Swinerton Incorporated was founded in 1888 by Charles Lindgren . In the late 1800s , Lindgren partnered with Lewis Hicks , a civil engineer who pioneered the innovation of steel-reinforced concrete in buildings . During the construction of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco the Great Earthquake & Fire of 1906 occurred and one of the few buildings to survive was the Fairmont Hotel
Great Earthquake & Fire of 1906
1906 San Francisco earthquake
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