| In the
beginning … In
1908, Tulsa Rig, Reel & Manufacturing Co. (TRR)
began supplying wooden oilfield rigs and derricks during
Oklahoma’s oil boom in the early 1900s. C.W.
Flint, Sr. joined TRR in 1911, and by 1919, he and
a partner owned the company. The Tulsa-based company
grew with the oil business, and established lumberyards
in oilfields, entered the construction business and
expanded into general building contracting with the
purchase of the Fornier Construction Company in 1936.
C.W. “Bill” Flint, Jr. took over operations
after the death of his father in 1950. His heritage
as a Cherokee Indian on his mother’s side was to
play a key role in the company’s future. When
WWII rocked the world, the construction arm of the company
built major military training centers. When the building boom of the post-war 1950s created
an unprecedented demand for general contracting services,
the company expanded with new locations to meet the needs
of growing communities and divested of its oil field
lumberyards. In 1972, Bill Flint consolidated TRR and
Fornier under a new operating name for the construction
company, Flintco, Inc., which it retains today. The Flintco Companies, Inc.
In the 1980s, the company expanded its services and
geographic areas. It established Oakridge Builders, Inc.
in 1983 as an extension of the nationally-respected construction
services of Flintco, Inc. and both companies were grouped
under the parent company, The Flintco Companies, Inc.
Oakridge Builders, Inc. has since carved its niche in
the general construction market while Flintco, Inc. has
focused primarily on providing professional construction
services for large, complex projects.
C.W. “Bill” Flint, Jr. passed away in 2001
and his children have followed in his footsteps, with
the company firmly established and in its third generation
of private, family ownership.
The Flintco Companies, Inc. now ranks as the largest
American Indian-owned construction company and one
of the largest commercial contractors in the nation.
The Flintco Companies’ operating divisions
provide a full range of construction services, including
pre-construction, construction management, design/build,
program and project management, as well as general
contracting from nine offices in: Albuquerque, N.M.;
Austin, Texas; Memphis, Tenn.; Oklahoma City, Okla.;
Sacramento, Calif.; Springdale, Ark.; Springfield,
Mo.; and two offices in Tulsa, Okla.
The Tulsa division has been involved in construction
of some of the key landmark structures in the area, including
the Mid-Continent Tower, First Place Tower, Bank of Oklahoma
Tower/One Williams Center, Asbury United Methodist Church,
the University of Tulsa’s Donald W. Reynolds Arena,
Vision 2025’s Tulsa Regional Events and Convention
Center, David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center, the Tulsa
County Fairgrounds and many more. With a well-deserved reputation as a provider of “constructive
solutions,” The Flintco Companies is consistently
selected as the contractor of choice by clients with
construction needs in the areas of healthcare, corporate,
education, office, sports, corrections, hospitality,
utilities, governmental, and not-for-profit facilities. |
