China Construction America

China Construction America
中建美国

Industry	Engineering, Construction and Real Estate Investment and Development
Founded	1985
Headquarters	525 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
Area served	The Americas
Parent	China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Subsidiaries	Plaza Construction, CCA Civil, CCA South America, Strategic Capital
Website	www.chinaconstruction.us

Company Overview

China Construction America (Chinese: 中建美国) (CCA) was established in 1985; it is a subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd. (CSCEC) — the world’s largest construction and real estate conglomerate and the biggest global contractor^[1] — that operates in the East Coast of the U.S^[2][3] and Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean,^[4] and Latin America,^[5] having many finished and undergoing projects worldwide.

Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, CCA operates mainly in New York, New Jersey, Washington, DC, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, California, the Caribbean and Panama. CCA provides a range of construction services, such as program management, construction management, general contracting, design-build and public-private partnership assistance for public and private clients.

CCA was ranked the 42nd biggest contractors in the 2016 ENR Top 400 Contractors list,^[6] the 26th biggest construction management-at-risk firms by Engineering News-Record on June 2016,^[7] the 15th on 2016 ENR Southeast Top Contractors,^[8] the 10th on the Top Contractors in Bridges, and the 26th in the ENR 2016 Top 100 CM-at-Risk Firms.^[9]

History

CCA was established in 1985 as a subsidiary of CSCEC. In 2001, the CCA office in the World Trade Center was destroyed in the September 11 terrorist attacks, the company had to move its headquarters from the World Trade Center to Jersey City.^[10][11] On April 4, 2014, CCA acquired Plaza Construction, one of the nation’s leading construction management and general contracting companies. The sale is prompted by the dynamic growth of Plaza and Fisher Brothers’ desire to focus on the development side of their business. According to Richard Wood, the CEO of Plaza Construction, the acquisition is more about creating strategic relationships and sharing resources.^[12][13][14]

Project Highlights

Rehabilitation of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge, New York, NY^[15]

• No. 3 of Top 10 Bridges Award by Roads & Bridges Magazine, 2013^[16]
• Excellence in Partnering Award for Formal Partnering by the AGC of New York State, 2013
• Award of Merit Highways/Bridges by Engineering News-Record, 2014^[17]
• Construction Achievement Project of the Year Award by the ASCE Metropolitan Section, 2014^[18]
• Tien Yow Jeme Civil Engineering Prize by the China Civil Engineering Society (CCES), 2015^[19]

Ventilation Shafts for the 7 Subway Extension, New York, NY^[20]

• Construction Achievement Project of the Year Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016^[21]

MTA Fulton Street Transit Center, New York, NY

• Project of the Year by New York State Society of Professional Engineers, 2014^[22][23]
• Diamond Award by American Council of Engineering Companies of New York, 2014^[23]
• Excellence Honorable Mention Award by Center for Active Design, 2015^[24]
• Best of Design Awards by The Architect’s Newspaper, 2015^[25]
• MASterworks Best New Building Award by the Municipal Art Society of New York, 2015^[26]
• Construction Achievement Project of the Year Award by the ASCE Metropolitan Section, 2015^[21]

River Bluff High School, Lexington, SC^[27][28]

MTA West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium (New York City Subway) Station, New York, NY^[29]

• Best of 2004 Award by New York Construction, 2004
• Design Award by AIA New York State, 2006

Astoria Energy Power Plant, New York, NY^[14][30]

• New York Tri-State’s Top 40 Projects by New York Construction, 2005
• Best of 2006 by ENR New York, 2006
• New Project Award by General Building Contractors, 2007
• Building of America Award by Real Estate & Construction Review, 2009

Brookfield Place (New York City) Glass Pavilion, New York, NY

• Award of Merit: Office/Retail/Mixed-Use by ENR, 2014^[31]
• Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2) and Merit Award for Excellence by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), 2014^[32]
• Outstanding Public Space for 2014 by the Greater New York Construction User Council, 2014

Other Projects

Infrastructure

• Pulaski Skyway, South Kearny, NJ^[33]
• Wittpenn Bridge, Kearn NJ^[34]
• Replacement of Shore (Belt) Parkway Bridge over Gerritsen Inlet Bridge , New York, NY^[35]
• Staten Island Expressway, New York, NY^[36]

Real Estate

• 445 South Street, Morristown, NJ^[37]
• Broadstone Post Oak, Houston, TX^[38]
• The Pointe, Nassau, The Bahamas^[39]
• British Colonial Nassau Hilton Hotel, Nassau, The Bahamas^[40]

Hospitality and Residential

• Baha Mar Mega Resort, Nassau, The Bahamas^[41][42]
• 150 Charles Street, New York, NY^[43][44]
• AC Hotel by Marriott^sm, Miami, FL^[43][45]
• Marquis Residences, Miami, FL^[46]
• Marea Condominiums, Miami, FL^[46]
• One Ocean South Beach, Miami, FL^[46]
• W South Beach, Miami, FL^[46]
• City of Hope, Panama City, Panama^[47]

Education

• Clinton High School (South Carolina), Laurens County, SC^[48]
• River Bluff High School, Lexington, SC^[27][28]
• Nation Ford High School, Fort Mill, SC^[49]
• Dreher High School, Columbia, SC^[50]
• Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina), Spartanburg County School District, SC^[51]
• Blue Ridge High School (South Carolina), Greenville, SC^[51]
• Santee High School and Technology Center, Los Angeles, CA^[52]

Subsidiaries

• Plaza Construction^[14]
• CCA Civil^[53]
• CCA South America^[54]
• Strategic Capital^[55]

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External links

• China Construction America Official Site