by Brianna Crandall — September 8, 2014—Turner Construction Company was contracted this summer to complete numerous modernizations, renovations, additions and new construction projects at elementary, middle and high schools, and on university campuses across the country in time for the fall school term.
Turner completes in excess of $1 billion in school construction projects year-round, performing much of the work on fast-track schedules in the summer. This year, among many primary and secondary schools, the company says it is proud to have completed work on a 900-student K-8 school and the first high school in the town of Mountain House for the Lammersville Unified School District of Sacramento, California.
The company also completed work on seven schools in the Washington, DC, area, where Turner project teams welcomed students at their schools, passing out Turner pencils and fact sheets for each building that included how many bricks were used as well as sustainability information.
In the Olathe Unified School District in Kansas, Turner completed work on more than 30 schools, adding, among many other things, gymnasiums, music rooms, and more secure entrances, and performing significant interior, architectural upgrades to floors, ceilings, lockers, and bathrooms.
In addition to these projects, Turner recently completed a number of higher education projects including the Institute for Human Performance at the State University of New York’s Upstate Medical Center, a science and research facility for Middle Tennessee State University, and two dining and student services facilities for New York University.
Turner Construction Company is a North America-based, international construction services company. Founded in 1902, Turner reportedly pioneered the use of steel-reinforced concrete for general building, enabling the delivery of safer, stronger, and more efficient buildings. The company continues to embrace emerging technologies and offers an increasingly diverse set of services. Turner is said to be the largest builder in the United States, ranking first in the major market segments of the building construction field, including healthcare, education, sports, commercial, and green building. The firm is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, one of the world’s leading international construction service providers.
