Subscribe to Flatiron's News FeedFlatiron hires Allan Sylvester as vice president and manager of Tunneling Group
(Longmont, Colo.) July 26, 2010 - Flatiron, one of the nation's largest transportation and infrastructure contractors, has hired Allan Sylvester as vice president and manager of the company's Tunneling Group. Based in northern Virginia, the Tunneling Group will pursue large-scale tunneling projects across North America.
Mr. Sylvester brings 36 years of underground construction experience to Flatiron. He previously served as a senior vice president and division manager for Clark Construction. Prior to serving at Clark, Mr. Sylvester spent fifteen years at Kiewit Construction.
Flatiron will build the new Tunneling Group with existing in-house staff supplemented with additional expertise from its parent company, HOCHTIEF. Via its subsidiary, HOCHTIEF Construction, AG, HOCHTIEF provides tunnel construction, civil engineering, surveying, wastewater facilities and specialized underground structures for clients worldwide. "We'll combine Flatiron's construction and project management expertise with HOCHTIEF's extensive tunneling experience to provide clients with a turn-key solution for projects," says Mr. Sylvester. "We are looking at projects from coast to coast, throughout the U.S. and Canada."
Flatiron, with a construction volume of more than $1 billion in 2009, is one of the leading providers of transportation construction and civil engineering in North America. Its core competencies include major bridge, highway, and rail projects. Flatiron also operates as a contractor in public-private partnership projects. Founded in 1947, the firm is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, one of the world's leading international construction service providers. Further information is available at www.flatironcorp.com.
HOCHTIEF is one of the leading international providers of construction-related services. With more than 66,000 employees and a sales volume of EUR 18.17 billion in FY 2009, the company is represented in all the world‘s major markets. The Group's service offering in the fields of development, construction, services, concessions and operation covers the entire life cycle of infrastructure projects, real estate and facilities. In the USA, the biggest construction market in the world, HOCHTIEF is the No. 1 general builder via its subsidiary Turner and, with Group company Flatiron, ranks among the most important players in the field of transportation infrastructure construction. With its subsidiary Leighton (HOCHTIEF share around 55 percent), the Group is market leader in Australia. Because of its engagement for sustainability, HOCHTIEF has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes since 2006. Further information is available at www.hochtief.com/press.