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Founded in 1975, Crane-Hogan is a Union Contractor that employs between 100 and 150 highly skilled, experienced Tradesworkers annually. Crane-Hogan specializes in new construction and rehabilitation of highways, bridges, parking garages, locks, buildings and both sewer and water treatment plants.

Company History

History of Crane-Hogan Structural Systems

Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc. is a general construction firm that was founded in 1975 by Daniel C. Hogan and James R. Crane. C-H has grown steadily over the past 49 years, completing over 800 projects. Crane-Hogan is a New York State Corporation working mainly in Central and Western New York, with offices in Syracuse, New York and Spencerport, New York (Main Office).

Crane-Hogan is a Union Contractor that employs between 100 and 150 highly skilled, experienced Tradesworkers annually. Crane-Hogan specializes in new construction and rehabilitation of highways, bridges, parking garages, locks, buildings and both sewer and water treatment plants. The largest project completed by Crane-Hogan to date is the removal and replacement of the O’Rorke Bascule Bridge for the County of Monroe valued at $75,000,000. In 2014, Crane-Hogan successfully completed the NYSDOT's first Design-Build Bridge Project in the Rochester area, and then in 2017 completed the NYSDOT's first Design-Build Bridge Project in the Syracuse Area.

We have experience in design build projects, negotiated partnering projects, as well as countless low bid projects. Crane-Hogan’s industry affiliations are with; ABCD of Western New York, ACI of New York, APWA, the Rochester Builder’s Exchange, the Genesee Transportation Council, and Unicon of Rochester, NY.

Crane-Hogan has achieved its growth over the years by focusing on the successful, timely completion of each individual project to the complete satisfaction of the project owner. We anticipate continuing our growth in the years to come through our relationship with our clients that will help us develop and successfully complete new project opportunities while we fortify our reputation as an honest, capable general contractor.

Our Company’s success revolves around the highly competent, talented workers and managers that make up the Crane-Hogan Team. Each project has received the total commitment of our construction team to insure the safety, quality, efficiency and timeliness that every Owner demands. Our team goal is to put the interest and wellbeing of each project first, maximizing the benefit to the individual Owner. We feel that the most successful projects are the direct result of having the best people working together to safely achieve the best results.

Mission, Vision & Philosophy

There simply is no substitute for experience when it comes to efficiently executing any construction project. Crane-Hogan provides unmatched experience completing complex projects for various Owners utilizing varied methods of delivery including Design-Build. We possess the essential skills, resources, local knowledge, and experience that all projects demand. Nothing beats the value of experience with so many of the Owners that we work for. Crane-Hogan’s long-standing reputation of successfully completing difficult, time-sensitive, and challenging projects in Western and Central New York is unmatched. Specifically, Crane-Hogan offers the following advantages:

  • A local business approach throughout the Western and Central New York area with extensive NYSDOT, City and County construction experience. Crane-Hogan has been completing projects from our Rochester home office location for 49 years
  • Extraordinary experience with design-build project delivery, unique for heavy-highway construction firms in New York State
  • A very successful, accomplished, and on-going reputation and track record working with NYS Agencies, Cities, Towns and Counties in Western and Central New York
  • A history of safely completed projects
  • An effective Project Specific Safety and Environmental Compliance Program involving planned site visits from our retained Safety and Environmental Consultant Firms
  • A commitment to deliver quality infrastructure improvements to the community utilizing skilled and experienced Crane-Hogan Staff, local Union Labor and reliable Subcontractors

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