May 31, 2018
AGC/Moss Adams Service to the Community Award
Photo provided by Turner Construction Co.
Turner helped launch the Block Project, which builds tiny houses for people experiencing homelessness.
Turner Construction Co.
Turner Construction won the 2018 AGC/Moss Adams Service to the Community Award for its work for the Block Project, a community project that strives to end homelessness in Seattle by building tiny detached accessory dwelling units in residential backyards.
Turner Seattle's preconstruction group partnered with Block Architects to ensure the budget for materials would be no more than $30,000 per unit. The project was entirely run on volunteer labor, taking a total of 11 weekends.
Turner Seattle donated more than 500 hours and raised almost $100,000 in material and labor contributions with community partners to launch the Block Project. As such, it is promoted as a community project first and a housing initiative second.
Not only is the model innovative, but Block Project houses themselves are state of the art, designed to be completely self-sustaining and to operate off-grid, with solar panels for electricity, a composting toilet and a rainwater catchment system for potable water.
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- GRAND AWARD CONSTRUCTION
Tenant Improvement
Over $5 million
- Tenant Improvement
Under $5 million
- Construction Manager: Safety
Under 100,000 hours
- General contractor: Safety
TIE: Under 250,000 hours
- General contractor: Safety
TIE: Under 250,000 hours
- General Contractor: Safety
250,000350,000 hours
- General contractor: Safety
TIE: 350,000500,000 hours
- General contractor: Safety
TIE: 350,000-500,000 hours
- General contractor: Safety
Over 1 million hours
- Highway/Civil Contractor: Safety
250,000-500,000 hours
- Specialty Contractor: Safety
Under 250,000 hours
- Specialty Contractor: Safety
Over 1 million hours
- Specialty Contractor: Safety
500,000-1 million hours
- Culture of Care
- Superintendent of the Year
- Public Building
Over $100 million
- Public Building
$50 million-$100 million
- Public Building
$20 million-$50 million
- GRAND AWARD SAFETY
General contractor: Safety
500,000-1 million hours
- Innovation
- Champion of Diversity
- Diverse Business of the Year
- Heavy/Industrial Under $5 million
- Heavy/Industrial
$5 million-$20 million
- Heavy/Industrial
Over $20 million
- Highway and Transportation
Under $5 million
- Highway and transportation
$5 million-$15 million
- Private Building
$2 million-$5 million
- Private Building
$5 million-$20 million
- Private Building
Over $100 million
- Private Building
$20 million-$50 million
- Public Building
$5 million-$20 million
- Brian Salsgiver Safety Professional of the Year