Turner construction

Turner Construction Company is one of the largest construction management companies in the United States with a construction volume of $10.6 billion in 2008. It is a subsidiary of Hochtief Germany Henry Chandlee Turner (b.1871) created Turner Construction during 1902 with $25,000 in start-up capital in New York City on 11 Broadway. Turner's first job, a $687 project to build a concrete vault for Thrift Bank in Brooklyn. In 1903, a Scottish indust... more

Turner Construction Company is one of the largest construction management companies in the United States with a construction volume of $10.6 billion in 2008. It is a subsidiary of Hochtief Germany Henry Chandlee Turner (b.1871) created Turner Construction during 1902 with $25,000 in start-up capital in New York City on 11 Broadway. Turner's first job, a $687 project to build a concrete vault for Thrift Bank in Brooklyn. In 1903, a Scottish industrialist named Robert Gair involved in manufacturing paper products hired Turner Construction to build a plant in Brooklyn. The facility, finished in 1904, measured 180,000 sq ft (17,000 m), making it the largest reinforced concrete building in the US. At the same time the company was developing plans for the Gair building, it began building staircases for the New York City subway system. The stairs were designed to be constructed with steel, but Turner thought concrete was a less expensive alternative. After examining public bidding records,... less