Gilbane
| Industry | Construction Management, General Contracting |
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| Founded | 1873 |
| Founder | William H. Gilbane |
| Headquarters | 7 Jackson Walkway Providence, RI |
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Number of locations
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25+ Offices in the US Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Illinois, California, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina |
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Key people
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Thomas F. Gilbane, Jr. (Chairman ) William J. Gilbane, Jr. (COO) Robert V. Gilbane (President of Development) Michael E. McKelvy (CEO) |
| Products | Preconstruction Consulting Logistics |
| Services | Consulting |
| Revenue | $4 billion (2007) |
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Number of employees
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2,000(2009) |
| Divisions |
Green Building Healthcare Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Sports Transportation Aviation |
| Website | [1] |
25+ Offices in the US
Gilbane, Inc., based in Boston, Mass, is a family-owned, national construction and real estate development company. Forbes ranked Gilbane as the 108th largest privately held company in the United States in 2006 with estimated revenues of $2.83 billion.
Gilbane Building Company is one of the nation’s oldest builders. The company was founded in 1873 by William H. Gilbane and his brother Thomas as a family-run carpentry and general contracting shop in Providence, Rhode Island. Originally known as William H. Gilbane and Brother, the firm quickly developed, building some of the homes in Providence. New projects soon followed, including churches, hospitals and other public buildings that are still in use today. Today, fourth and fifth-generation members of the family lead the company, which has more than 50 offices worldwide. Paul J. Choquette, Jr., son of third-generation family member Virginia Gilbane Choquette, is vice chairman of Gilbane Inc. Thomas F. Gilbane, Jr. is chairman and CEO, and William J. Gilbane, Jr. is vice chairman of Gilbane Building Company. Robert V. Gilbane is chairman and CEO of Gilbane Development Company. Michael McKelvy is CEO of Gilbane Building Company.
Gilbane has been family owned and operated throughout its entire history. The Harvard Business Review says customers prefer family run companies.
In the early 1900s, William H. Gilbane took control of the company and steered it through the lean times of the Great Depression. In the 1930s, his sons Thomas F. Gilbane and William J. Gilbane joined the company and made Gilbane’s reputation as a pioneer in construction management — first with major defense projects during World War II, and then with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, which opened on time and budget in Washington, D.C. on July 4, 1976. In 1970 Gilbane expanded its services and formed the development of a sister company known as Gilbane Development Company.
Leadership
Gilbane Building Company named Michael McKelvy its new president and chief operating officer in 2015. McKelvy went on to be named CEO in 2016. He is the first non-family member to hold those positions since the company’s founding in 1873.[2]
During the past two decades, Gilbane has completed a number of notable public projects including:
- Lake Placid Winter Olympics Facilities, Lake Placid, NY
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington D.C. The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Fund (VVMF), incorporated in 1979, was a nonprofit organization created to establish a national memorial, in Washington, DC, to honor and recognize American veterans of the Vietnam War. On July 1, 1980, the government, by a unanimous joint resolution of Congress, authorized the VVMF to establish the memorial on two acres of national park land in Constitution Gardens near the Lincoln Memorial in 1982.
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