Swinerton

Swinerton Incorporated was founded in 1888 by Charles Lindgren.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=902387|title=Swinerton Incorporated: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-23}} 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.

In 1908, Charles Lindgren and his brother Fred formed the Lindgren Company. The Swinerton name would eventually come in after estimator Alfred Bingham Swinerton joined the team and helped grow the company significantly.

Swinerton also built San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square, as well as one of the first green buildings in the nation,{{Citation|last=Yudelson|first=Jerry|date=2008|pages=149–162|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-7506-8474-3|doi=10.1016/b978-0-7506-8474-3.50015-6|chapter=Experiences of Green Building Marketing|title=Marketing Green Building Services}} 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.

Swinerton Renewable Energy was formed on 2008. In its first ten years, it built over 3.5 GW of projects.{{Cite web |url=http://www.swinertonrenewable.com/who-we-are/our-story |title=Swinerton Renewable Energy - Our Story |access-date=2019-03-16}}

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• 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
• Northlake Commons (Mass Timber), Seattle, WA
• NASA Sustainability Base
• Chevron Midland Campus,{{cite news|last1=Buchholz|first1=Jan|title=Swinerton's Austin office to oversee huge Midland project|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2013/06/swinertons-austin-office-to-oversee.html|access-date=17 October 2014|publisher=Austin Business Journal|date=25 June 2013}} Midland, Texas
• Gateway Hall and restoration of Camarillo State Hospital buildings at California State University Channel Islands

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• {{cite web | last=Buchholz | first=Jan | title=General contractor Swinerton Builders creates its own cool Austin office space | website=Austin Business Journal | date=June 27, 2016 | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2016/06/27/swinerton-mixes-brick-glass-iron-and-steel-in-cool.html | access-date=October 10, 2016}}
• {{cite web | last=Meer | first=Ben van der | title=Swinerton Builders named principal contractor for Adventist Health Roseville campus | website=Sacramento Business Journal | date=May 16, 2016 | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2016/05/16/swinerton-named-contractor-for-adventist-health.html | access-date=October 10, 2016}}
• {{cite book | last=Yudelson | first=J. | title=Marketing Green Building Services: Strategies for Success | publisher=Elsevier/Architectural Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7506-8474-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEUzGAK5X-YC&pg=PA218 | access-date=October 10, 2016 | pages=218–}} {{subscription required}}
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=p1yYKDcu0boC&q=Swinerton+Builders Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies]. p. 467.

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