CB&I, originally known as Chicago Bridge & Iron Co, is a global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm that specializes in storage solutions for infrastructure and industrial projects.

Founded in 1889 and headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, CB&I designs, fabricates and installs storage tanks and terminals, along with a range of other industrial structures.

CB&I was founded by Horace E. Horton of Rochester, Minnesota when he moved to Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1889.

While initially involved in bridge design and construction, CB&I turned its focus to bulk liquid storage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, coinciding with the western expansion of railroads across the United States and the discovery of oil in the Southwest.

[4] As such, CB&I supported the expansion of oil exploration outside the US, starting operations in South America in 1924, in Asia two years later and in the Middle East in 1939.

[27] These works include (with varying attribution): There was a great demand for ships and U.S. Navy vessels during World War II.

For the war Chicago Bridge built in its Eureka, California shipyard Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks ( or AFDM).

[45][46] Chicago Bridge also had shipyards in: Seneca, Illinois, Newburgh, New York and Morgan City, Louisiana.

Port of Beaumont entered into a partnership with Allegiant Industrial Island Park to rebuild the 75 acres site.