Turner Breaks Ground on $93 Million Research Building III for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio

NEW YORK, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading builder of healthcare facilities, has broken ground on the $93 million Research Building III for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  The project is scheduled for completion in 2012.

Expected to attract more than $268 million in external support over the next five years, the new 225,000 sq. ft. Research Institute is recognized as one of the fastest growing pediatric research institutes in the U.S.

The new facility will serve as an anchor for the west campus expansion of Nationwide Children's Hospital and occupy the Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, the Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and the Center for Perinatal Research. Turner also successfully completed the Research Building II for Nationwide Children's Hospital in 2003.

Research Building III is being designed and constructed to achieve a LEED certification from the United States Green Building Council. The project is also utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM). Through the utilization of BIM, Turner will provide design visualization, construction coordination, 4D schedule analysis, logistics analysis and progress tracking.

"We are proud to continue our more than 17 year relationship with Nationwide Children's Hospital and to manage the construction of this important research facility to benefit those patients served by the hospital," said Kyle Rooney, Vice President and General Manager of Turner's Columbus 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