McGuire and Hester
McGuire and Hester is an engineering, design, and construction company. McGuire and Hester has two offices located in Oakland and Sacramento, California. History. In the 1890s Michael J. McGuire emigrated from Ireland to California. In 1926, he started installing sewers for houses in Oakland. In 1931, McGuire asked his friend Mike Hester to be his business partner. The company “McGuire and Hester” was founded in 1947. A year later, McGuire died, and Hester purchased all the shares in the company. By the 1970s, second generation expanded operations from just construction to grading and paving, concrete and mechanical  work. In the 1990s, the company added landscaping, architectural concrete and aggregate divisions operations. They also started working on projects in Oregon and Nevada. In 2003 McGuire and Hester became 100% employee owned (ESOP) company. Awards. STAR 101.3 San Francisco Business Times Mercury News Group American Society of Civil Engineers American Public Works Association Bay Area News Group Esop Association