Dillingham Construction

In 1902, Walter F. Dillingham founded the Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Co..[1][2] In 1912, Walter F. Dillingham purchased 84 acres (34 ha) from the former Bernice P. Bishop Estate, which used the land for property development to create the neighborhood of Waikiki and many of its early related buildings and structures (including the Ala Wai Canal).

[3] Walter's son, Lowell Dillingham led the company in 1961, overseeing a merger a year earlier between the Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Co. and the Oahu Railway and Land Company, in order to form the public, Dillingham Corporation.

[1] In 1959, the company began construction of one of its largest projects was the $30 million USD Ala Moana Center shopping mall.

Dillingham became a leading engineering and construction firm, building dams, airfields, high-rises, hotels and embassies around the world.

[5] In 1988, the Dillingham Construction company moved the headquarters from San Francisco, to Pleasanton, California.