Swinerton

Swinerton Builders
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 & Chairman
Website www.swinerton.com

Swinerton Builders is a commercial construction company that provides services in the Western United States 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 and the West Coast.

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 Francisco'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

References

  1. ↑ Buchholz, Jan (25 June 2013). "Swinerton's Austin office to oversee huge Midland project". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

Further reading

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