Kiewit Constructors
E127989
Kiewit Constructors is a major North American construction and engineering contractor known for delivering large-scale infrastructure and transportation projects.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiewit | 1 |
| Kiewit Constructors canonical | 1 |
| Kiewit Corporation | 1 |
| Kiewit Infrastructure Group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1111095 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiewit Constructors Context triple: [Willis Avenue Bridge, builder, Kiewit Constructors]
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A.
Turner Construction Company
Turner Construction Company is a major American construction management firm known for building large-scale commercial, sports, and institutional projects across the United States and internationally.
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B.
Bechtel Corporation
Bechtel Corporation is a major American engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects worldwide.
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C.
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Skanska USA Building Inc. is the U.S. construction and development arm of the global Skanska group, known for managing large, complex building projects across the country.
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D.
JE Dunn Construction
JE Dunn Construction is a major American general contracting and construction management firm known for delivering large-scale commercial and civic projects nationwide.
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E.
Bechtel National, Inc.
Bechtel National, Inc. is a major U.S. engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale government and environmental remediation projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiewit Constructors Target entity description: Kiewit Constructors is a major North American construction and engineering contractor known for delivering large-scale infrastructure and transportation projects.
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A.
Turner Construction Company
Turner Construction Company is a major American construction management firm known for building large-scale commercial, sports, and institutional projects across the United States and internationally.
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B.
Bechtel Corporation
Bechtel Corporation is a major American engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects worldwide.
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C.
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Skanska USA Building Inc. is the U.S. construction and development arm of the global Skanska group, known for managing large, complex building projects across the country.
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D.
JE Dunn Construction
JE Dunn Construction is a major American general contracting and construction management firm known for delivering large-scale commercial and civic projects nationwide.
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E.
Bechtel National, Inc.
Bechtel National, Inc. is a major U.S. engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale government and environmental remediation projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
construction company
ⓘ
engineering contractor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiewit Infrastructure Co.
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasBusinessModel | contractor ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringCapability |
civil engineering design
ⓘ
structural engineering ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
large complex projects
ⓘ
self-perform construction capabilities ⓘ |
| hasSafetyFocus | yes ⓘ |
| industry |
civil engineering
ⓘ
construction ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
industrial owners
ⓘ
public infrastructure ⓘ transportation agencies ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale infrastructure delivery
ⓘ
major transportation projects ⓘ |
| operatesAs |
design-build contractor
ⓘ
general contractor ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Kiewit Constructors
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiewit Corporation
|
| partOf |
Kiewit Constructors
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiewit Infrastructure Group
|
| projectType |
bridges
ⓘ
highways ⓘ mass transit infrastructure ⓘ rail infrastructure ⓘ tunnels ⓘ water and wastewater infrastructure ⓘ |
| regionServed | North America ⓘ |
| serviceType |
construction management
ⓘ
engineering services ⓘ procurement ⓘ project management ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
design-build projects
ⓘ
heavy civil construction ⓘ infrastructure projects ⓘ transportation projects ⓘ |
| typicalClient |
federal transportation agencies
ⓘ
municipal governments ⓘ state departments of transportation ⓘ |
| typicalContractType |
construction manager/general contractor
ⓘ
design-build ⓘ lump-sum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kiewit Constructors Description of subject: Kiewit Constructors is a major North American construction and engineering contractor known for delivering large-scale infrastructure and transportation projects.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kiewit Corporation
this entity surface form:
Kiewit Infrastructure Group
this entity surface form:
Kiewit