Saturday, February 21, 2009

Turner Completed $3B of Green Construction During 2008

NEW YORK, NY/PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading builder of "green buildings," completed more than $3 billion of green construction projects during 2008.

In addition, the firm's sustainable construction work has grown to 40% of its backlog.

Turner's green building projects are in wide array of building types including in the education, commercial, healthcare and aviation segments.Turner has completed 80 projects that have been LEED Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

An additional 130 projects are LEED Registered. These projects are employing strategies to improve a building's performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

For a complete copy of the company's news release showing a list of Turner's active green projects during 2008, please contact Shannon Eckhart of Turner Construction Company,+1-212-229-6084. Web Site: http://www.turnerconstruction.com/

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