Miller & Long: Then and Now

  • 1947
       

    1947 - 

    February 1: With $3,000 in borrowed capital, a new Ford truck, and $50 in hand – plus tools and a wheelbarrow – founders Jimmy Long and Jack Miller commence operations.

  • 1947
       

    1947 - 

    February 10: Miller & Long secures its first contract, a concrete driveway for a lump sum of $199. This classified ad was placed in the Evening Star on May 24, 1947. The company started pouring driveways, sidewalks, and curbs.

  • 1947
       

    1947 - 

    February 15: First employee, B.H. Blassingame, hired – still in Army uniform.

  • 1957
       

    1957 - 

    Nick Paleologos was first hired as a summer helper at age 16, for $1.75/hour.

  • 1957
       

    1957 - 

    4824 Rugby Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, becomes the company’s office space.

  • 1960
       

    1960 - 

    Miller & Long successfully bid on a 12-story building in Richmond, VA. The building was completed in a record time of 16 weeks. This success positioned Miller & Long for the great boom of high-rise construction in the early to mid-60s, which increased the company’s volume fourfold.

  • 1960
      Early 60's

    1960 Early 60's - 

    Miller & Long used the nation’s first electric tower crane, at Oglethorpe House in Hyattsville, MD. Sonny Keitt was challenged to learn how to run it, and he soon became known as the best crane operator in the area. Sonny stayed with the company his entire career.

  • 1967
       

    1967 - 

    Jack Miller asked John M. McMahon to report to the office and sit in for the ailing Chief Estimator. Pictured here is John McMahon’s first project.

  • 1971
       

    1971 - 

    Miller & Long passes 1M cubic yards poured since 1947.

  • 1972
       

    1972 - 

    John M. McMahon and Nick Paleologos promoted to Vice President. John McMahon pictured here.

  • 1975
       

    1975 - 

    First on-site batch plant, at 1900 Half Street, SW, Washington, D.C.

  • 1977
       

    1977  - 

    January 15: At the 30th year anniversary party, John M. McMahon promoted to President.

  • 1980
       

    1980 - 

    John Anders hired as a laborer at the Planning Research Corporation building in Tysons Corner, VA.

  • 1980
       

    1980 - 

    Brett McMahon hired as a laborer at the yard in College Park, MD.

  • 1981
       

    1981 - 

    December: Concrete Column, the company’s newsletter, was first published.

  • 1984
       

    1984 - 

    First slip form project at Radisson Mark Plaza in Alexandria, VA.

  • 1987
       

    1987 - 

    Miller & Long passes 5M cubic yards poured since 1947.

  • 1989
       

    1989 - 

    Engineering News-Record lists Miller & Long as the largest concrete company in the U.S.

  • 1995
      1995-96

    1995 1995-96 - 

    First design-build projects: Naval Aviation Systems Complex and NIST Advanced Chemical Sciences Laboratory. Pictured here is Naval Aviation Systems Complex.

  • 1996
       

    1996 - 

    John Paleologos began his career with the company working as a laborer.

  • 2000
       

    2000 - 

    Miller & Long passes 10M cubic yards poured since 1947.

  • 2002
       

    2002 - 

    John M. McMahon founds DC Student Construction Trade Foundation.

  • 2004
      2004-07

    2004 2004-07 - 

    Engineering News-Record lists Miller & Long as the largest concrete company in the U.S.

  • 2006
       

    2006 - 

    First LEED contract: 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard, Rockville, MD.

  • 2007
       

    2007 - 

    Miller & Long passes 15M cubic yards poured since 1947.

  • 2008
       

    2008 - 

    October: Dannie Burke named President of Miller & Long.

  • 2011
       

    2011 - 

    Miller & Long DC, Inc., founded by John Paleologos and Brett McMahon, opens to focus on the district as a Certified Business Enterprise in Washington, D.C. Pictured here is MLDC’s first project, Camden South Capitol.

  • 2011
       

    2011 - 

    First BIM project: National Cancer Institute at Shady Grove, Rockville, MD.

  • 2015
       

    2015 - 

    Largest single pour: Capital One’s McLean, VA headquarters foundation mat, over 3,500 cubic yards.

  • 2017
       

    2017 - 

    Brett McMahon named CEO of Miller & Long Co., Inc.

  • 2017
       

    2017 - 

    John Paleologos named President of Miller & Long DC.

  • 2018
       

    2018 - 

    John M. McMahon and Nick Paleologos retire.

  • 2019
       

    2019 - 

    John Anders promoted to Executive Vice President.

  • 2020
       

    2020 - 

    Miller & Long passes 20M cubic yards poured since 1947.

  • 2022
       

    2022 - 

    Miller & Long celebrates 75 years in business, having completed more than $8 billion in concrete construction projects.

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