SPECIAL EDITION - MBEConnect
SPECIAL EDITION - MBEConnect
SPECIAL EDITION - MBEConnect
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Construction<br />
With $8 billion in annual construction volume,<br />
Turner Construction is a firm that thinks<br />
globally and builds locally. Part of Turner<br />
Construction’s success is its serious dedication<br />
to including minority-and women-owned<br />
business enterprises (M/WBEs) in their<br />
projects. Turner Construction’s objectives<br />
are to increase visibility, improve economic<br />
viability, and expand opportunities for<br />
M/WBEs. To do this, Turner Construction<br />
has implemented lofty inclusion goals<br />
and an impressive educational program.<br />
Since 1980, Turner Construction’s total contracts<br />
awarded to M/WBEs and involvement with M/WBE joint<br />
venture partnerships has totaled over $12 billion. In 2011,<br />
Turner Construction spent over $1.1 billion with M/WBEs<br />
across the country with more than 3,600 contracts. This<br />
marked the seventh consecutive year that Turner Construction<br />
met or exceeded its annual M/WBE participation goal<br />
of one billion dollars. Because of these impressive figures,<br />
Turner Construction has received more than 100 awards for<br />
leadership in utilization of M/WBEs. In 2012, Turner Construction<br />
has been selected as one of “America’s Top<br />
Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities”<br />
for the third consecutive year.<br />
While Turner Construction has 5,000 employees in<br />
offices around the world, the Kansas City office currently<br />
has about 100 employees. Founded in 1988, the Kansas City<br />
office serves a four-state area of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska<br />
and Iowa. Over the past five years, the Kansas City office<br />
has awarded more than $108 million to minority-owned<br />
businesses and $115 million to women-owned businesses<br />
ExCEEding<br />
ExpECtations<br />
in M/WBE<br />
partiCipation<br />
in the metro area. Contracts with M/WBEs through<br />
projects in the Kansas City Turner Construction office<br />
reached over $48 million in 2011 alone; representing 22<br />
percent of overall business. Turner Construction works on<br />
some of the highest profile projects in Kansas City, as well<br />
as across the country, and consistently exceeds its already<br />
ambitious supplier diversity goals; treating these goals not<br />
as maximums, but as minimums.<br />
Inside Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway<br />
Instances of Turner Construction going above and<br />
beyond their commitment to diversity are prevalent in<br />
many top projects in the Kansas City area. The Hollywood<br />
Casino at Kansas Speedway opened in early 2012 to much<br />
excitement, along with praise for Turner Construction<br />
f0r exceeding its M/WBE and local business participation<br />
goals. Initially, participation goals sought to include 15<br />
percent locally owned, 15 percent minority-owned and<br />
7 percent women-owned businesses for construction, a<br />
combined goal of 28 percent. Out of all the construction<br />
contracts managed by Turner Construction sent out for
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