# Clark Construction One of the largest privately held U.S. construction firms (Bethesda, MD). In the KB because the *Washington Post* revealed (June 30, 2026) that White House officials **secretly awarded it a no-bid contract worth up to $500 million** in summer 2025 for the [[White House Ballroom Project]], routed through the office of the Executive Residence to avoid competitive-bidding and public-disclosure rules. Clark internally valued the work at ~$200M in July 2025, a figure that has since grown to ~$600M, with taxpayers expected to cover roughly half despite the project's "entirely privately funded" framing. Clark in turn planned no-bid subcontracts to at least eleven firms. See [[Spending Gap - Taxpayer-Free vs. the Secret $500M No-Bid Ballroom Contract]] for the money-delta card. ## Related [[White House Ballroom Project]] · [[National Park Service Funds Diversion]] · [[The Spending Gap]]