Turner Construction wins National Award for Construction of Comerica Bank’s new Corporate Headquarters in Dallas
First-ever National Excellence in Construction Award for Turner’s Dallas office
DALLAS, May 27, 2009 -Turner Construction Company’s Dallas office has won a national Excellence in Construction Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) for its construction of Comerica Bank’s new corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas. Representatives from Turner and Comerica Bank will be honored with the award in June at ABC’s Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
Turner Construction was hired to manage the Comerica Bank project shortly after the company announced it was relocating its corporate headquarters from Detroit to Dallas. The fast-track project involved the interior renovation of nearly 200,000 square feet in the distinctive glass-and-granite 60-story Comerica Tower located at 1717 Main Street in downtown Dallas, previously known as the Bank One Building. The multi-phase renovation included a massive atrium-covered banking and stock exchange hall (open from the lobby to the 5th floor), five floor levels, and the addition of wood-paneled conference rooms, a dining hall, break rooms, restrooms, resource centers and numerous executive offices. Additional renovation work performed by Turner consisted of remodeling the existing teller lines, replacing all existing countertops with granite, and updating the existing pneumatic-controlled HVAC system.
Prior to winning the national award, Turner won three local ABC awards for its construction of Comerica Bank’s new corporate headquarters in Dallas, its construction of Sagem Avionics, Inc.’s new United States headquarters facility, located in Grand Prairie, Texas, and for its renovation of Dallas’ legendary Mansion Restaurant at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek.
The ABC Excellence in Construction Awards is the premier competition within the construction industry that recognizes outstanding construction projects across the United States. The winning teams and projects represent the “best of the best” for safety, quality, teamwork, planning and innovation. A panel of industry experts serve as the competition’s judges each year, with this year’s panel including representatives from the National Association of Women in Construction, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the American Institute of Architects and the National Institute of Building Sciences.
ABOUT TURNER CONSTRUCTION
Turner is the leading general builder in the U.S., ranking first or second in all major segments of the building construction field. During 2008, Turner completed $10 billion of construction. Turner is the only builder offering clients a nationwide network of offices across the U.S. Founded in 1902, Turner Construction Company is a subsidiary of the Turner Corporation located in Dallas, TX. For more information, visit Turner’s website at http://www.turnerconstruction.com.
ABOUT THE ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national association representing 25,000 merit shop construction and construction related firms in 79 chapters across the United States. For more news and information, visit ABC’s website, http://www.abc.org.
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