based in tulsa oklahoma . 1 it specializes in commercial and institutional construction . in 2010 diversitybusiness.com listed flintco as the top native american owned company . 2 prior to 2013 flintco was owned by a cherokee nation of oklahoma family . in january 2013 flintco was acquired by alberici corporation of st. louis missouri which said that flintco would continue to operate on an independent basis . 3 4 contents 1 history 2 notable projects 3 references 4 external links history edit flintco was founded in 1908 as tulsa rig reel and manufacturing company trr . it served as a supplier of drilling and pumping equipment for the burgeoning oil industry . c.w. flint became co owner of trr in 1919 and sole owner in 1935 expanding operations to include oil field lumber yards and the building of derricks . 5 trr diversified into building construction working for the u.s. government building army bases and air fields . it was between 1949 through 1958 that flintco undertook its first remodel construction project on the hillcrest medical center campus in tulsa . 6 from 1959 to 1998 the company slowly started to expand providing construction services outside of oklahoma into kansas and arkansas eventually establishing offices in oklahoma city memphis tenn. springdale ark . albuquerque n.m. austin texas and sacramento calif. 6 during this time flintco established a separate division oakridge builders that focuses on general construction in the oklahoma and arkansas area . 7 in 1994 flintco was sued by a sub contractor alleging that flintco interfered with the sub contractor s job performance . the trial court found that although the contract lacked a damages for delays clause flintco s interference caused damage to the sub contractor . the case was appealed to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit which affirmed the award of damages . the case has subsequently been widely published in legal guides for construction companies . 8 9 in 2011 flintco llc was named as having the top building contractor safety program in the north american industrial classification system naics 236 2 million plus man hour category at the associated builders & contractors abc excellence in construction awards . 10 that same year it also received the associated general contractors top award for its safety program . notable projects edit flintco has constructed the oklahoma state capitol 11 memphis traffic control tower 12 institute of american indian arts the texas state capitol oklahoma state university boone pickens stadium and the university of oklahoma gaylord family memorial stadium . references edit robbins catherine c. 2011 . all indians do not live in teepees or casinos . lincoln nebraska university of nebraska press . p. 24 . isbn 0803239734 . evatt robert 26 january 2010 . flintco honored as nation s top native american owned firm . tulsa world . tulsa oklahoma . access date requires url help st. louis firm acquires tulsa based flintco tulsa world january 8 2012 pay site . greta weiderman alberici closes on acquisition of flintco st. louis business journal january 8 2013 . evatt robert 2 march 2008 . steeling home . tulsa world . access date requires url help a b a century of constructive solutions . retrieved 8 august 2012 . about oakbuild . retrieved 8 august 2012 . cushman robert frank ; myers james j. 1999 . construction law handbook . aspen publishers . pp. 925 926 . isbn 0735503923 . schwartzkopf william ; tasker richard 2005 . practical guide to construction contract surety claims 2 ed . . aspen publishers . pp. 120 121 . isbn 0735552630 . flintco places first nationally in safety excellence . 1 march 2011 . retrieved 8 august 2012 . campbell jim 21 may 2001 . big crane readies for heavy lifting . the durant daily democrat . durant oklahoma . p. 2 . access date requires url help bradley gwynn . flintco building new air traffic control tower at memphis international . memphis tennessee memphis business journal . retrieved june 10 2012 . external links edit http www.flintco.com company site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title flintco & oldid 738811025 categories construction and civil engineering companies of the united statescompanies established in 1908privately held companies of the united states1908 establishments in oklahomahidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 05 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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