New Jersey Heavy Contractor Joseph D’Annunzio is Dead at 86
Joseph D. “Little Joe” D’Annunzio, who ran two family-owned New Jersey-based heavy construction firms that had key roles in significant infrastructure projects in the New York City area and eastern seaboard region, died in Naples, Fla. on Nov. 3. He was 86.
At his death, D’Annunzio was chairman of D’Annunzio & Sons, Clark, N.J.-based contractor he co-founded with his sons in 1981 after serving as president and CEO of the construction business founded by his father that became "a Northeast powerhouse in utility and heavy construction,” according to a family obituary.