A rich heritage. Oakridge Builders’ roots date back to the booming oil days of 1908 when its parent company, The Flintco Companies — originally Tulsa Rig, Reel & Manufacturing began supplying wooden oilfield rigs and derricks during the state’s oil boom in the early 1900s. C.W. Flint, Sr. joined TRR in 1911, and by 1919, he and a partner gained control of the company. As TRR grew with the oil business, it established lumberyards in oilfields, entered the construction business and eventually expanded into contracting with the purchase of the Fornier Construction Company in 1936.

The building boom of the post-war 1950s created an unprecedented demand for general contracting services and the company grew. In the 1970s it formed Oakridge Builders in Tulsa to address the areas’ growing home building market. In the 1980s, Oakridge Builders began to focus exclusively on the commercial sector.