Turner Selected by Peregrine Sports, LLC and the City of Portland to Manage $31 Million Renovation and Expansion of PGE Park in Portland, Ore.

NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading builder of sports facilities, has been selected by Peregrine Sports, LLC and the City of Portland to manage the $31 million, renovation and expansion of PGE Park in Portland, Ore. Construction is underway and upon completion in spring 2011, PGE Park will become home to the Portland Timbers MLS team.

The scope of work includes the construction of a training facility, club seating with full-service restaurant, grandstands with concessions, a roof structure to cover the stands and a new playing field to accommodate the Federation Internationale de Football Association and Major League Soccer guidelines.  In addition, Turner will manage construction of a 12,000 sq. ft. sports training and rehabilitation facility that will be integrated in to the East side seating area and will serve the neighborhood year round.

Turner has constructed four Major League Soccer stadiums, Dick's Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids; Rio Tinto Stadium for Real Salt Lake; Toyota Park, home of the Chicago Fire and is currently constructing the new home of the Kansas City Wizards.

"We are proud to manage the construction of this stadium facility for the benefit of the fans and surrounding community of Portland," said Dan Kavanaugh, Vice President and General Manager of Turner's Portland operations.

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, a publicly traded company and one of the world's leading international construction service providers. 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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