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Flatiron Structures Company LLC was founded in 1972 as they expanded into heavy construction. In the late 1980s, the company conducted work along Interstate 70 (I-70) through the Glenwood Canyon Corridor in Colorado.
Flatiron Hotel, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1906 Built Corners of South Main, Ross and Hazle Streets Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Pete's Clothing/ Hodge Bootery Flat iron Building: 1903 built Between State Street and Railroad Street, at U.S. Route 85 CanAm Highway
The Flatiron Building's construction was relatively easy because it used a steel frame; its 22-story height would have been difficult using other construction methods of that time. [253] The steel bracing, designed by engineer Corydon Purdy of Purdy and Henderson, [ 250 ] [ 254 ] allowed the Flatiron Building to withstand four times the amount ...
The Flatirons are rock formations in the western United States, near Boulder, Colorado, consisting of flatirons.There are five large, numbered Flatirons ranging from north to south (First through Fifth, respectively) along the east slope of Green Mountain (elev. 8,148 ft or 2,484 m), and the term "The Flatirons" sometimes refers to these five alone.
The combined company, Flatiron Dragados, would be held 61.8% by ACS and 38.2% by Hochtief. [30] [31] That same year, ACS Group reported that it had achieved better than expected results, which was largely attributed to its construction portfolio in the United States and Australia, particularly its toll road interests. [32]
Flat-iron gunboat, a 19th-century iron gunboat typified by a single large gun fitted in the bow; Flatiron (ship), a type of British ship for passing under low bridges; Flat iron steak, a cut of beef; Flatiron Construction, a civil infrastructure construction firm
The Flatiron Building, seen here in 2010, was originally called the Fuller Building, named after George A. Fuller.. George A. Fuller (October 21, 1851 – December 14, 1900) was an American architect often credited as being the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers and the modern contracting system.
The Hamilton Building also known as The Flatiron Building of Bellingham and the Bellingham Bay Furniture Building was the first "skyscraper" in Bellingham. Built in 1908 for Talifero Simpson Hamilton's growing Bellingham Bay (B.B.) Furniture Company established in 1889, the building cost $100,000 and used thirty-five thousand barrels of cement along with 200,000 pounds of steel.