory Board ;
Number of employees	500
sales	$ 600 million
Branch	Construction company
Website	www.americanbridge.net
	Status 2011

American Bridge Company , abbreviated to AB , is a privately held construction company headquartered in the United States , which today specializes in the construction of bridges and hydraulic structures . Its headquarters are in Coraopolis , Pennsylvania , a suburb of Pittsburgh .

history

The American Bridge Company emerged from a merger of 28 construction companies initiated by JP Morgan . Shortly after its founding in 1901, the company was incorporated into the US Steel group, which was also built by Morgan . This created the basis for the parent company's steel to be used for large infrastructure projects such as bridges, buildings and military facilities. American Bridge Company has been instrumental in building railroads in the United States, Venezuela , Kenya , Brazil , Norway , Korea , Panama , Peru , Mexico , Japan , Colombia , Guatemala, and the Philippines . For the construction of the New York City Subway alone , the American Bridge Company supplied a total of 607,000 tons of steel parts between 1913 and 1931.

During the Second World War , the American Bridge Company built 119 armored landing ships and parts for 12 aircraft carriers . The company also produced structural steel for aircraft and defense systems.

In the post-war years, the American Bridge Company was involved in the construction of the Kennedy Space Center and the facilities for deploying ICBMs . Other major projects were the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and the Los Angeles water supply .

In 1987 US Steel sold the company to private investors, who mainly focused on building the steel skeletons of skyscrapers . In 1989 the company was taken over by the current owners, who had a difficult start because the market for high-rise office buildings had collapsed at the end of the 80s. Revenues only reached $ 30 million at times. After several changes in the CEO, the company was able to stabilize again in 1993. It now mainly dealt with the construction and renovation of bridges and expanded its activities into hydraulic engineering.