Swinerton

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Swinerton
Company type100% Employee-owned
Industry General contracting, green building
Founded1888
FounderAlfred Bingham Swinerton
Headquarters
Concord, California
Key people
Eric Foster, CEO & Chairman
Number of employees
4,672 [1]
Website www.swinerton.com

Swinerton is a commercial construction company that provides services in the United States for commercial office, retail, multi-family residential, hospitality, healthcare, education, energy, and the entertainment sectors. The company also provides preconstruction services, including budgeting, scheduling, value management, and planning. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Swinerton was founded in 1888 and holds California Contractors License No. 92. It has offices located throughout California, as well as offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Austin, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Honolulu, and more.

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History

Swinerton Incorporated was founded in 1888 by Charles Lindgren. [2] In the late 1800s, Lindgren partnered with Lewis Hicks, a civil engineer who pioneered the innovation of steel-reinforced concrete in buildings. During the construction of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco the Great Earthquake & Fire of 1906 occurred and one of the few buildings to survive was the Fairmont Hotel.

Swinerton also built San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square, as well as one of the first green buildings in the nation, [3] the Weyerhaeuser Headquarters in Federal Way, Washington. Swinerton also develops and has constructed high-rise offices including the San Francisco Centre, Levi's Plaza and the Gap Worldwide Headquarters.

Swinerton Renewable Energy was formed on 2008. In its first ten years, it built over 3.5 GW of projects. [4]

Notable buildings and projects

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References

  1. "Swinerton". Forbes .
  2. "Swinerton Incorporated: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  3. Yudelson, Jerry (2008), "Experiences of Green Building Marketing", Marketing Green Building Services, Elsevier, pp. 149–162, doi:10.1016/b978-0-7506-8474-3.50015-6, ISBN   978-0-7506-8474-3
  4. "Swinerton Renewable Energy - Our Story" . Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  5. Buchholz, Jan (25 June 2013). "Swinerton's Austin office to oversee huge Midland project". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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