Following a ribbon cutting ceremony that celebrated its substantial completion in July, the California State Route 20 Timbuctoo Roadway Improvement and Bridge Project has recently reached project…

Flatiron is proud to have successfully completed this geotechnically complex project and making the Ten Mile slope more stable. The project will improve the long-term safety and…

Flatiron is proud to be part of the Broadway Curve Constructors joint venture, alongside Pulice Construction Inc. and FNF Construction Inc. This $615 million project will transform travel…

This week, Flatiron is participating in the first-ever Construction Inclusion Week, an industrywide event taking place October 18-22.   Initiated by industry peers, Construction Inclusion Week is…

Flatiron and joint venture partner United Infrastructure Group, with lead design engineer Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering (ICE), have been selected by the North Carolina Department of Transportation…

Flatiron is proud to be part of the team creating the Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport. A key milestone in the progress of the…

On September 16, 2021 Flatiron’s Business 40 Reconstruction Project in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was awarded the 21st Annual Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Southeast Project of the…

Flatiron, a leading provider of infrastructure solutions in North America, won three 2021 Excellence in Partnering Awards from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), including one gold…

Flatiron is proud to be part of this sustainable joint venture project that will make travel safer in one of the most beautiful parts of the world.…

“Walking around Ground Zero, you would look down and see stray shoes and wallets, remains of family pictures from desks and children’s artwork that had decorated offices…

Texas AGC also gives us a Certificate of Commendation Flatiron Texas Safety is on quite the “hot streak”! For the fourth straight year Flatiron’s Texas District has…

“Passionate,” “tenacious” and “driven” are just a few of the terms coworkers used to describe Dave Jones, Mid-Atlantic Safety Manager. In August 2021, Dave received the 2021…

Flatiron and joint venture partner Fred Smith Company have been selected by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to complete I-95 improvements in Harnett and Johnston…

Colorado Governor Jared Polis joined CDOT, state and local officials for the ceremonial groundbreaking for the I-25/Exit 11 Interchange Improvement project. From left: Flatiron Superintendent Steve Graham,…

Owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the much-needed 10th Avenue Bridge Replacement has been successfully completed by E.E. Cruz & Company, Inc. ahead of schedule. The…

Flatiron is proud to be part of the team creating the Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport. A key milestone in the construction of the…

Flatiron is proud to be delivering key portions of the roadway work at the transformational Lake Hall Reservoir Project in Fannin County, Texas. This news release was issued…

Flatiron is proud to mark the National Association of Women in Construction’s Women in Construction Week, honoring the essential contributions our female workforce makes each day. I…

California is the site of some of Flatiron’s most transformational projects, and we’re thrilled to spotlight some recent awards for our work in the Golden State. Our…

Flatiron is proud to be part of the team creating the Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport. This news release was issued by the project…

Flatiron is under contract with the City of Dallas for a $125 million project to reconstruct Love Field’s Runway 13R-31L, the longer of the airport’s parallel runways.…

Flatiron has been selected by the City of San Diego to construct the Morena Pump Station, a key component of the city’s bold Pure Water San Diego…

It’s no secret that 2020 came with its fair share of trials and tribulations. A hard year for all, E.E. Cruz was able to perform work on…

It’s David. As my internship with Flatiron comes to a close, I would like to share my experience with the company as well as some lessons I…

Hello, David here again! Today, I will be sharing what I learned during survey week as well as my personal experience with it. Land surveying involves measuring…

Don’t talk to Greg Plotnik about pressure. He was a nuclear missile test technician during the height of the Cold War. In a comment that likely won’t…

$3.8 billion Hampton Roads Project Breaks Ground For decades, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT), has had the reputation as one of the top three most congested areas…

Jeroen Dijkema is used to those long days. “We start with our 6:30 a.m. meetings, to discuss the previous night work’s progress, and the plan for the…

“Notice to Proceed“—three magic words having special meaning in the construction industry. That’s the message to Hampton Roads Connector Partners (HRCP), the joint venture group in charge…

Devon here. As part of our Flatiron internship, all the interns were required to spend a week focused on estimating. We learned key aspects and pitched in…

“We have started a process that hopefully will be there forevermore.” Flatiron Procurement Manager Zubin Taraporevala cannot contain his pride about something special he helped bring to…

The past weeks have seen Flatiron winning a series of prestigious awards. These accolades further bolster our commitment to safety, and highlight the innovative solutions that transform…

Construction on the $2.265 billion project is scheduled to begin in late 2021 once all environmental permits are issued. SAN DIEGO (Sept. 21, 2020) – A Turner-Flatiron…

Flatiron is proud to be part of the team creating the Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport. The September 11 placement of concrete for the…

A Blue Angels flyover. Fleet Week. Not to mention overall gorgeous surroundings. These were some of the visual treats the Flatiron team enjoyed during their time in…

Hello everyone, David here! I am going to be sharing some information on general safety in construction as well as what my recent safety week for the…

As we transition into August, we’ll likely continue to see record high temperatures throughout many parts of Flatiron operations. In both the Mid-Atlantic and Texas, the high…

By Devon Didion Recently, the interns spent a week focusing on fieldwork. This was by far one of my favorite weeks to date. As many of you…

Flatiron is pleased to announce its joint venture with Drill Tech has received notice to proceed from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for preconstruction services on…

Editor’s Note: This summer Flatiron presents The One with the Interns: David and Devon (hope you caught our “Friends” reference), a blog series where our Texas summer…

On May 19, 2017, an employee suffered a lost time injury at a Flatiron project, located in the Northern Region of Texas. This injury occurred when a…

The American Concrete Pavement Association has given Flatiron its Excellence in Concrete Paving Award for taxiway work at the Colorado Springs Airport. According to the organization the…

Flatiron has been awarded a contract for a key project to rehabilitate a nearly 10-mile stretch of State Route 210 in the Los Angeles community. Work on…

Image provided by WSDOT Construction on I-405 Renton to Bellevue Widening and Express Toll Lanes expected to begin in 2020 Broomfield, Colorado (October 28, 2019) Flatiron has…

Image provided by WSDOT I-405 Widening and Express Toll Lanes between Renton and Bellevue Broomfield, Colorado (August 23, 2019)  Flatiron West, Inc., a subsidiary of Flatiron Construction…

Broomfield, Colorado (March 21, 2019) – Flatiron, one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America, announced that the LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) joint venture team…

Hampton Roads Connector Partners include Flatiron Construction, Dragados USA, and VINCI Construction Broomfield, Colorado (February 15, 2019) – The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) announced today that…

Broomfield, Colorado – A partnership including Flatiron, one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America, lifted the last box girder on the New Champlain Bridge in…

Broomfield, Colorado (October 17, 2018) – Flatiron Construction Corp., one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America, was recently awarded a contract for the Rehabilitation of…

Broomfield, Colorado (September 21, 2018) – Flatiron, together with Joint Venture partners Dragados USA and Sukut Construction, joined the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), the California…

A Flatiron crew of 10 embarked on a journey with our Bridges to Prosperity program to erect a bridge in rural Nicaragua. This year’s project marks one…

Broomfield, Colorado (March 16, 2018) – Flatiron, one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America, together with partners Aecon Group Inc., Dragados Canada, Inc. and EBC…

A joint venture of Turner Construction Company and Flatiron Construction Corp. has been chosen to lead a major expansion of Denver International Airport, adding gates, concessions, runways…

Broomfield, Colorado (February 2, 2018) – Flatiron Construction Corp., one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America, together with consortium partners ACS Infrastructure Development, Dragados, HOCHTIEF…

The Associated General Contractors of California prestigious Constructor Awards program recently presented its prestigious Excellence in Partnering award to Flatiron’s Willits Bypass project. The award recognizes members…

The San Diego Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. (AGC) recently presented awards for outstanding construction projects at AGC’s 2017 Build San Diego Awards…

The new westbound SR 520 lanes opened to traffic, as designed and on schedule.

Engineering News-Record Mountain State named Flatiron’s Gate Apron Rehabilitation and Drainage Improvements Projects at the Denver International Airport as the Best Transportation Project of 2017 for projects…

The California Transportation Foundation announced the I-5 Carmenita Road Interchange project team as the Freeway/Expressway Project of the Year at its 28th Annual CTF Transportation Award luncheon…

For successfully navigating several challenges including pouring a concrete bridge deck during a harsh Canadian winter, the American Concrete Institute presented a Flatiron JV with the 2017…

(May 31, 2017) – For serving as a role model for women in law and mentoring fellow lawyers to help them achieve career success, a chapter of…

(May 22, 2017) – A section of Future I-73, from N.C. 68 to U.S. 220, opened to traffic on Friday, May 19.

(March 31, 2017) – Nine Flatiron employees packed their passports, rolled up their sleeves, and spent two weeks in El Libico, Nicaragua, constructing a much-needed pedestrian bridge…

Flatiron’s Chief Information Officer offered his thoughts on the important role information technology plays in the construction industry in an interview published in the December edition of…

Broomfield, Colorado (October 3, 2016) –The final leg of the Anthony Henday ring road in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, opened to motorists Saturday, Oct. 1. Flatiron Construction Corp.…

Broomfield, Colorado (September 21, 2016) – Two Flatiron projects were among the projects recognized in Engineering News-Record Mountain States’ winners of the 2016 Best Projects competition. Flatiron’s…

From Colorado to California, Flatiron’s hard work is earning accolades. The Colorado Contractors Association (CCA) awarded the team of the I-70 Eagle Interchange Project the Project Management…

Our speedy progress on major improvements at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina has not gone without notice. The project has gotten a lot of…

Below is a partial list of new projects awarded to Flatiron in recent months, thanks to the hard work and skills of our talented team members. C-470…

A time-lapse video of the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal, Canada on YouTube perfectly captures all the movements and precision required to place a bridge footing in…

Flatiron sponsors a number of organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. As part of that commitment to community, we’re particularly proud of the success of the University…

Our Western Division team has partnered with Benicia High School in California for the past six years, providing internships and scholarships to seniors who participate in Flatiron’s…

Bridges to Prosperity received two awards for their commitment to positive social impact and sustainability. Flatiron has had a long-standing partnership with the Denver, Colorado-based nonprofit, working…

South Fork Smith River Road is a $11 million bridge replacement project located in Crescent City, CA near the town of Hiouchi, CA, being developed for the…

Central Division Celebrates Denver International Airport Runway Opening On sunny October 16, a lunch celebration was held for the opening of Runway 17L-35R at the Denver International…

Since 2010, Flatiron and other HOCHTIEF companies have partnered with the non-profit organization Bridges to Prosperity to create safe and consistent access to education, healthcare, and economic…

Flatiron recently began a project in Fullerton, California, that will have a major impact on future traffic flow. In May 2014, Flatiron was awarded a $46.4 million…

Rob Richardson has been with Flatiron since 2009. He has worked across several Flatiron divisions, and is now a project manager in Canada on a major Flatiron project.

Rob Richardson has been with Flatiron since 2009. He has worked across several Flatiron divisions, and is now a project manager in Canada on a major Flatiron project.

After a busy fall, crews headed into winter on the Blue Line Trolley project with the end in sight. The Blue Line is one leg of the…

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is an important part of staying safe on the job. Wile certain jobs may require additional equipment, staying familiar with the basics of PPE will help protect you from danger.

E.E. Cruz is in the final stage of construction for the $40 million replacement of the Bronx River Parkway bridges at Crane Road. The project involves construction…

  Major renovations underway on 80 year-old Ruskin Dam in B.C. On most days, the Ruskin Dam doesn’t draw much attention. Nested between pine laden banks, set…

Flatiron has been working in the Southeast since the 1990s—but recent growth in North and South Carolina has firmly established Flatiron’s place as a builder and partner…

In December, Flatiron employees came together to support the communities where we work and live as part of the Annual Giving Campaign. At offices and project sites…

District Safety Manager Mike Ruiz joined Flatiron in 2014, and works in Flatirons Central Division. He helped lead his District to win a safety award from the Colorado Contractors Association.

This March, two teams collaborated on Flatiron’s longest footbridge built to date as part of Flatiron’s Bridges to Prosperity program. The 345-foot-long bridge in Paso Real, Nicaragua,…

Flatiron is constructing a new extension of Carolina Bays Parkway, also known as South Carolina Route 31. The 7.5-mile-long project runs from SC Route 544 to SC…

Adams County, Colorado Flatiron is replacing a 1960s-era bridge north of Denver over the South Platte River on State Highway 44 in Colorado. The new bridge is…

 EE Cruz reaches substantial completion of top-down construction for Columbia University’s campus expansion After three and a half years of hard work and dedication, EE Cruz and joint…

Flatiron is nearing completion on the $373 million Oakland Airport Connector joint venture project for Bay Area Rapid Transit. The connector allows travelers to get more efficiently…

Completion is in sight for crews on the Route 60 Rehabilitation project. Crews have been removing and replacing 12 miles of damaged concrete pavement slabs on this…

In late May, Flatiron hosted a three-day conference designed to provide engineers with Flatiron for 5 years or less with an overview of the company, our core…

Flatiron’s intern program offers hands-on experience for interns looking to apply academic training in a real-world setting. This summer, Flatiron is hosting interns across the company. The intern…

Flatiron is replacing the Drayton Valley Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River and improving 8.5 kilometers of Highway 22. Drayton Valley, Alberta, is an oil industry hub…

Seal Beach, Calif. – Main Street in Seal Beach, Calif., became aglow just in time for the holidays thanks to Flatiron. Workers installed decorative streetlights and are…

The size and scope of the Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Line project is hard to comprehend. The 250-kilometer (155-mile) project is one of the most ambitious…

San Diego, Calif. – The Sorrento to Miramar Double Track project is the first of two phases of construction to speed passenger and freight rail services on the…

Anaheim, Calif. – Flatiron crews are hard at work improving traffic for commuters in Anaheim and Placentia. The $45 million project for the Orange County Transit Authority entails…

This April, Flatiron celebrates 10 years in Canada. In 2004, Flatiron opened a small office in Richmond, British Columbia, hoping to bring our transportation infrastructure expertise to…

Flatiron has recently completed a $34.8 million project for the California Department of Transportation in Santa Maria, Calif. The Route 101 Santa Maria River Bridge project involves…

Despite challenging weather in 2013, the Northeast Anthony Henday project is starting to take shape. NEAH is the largest highway construction project that Alberta, Canada, has undertaken.…

The Sorrento to Miramar Double Track project in San Diego, Calif., is the first of two phases of construction to speed passenger and freight rail services on…

The I-85/Yadkin River Bridge project in North Carolina, constructed by the Flatiron-Lane joint venture team, earned the 2013 Carolinas Associated General Contractors Pinnacle Award, considered the most…

Construction is in full swing on Presidio Parkway, a major overhaul to the existing Doyle Drive roadway, built in 1936 to connect the Golden Gate Bridge to…

Work at the Columbia University project continues in earnest as the E.E. Cruz team nears completion.  Remaining work at grade has been reduced to grade beam waterproofing…

Flatiron’s summer interns were very busy in 2013. Interns from San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles competed in the annual intern bridge-building competition in August.  Using…

Flatiron is working on a $57.9 million project for the San Diego Association of Governments on the Blue Line Trolley Stations project in San Diego, California.  The…

2013 has been an eventful year for all of us at Flatiron Construction. From completing noteworthy projects across the United States and Canada to partnering with some…

Flatiron is constructing a new off-ramp from southbound Interstate 15 to the French Valley Parkway in Temecula, CA.  The 2,000-foot-long off-ramp will initially be one lane, but…

Flatiron broke ground on Willits Bypass in February, a momentous beginning to a long-awaited project. “The California Department of Transportation website [for the project] has a photo…

Thanks to Flatiron and Turner, more than 1,100 people from two rural Nicaraguan towns are able to safely cross a major river year round to reach the…

Work continues on schedule with the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge project. The bridge, which crosses New York City’s East River, connects Queens and the Bronx and is in the…

Work is well underway on Flatiron Construction’s first project in the Northwest – the Interstate 405 project in Washington. Flatiron is widening and installing express toll lanes from Bellevue to…

These past few days have been an exciting time for all of those in the San Francisco and Oakland area. On Monday, September 2 at 10 p.m.,…

Air, highway, rail or bridges – whether it’s your morning commute or you’re jet-setting across the globe, chances are you use transportation infrastructure on a daily basis.…

Flatiron Construction is retrofitting the Ruskin Dam and Powerhouse in Mission, British Columbia, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of Vancouver on the Stave River for owner BC Hydro. The biggest…

In late May, Flatiron crews completed the company’s second accelerated bridge construction project, the Interstate 15 Manderfield Bridges. The project is on I-15 in central Utah, just north of Beaver.…

When you’re in charge of one of the largest pile driving construction projects in California, having a highly skilled pile driving team is essential for success. Flatiron…

With the dog days of summer upon us, staying cool is a must. Construction workers are at an increased risk of suffering from dehydration or succumbing to…

If you’re looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, the job where project manager Jesse Bishop and team are conducting bridge and…

Despite unforeseen delays that have now extended the project by over two years, the Calaveras Dam project continues to make good progress, with the Flatiron Construction project…

Work is progressing on a major Flatiron tunneling project. The North Light Rail Transit project is a 3.3 kilometer (about two mile) extension of the existing light…

Team San Jose de Pire, comprised of Flatiron Construction, E.E. Cruz and Turner employees from across the U.S. and Canada, returned late last week from 10 days…

Concrete columns are rising quickly along the route of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District’s long-awaited Oakland Airport Connector, which has been in the works…

In late December, Flatiron, a major contractor in Fort McMurray, completed the Parsons Creek Interchange Geotechnical Improvements for Alberta Transportation. The project involved the excavation and embankment of…

If you are an engineer with up to five years of experience, you are a part of Flatiron’s Engineer Rotation Program. The program provides you with a…

As Superstorm Sandy grew, so did the warnings that this hurricane could be historic. Once it slammed into the East Coast on Oct. 29, nobody doubted that it would be.…

Globally, we are in the midst of a massive spike in energy demand. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, our worldwide demand for energy will increase 53 percent between 1990 and…

A decade after Flatiron and joint venture partners began work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Skyway, Flatiron crews are at work on a new contract that…

Crews have begun work on the $24 million Placentia Avenue Grade Separation project on the border of the cities of Fullerton and Placentia, Calif. The Orange County Transportation Authority project…

With nearly half of the freeway currently open, crews on the Yadkin River Bridge project are rounding the corner and heading into the home stretch—about six months from completion of…

The Alberta Government hired the joint venture team of Flatiron-Dragados-Aecom-Lafarge to build the final leg of Edmonton’s ring road—the Northeast Anthony Henday—finalizing a key piece of transportation infrastructure for the capital…

Work zones are dangerous places for Flatiron employees as well as motorists. In 2010, motor vehicle accidents in work zones resulted in a total of 576 deaths across the country at…

To date, 24 employees from Flatiron, E.E. Cruz and Turner have helped build two footbridges as part of the Bridges to Prosperity program in Nicaragua and Rwanda. Since Flatiron first…

Flatiron Construction’s general counsel and Bridges to Prosperity Board member Melody Pickett and her family traveled to Rwanda with HOCHTIEF to build Bridges to Prosperity’s 100th footbridge.…

Serving the community is a key part of Flatiron’s culture. One of the ways we serve is through our partnership with Bridges to Prosperity, one of the best employee volunteer programs around.…

The gap in the middle of the new Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver disappeared on June 16 when crews hoisted and placed the final closure girder, installed…

For nearly 100 years, rail provided a large portion of the transportation in North America; however, trains quickly lost ridership when the first affordable cars came to market in the…

Since January 2011, E.E. Cruz has been building foundations for the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, the first part of Columbia University’s ambitious Manhattanville project, a new 17-acre campus expansion…

In early May, a group of Flatiron Construction’s operations, environmental and safety professionals met for two days to discuss what the new ISO 14001, the international certification for environmental management, really means for Flatiron. First,…

E.E. Cruz is constructing the 96th Street Station for the Second Avenue Subway in New York City as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction Program…

On a cold night in early March, with temperatures well below freezing and snow falling, Flatiron Construction crews began the second of two operations to replace twin bridges over…

Congratulations are in order for our Canadian Division. In mid-March the Great Place to Work Institute Canada announced Flatiron Construction earned the No. 38 spot on the…

On a warm January morning under partly cloudy skies, transportation officials stood on an Interstate 15 access ramp high above the free flowing traffic to celebrate the…

Flatiron Construction’s first Bridges to Prosperity volunteer team of 2012 has successfully completed a much-needed footbridge in Santa Lucia, Condega, Nicaragua. A team of 11 volunteers from…

Since July 2011, Flatiron has been rehabilitating the Steinhauer Bridge over the Athabasca River in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Crews are demolishing the superstructure—which includes the deck, girders,…