Swinerton
| 100% Employee-owned | |
| Industry | General contracting, green building |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Founder | Alfred Bingham Swinerton |
| Headquarters | 260 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California |
Key people |
Jeff Hoopes, CEO and Chairman Gary Rafferty, Executive President Eric Foster, Executive Vice President |
| Website | www.swinerton.com |
Swinerton Builders provides commercial construction services in the Western United States. Swinerton offers construction services for commercial office, retail, multi-family residential, hospitality, healthcare, education, 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. Swinerton has offices located throughout California including Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Clara, and Sacramento, along with offices located in Hawaii, Denver, Portland, and Seattle.
History
Swinerton Incorporated was founded in 1888 by Charles Lindgren. 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 Francísco's Ghirardelli Square, as well as one of the first green buildings in the nation, 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.
Notable buildings and projects
- Fairmont Hotel
- Ghirardelli Square
- Weyerhauser Headquarters
- San Francisco Centre
- Levi's Plaza
- Gap Worldwide Headquarters
- Eel River Bridge
- Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Oakland, California
- Chrysler Assembly Plant in San Leandro, California
- Western Sugar Refinery
- NASA Sustainability Base
- Chevron Midland Campus,[1] Midland, Texas
Building technologies and innovation
Swinerton provides clients with Building Information Modeling technologies combined with VD&C processes for 3D (CAD), 4D (schedule simulation), 5D (cost-estimating) and 6D (building life-cycle performance analysis) to ensure that their projects are built most efficiently.[2]
Services
General contracting
- Preconstruction
- Remodel
- Carpentry services
- BIM/VD&C* Sustainable Construction Including LEED
- Lean construction
Professional consulting
- Program management
- Project management
- Construction management
Delivery methods
- Design-build
- Integrated project delivery
- CM @ Risk
References
- ↑ Buchholz, Jan (25 June 2013). "Staff Writer". Austin Business Journal. Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "Swinerton Technology Page". Swinerton Inc. Retrieved 3 June 2011.