Kavinder Singh Named General Manager of Turner’s San Francisco and Oakland Operations

NEW YORK, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, announced Kavinder Singh, Vice President, has been named General Manager of the firm's San Francisco and Oakland, Calif. operations. He will report to Michael O'Brien, Senior Vice President.

In his role, Singh will be responsible for the overall leadership of Turner's operations in the Bay Area that includes more than $800 million of construction activity for the firm's clients each year.

Singh joined Turner full-time in 1995 as an engineer on the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center project in Santa Clara, Calif.  Since joining Turner, Singh has held numerous operations assignments working on projects in Northern California and served as Turner's business development manager for the East Bay. In 2005, he was named Operations Manager for the San Jose office, his most recent assignment.

Singh holds a graduate degree in building construction from the Rinker School of Construction at the University of Florida and a bachelor degree in architecture from Chandigarh in India.

Turner began working in the Oakland and San Francisco area in 1967 with the construction of the Ordway Building. Since then, Turner has constructed some of the most technological and world-renowned projects in the region. Turner has managed the construction of the San Francisco City Hall, Oakland City Hall, San Jose Technology Museum, the San Jose Civic Center, the Oakland Airport Terminal 1 Expansion and is currently constructing the San Francisco International Airport Terminal 2 and Boarding Area D renovation.

About Turner

Turner is the leading general builder in the U.S., ranking first or second in the major segments of the building construction field.  During 2009 Turner completed $8.2 billion of construction. Turner is the only builder offering clients a nationwide network of offices across the U.S. Founded in 1902, the firm is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF. For more information, visit Turner's website at www.turnerconstruction.com.

HOCHTIEF is one of the leading international providers of construction-related services. With more than 66,000 employees and a sales volume of EUR 18.17 billion in FY 2009, the company is represented in all the world's major markets. The Group's service offering in the fields of development, construction, services, concessions and operation covers the entire life cycle of infrastructure projects, real estate and facilities. In the USA, the biggest construction market in the world, HOCHTIEF is the No. 1 general builder via its subsidiary Turner and, with Group company Flatiron, ranks among the most important players in the field of transportation infrastructure construction. With its subsidiary Leighton (HOCHTIEF share around 55 percent), the Group is market leader in Australia. Because of its engagement for sustainability, HOCHTIEF has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes since 2006. Further information is available at www.hochtief.com/press.

SOURCE Turner Construction Company

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