Company
History
The S.A.
Healy Company ("Healy") has over 75 years of experience in
the heavy construction industry. The Illinois-based general
contractor was founded in 1923 by Stephen A. Healy, a
self-starter that learned the business by working his way up
from his beginnings as a miner on a tunnel project. He
quickly learned the nuts and bolts of construction work,
developing an uncanny ability to accurately forecast time
and cost to perform construction work.
Stephen
Healy built the company into a diversified general
contractor that has constructed countless bridges, dams,
sewers, and water treatment plants around the country.
However, Healy specializes in underground construction,
having excavated numerous tunnels and constructed many
shafts, pipelines and underground structures. These projects
include tunnels mined through mountains as well as
underwater, busy streets and city buildings, overcoming the
full spectrum of geologic conditions.
Stephen
Healy ran the company himself until his later years, turning
the reins of the company over to his sons, Mike and Tom, in
1968. Following the passing of the sons in1980 and 1981,
respectively, Mr. Don Zeier, Healy President from 1974 to
1987, sold the company. In 1982, Healy was purchased by, and
remains a wholly-owned subsidiary of, Impregilo S.p.A. of
Milan, Italy. Impregilo was founded in 1959 , and the
present company is the result of a 1990 merger with
Cogefar-Impresit S.p.A., Girola S.p.A. and Lodigiani S.p.A.,
each of which was a major, successful player in the
international construction arena. Since 1982, most of the
work performed in the U.S. by Impregilo has been through
S.A. Healy Company.
Impregilo's experience ranges from the construction of dams
and hydroelectric schemes to roads and motorways; railways
and subways; ports and marine works; hydraulic structures
and irrigation projects; airports; underground works; civil
engineering works for thermal and nuclear power stations;
residential, manafement, sports, and industrial buildings;
hospitals; and works for protection of the environment and
restoration of historic buildings. According to
Engineering News Record's most recent list of top
international contractors, Impregilo is ranked number 31 in
the world. Impregilo annual revenue is nearly $3 billion,
with a backlog now approaching $14 billion.
Impregilo is also an innovative company in the area of
alternate project delivery and financing schemes such as
design-build and B.O.T. (build-operate-transfer). Impregilo
is currently involved in 26 B.O.T projects valued at over $4
billion, as well as many design/build projects. |
