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Graycor history
Graycor company history timeline
Graycor was founded in 1921 as Chicago Concrete Breaking Company (CCBC). Since its early days as a specialty contractor, CCBC (now Graycor) has built its reputation by taking on challenging projects that require innovative solutions.
One of the first “big breaks” for CCBC came in 1926 when the company was asked to remove a section of a retaining wall alongside the Illinois Central Railroad tracks in Chicago.
CCBC’s first taste of international work came in February 1940 by way of an urgent telegram from Tata Iron and Steel Company requesting expert services to remove a salamander from Blast Furnace B at its plant in Jamshedpur, India.
In the 1960’s, Edward Gray Corporation began self-performing major concrete works and construction of various steel mill related facilities.
In 1968, the company completed the construction of a precipitator (used in steel mills and power plants to control their particulate matter emissions) for Republic Steel, marking its entry into the environmental construction market.
In 1985, the name of the company was changed to Graycor, the brand that is recognized today in markets across North America.
One of the most monumental projects for Graycor’s rapidly growing steel construction resume was the Severstal blast furnace project in Dearborn, Michigan at the River Rogue plant that was completed in 2007.
Graycor’s work on this project was completed in December 2011, a milestone marking one of the largest projects completed by Graycor in its history.
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