E E Black Limited history

In 1938 megastar Clark Gable, Rhett Butler in "Gone With The Wind," was alerted by young actor Lennie Bluett to segregation on the lot during the making of the film, and demanded that it be ended.

1958 Hawaii-based E. E. Black formed and registered Black Construction Corporation as its Guam subsidiary

1959 The Philippine office received its license; E. E. Black, Ltd.

1962 Operations went full swing when Robert Black took over management of his father’s company and became its President; he has been responsible for the expansion of operations into areas other than Hawaii, as well as real estate investment and other diversifications.

1964 Dole Co. authorized Black to start construction of complete plantation facilities in Mindanao, almost simultaneously with the first planting of pineapples in that area.

1965 The United States Navy selected Black to perform over $20 million of emergency construction in the Philippines at Subic Bay and Sangley Point.

1988 New Zealand-based McConnell-Dowell came to rescue Black and became its owner just as the economy was starting to pick up in Guam as a result of Japanese spending.

1992 Morrison-Knudsen bought Black Construction with the thought of getting rapid transit in Hawaii.

1996 There was a need for a new company that could breathe some life and energy into Black Construction; Tutor-Saliba looked to be a great match so acquisition of Black took place.

In 2001, the last member of the family to have ownership of the company, Eldon Ward, was set to retire and sold the company to childhood friends Brian Brooks and Otto Beatty.

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