2022年10月27日

約翰·f·謝伊(左)與2010年去世的表兄彼得·o·謝伊(中)和埃德蒙·謝伊(Edmund Shea)在20世紀50年代將他們祖父創建的承包公司重組為國家地下承包商和西海岸開發商。圖片來源:J.F.謝伊公司根據一份公告，美國主要隧道承包商J.F. Shea公司的董事長約翰·f·謝伊於10月18日在加利福尼亞州帕薩迪納去世，享年96歲，他還將家族企業多元化到住宅建築和房地產開發和管理領域。公告稱，1958年，約翰·謝伊與堂兄弟小彼得·謝伊和埃德蒙·謝伊一起解散了他祖父在1881年創立的管道公司，該公司後來成為建造胡佛水壩、金門大橋和舊金山-奧克蘭海灣大橋的六家合資企業的一部分，並重新注冊。該公司沒有回應ENR的置評請求。約翰·謝伊被任命為首席執行官，直到2005年由他的表弟彼得·謝伊接任。約翰·謝伊(John Shea)被任命為董事長，直到去世。埃德蒙於2010年去世。在謝伊的領導下，這家總部位於加州核桃市的公司參與了舊金山、華盛頓特區、洛杉磯和紐約市的地鐵項目建設，以及全國各地的輸水隧道建設。2010年埃德蒙去世的公告指出，從時代廣場到賈維茨中心(Javits Center)的7號線和第二大道地鐵都在曼哈頓進行“活躍”施工。去年，該公司完成了大都會水務局內陸支線項目的最後一部分，這是一條穿過聖貝納迪諾山脈的隧道。 The firm frequently partnered with Kiewit Corp. and Kenny Construction, now a subsidiary of Granite Construction. The Moles, a national heavy construction group, cited John Shea in 1991. J.F. Shea Co. diversified into homebuilding and real estate development in the 1960s. According to its website , Shea Properties had revenue of more than $250 million in 1969. Its units operate in 11 states, and own and operate nearly 10,000 apartment units and 6 million square ft of office, industrial and retail space. In 2021. Shea Homes was ranked as the 28th largest U.S. homebuilder by Builder magazine. The firm also moved into venture capital investing under Edmund Shea, "Companies like Apple Computers, Adobe, Altera Computers, Genentech and AES Corp. are among the over 250 companies receiving investments from Shea Ventures," says its website. The firm's current revenue could not be confirmed. The Los Angeles Business Journal, which ranked Shea No. 38 on its "wealthiest Angelenos" list, said he had a net worth of $2.3 billion. Shea and wife Dorothy also funded school renovations and provided student scholarships, it said.