Six Companies, Inc.

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construction consortium joint venture

Six Companies, Inc. was a consortium of major U.S. construction firms formed in the early 20th century that became best known for building the Hoover Dam and other large-scale Western infrastructure projects.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Six Companies, Inc. canonical	1
Six Companies, Inc. (construction consortium)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	construction consortium ⓘ joint venture ⓘ
associatedStructure	Hoover Dam diversion tunnels NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoover Dam power plant NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Henry J. Kaiser NERFINISHED ⓘ Morrison-Knudsen NERFINISHED ⓘ New Deal–era public works ⓘ
constructionMethod	large-scale concrete placement ⓘ use of diversion tunnels for river control ⓘ
contractorFor	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	early 20th century ⓘ
formedAs	consortium of major U.S. construction firms ⓘ
formedInPeriod	early 1930s ⓘ
impact	facilitated development of water and power infrastructure in the American West ⓘ
industry	construction ⓘ
knownFor	building Hoover Dam ⓘ large-scale Western infrastructure projects ⓘ
laborForceCharacteristic	employed thousands of workers on Hoover Dam ⓘ
legacy	model for later large construction consortia ⓘ
legalForm	corporation ⓘ
locationOfWork	Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberCompany	Henry J. Kaiser Company NERFINISHED ⓘ J.F. Shea Company NERFINISHED ⓘ MacDonald & Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Morrison-Knudsen Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Bridge Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah Construction Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameOrigin	named for its six member companies ⓘ
notableFor	coordination of multiple large contractors on a single megaproject ⓘ
notableProjectType	dam construction ⓘ large-scale infrastructure ⓘ
notableWork	Boulder Canyon Project NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoover Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfMemberCompanies	6 ⓘ
projectRole	prime contractor for Hoover Dam ⓘ
projectType	federal public works contracts ⓘ
purpose	to bid on and construct Hoover Dam ⓘ
regionOfActivity	American West NERFINISHED ⓘ Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boulder Canyon Project (through Bechtel involvement) → hasContractor → Six Companies, Inc. ⓘ

subject surface form: Boulder Canyon Project

Warren A. Bechtel → memberOf → Six Companies, Inc. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Six Companies, Inc. (construction consortium)