Jay Cashman, Inc. is a privately held multi-disciplinary construction and development company, founded and owned by Jay M. Cashman. It is one of the largest privately held contracting firms in the northeastern United States.[1] The company has moved offices several times within the Boston area and has offices in three states and India.[2] As of 2006, the company had approximately 1,000 employees. The company was one of the major contractors on Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project. In 2004, the company took over financial management of a competing firm, Modern Continental Construction, at the request of Modern Continental's bondholders; the company does not, however, have an ownership stake in Modern Continental.[2][3]

Jay Cashman, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryConstruction, Energy & Real Estate
Founded1969
HeadquartersQuincy, Massachusetts
Key people
Jay Cashman
(Founder & Chairman of the Board)
Number of employees
1000
SubsidiariesCashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co.
Patriot Renewables
Preload International
IPC Lydon
Sterling Equipment & Kilkea Castle
Websitejaycashman.com

In 2011, Jay Cashman, Inc. purchased Kilkea Castle, one of the oldest inhabited castles in Ireland, just one hour from Dublin. Following a renovation, the hotel reopened in 2017. [4]

The firm is also involved in the dredging business and other marine construction projects, and owns marine-equipment leasing company, Sterling Equipment. A subsidiary, Patriot Renewables, is the developer of a proposed wind farm in Buzzards Bay, South Coast Wind.[5]

Jay Cashman, the company's founder and chairman of the board is a 1975 graduate of the Boston University School of Management. He received the school's Alumni Award for Distinguished Service in 2004.[6]


References edit

  1. ^ Goldberg, Michael S. "Power Up". Boston University. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Wolfson, John (18 January 2006). "Zen and the Art of Infrastructure Maintenance". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, Jay (2006-07-13). "Mogul: Don't look at me". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2006-07-19. [dead link]
  4. ^ Abbott Riccardi, Victoria (14 January 2020). "Discovering My Roots in Ireland: Jay Cashman". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Patriot Renewables, LLC Announces Plans to Develop Wind Farm in Buzzards Bay" (Press release). Patriot Renewables, LLC. 2006-05-23. Archived from the original on 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  6. ^ Bostonia: BU Alumni Web Archived March 2, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

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