Retrofitting Green Panel Discussion Focuses on LEED EB
Daily Pacific Builder, March 17, 2008 - A panel discussion focusing on"Retrofitting Green: Why it Makes Dollars and Sense," held recently in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, took the approach that designers, contractors, owners and municipalities should do the right, sustainable thing and upgrade cities' existing buildings...View...

The Greening of a Contracting Company
Metalmag, February 2008 - Swinerton Builders constructed what can arguably be called one of America's first green buildings in 1970...View...

SMPS Panel 'Walk the Talk' when Promoting Green Building
Daily Pacific Builder , February 29, 2008 - Firms cannot attain true green status without fully commiting to more sustainable lives at home, in the office and serving their clients...View...

Oakland's 1100 Broadway Office Tower Adds to Bay Area's Green Inventory
Daily Pacific Builder , February 13, 2008 -During a presentation last week at the Oakland Convention Center, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums...View...

Cool to be Green: Panattoni's $180 Million CALSTRS Building Goes for LEED Gold
California Construction, January 2008 - One of Sacramento's largest waterfront additions... View...

LEED-Accredited Professionals on the West Coast
Sustainable Industries, January 2008 - Style Wed to Sustainability... View...

A Designs Green Center at JPL
California Construction, December 2007 - Constructing a cost-effective, high-performance building these days takes technical know-how... View...

Building Modernism Green
Colorado Construction, November 2007 - Style Wed to Sustainability... View...

Award-Winning!
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2007 - Colorado Construction Magazine awarded Swinerton Builders Colorado... View...

City of Petaluma's Going Green Expo
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2007 - On October 13th, the City of Petaluma held its second annual Going Green Expo... View...

San Diego Rolls Out New Hybrid Fleight
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2007 - Swinerton Builders San Diego is pushing green beyond the confines of the jobsite... View...

Swinerton Management & Consulting Announces Launch of Green Consulting Division
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2007 - Led by Division Manager Laura Rodormer... View...

New Building on CSU's Palm Desert Campus Goes Green
mydesert.com, July 2007 - Topping-off ceremony celebrated... View...

A Bit of Green Appears in Black-and-White Field
San Francisco Business Times, July 2007 - Insurers find
eco-lines are popular. View...

Businesses Reducing Waste
San Francisco Chronicle, July 2007 - Swinerton Builders recognized for extraordinary waste-reduction efforts. View...

Villagra Building Gets the Gold
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - The recently completed Villagra Building is the first LEED Gold Building in New Mexico... View...

Swinerton Completes California’s First
Certified Green Hotel
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - Swinerton Builders recently completed construction of the Orchard Garden Hotel, which will be the first LEED-Certified hotel in California. View...

Villagra Building Gets the Gold
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - The recently completed Paul Bardacke Attorney General Complex, which serves as the office of the New Mexico State Attorney General, has achieved Gold LEED-CI Certification from the United States Green Building Council. View...

Innovation at HMH
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - The first one is Green Building, also known as LEED Certified Construction. The second area of innovation is Building Information Modeling, also known
as BIM. View...

Pierce College Botanical Garden Breaks New Ground
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - Swinerton Management & Consulting broke ground on the latest phase of the Pierce College Botanical Gardens on December 8th. Members of the Los Angeles City Council, the Australian Consul and local politicians were in attendance for the festivities. View...

Monumental Achievement for Concrete Services
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - Concrete Services
was recently awarded the concrete package for the CalSTRS Headquarters Building that will be constructed on the banks of
the Sacramento River in West Sacramento. View...

Oxford Plaza and the David Brower Center
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - Oxford Plaza and the David Brower Center SMC Northern California has been selected as Construction Manager for the City of Berkeley for the new 300,000-square-foot Oxford Plaza/David Brower Center project. View...

Richmond Discovers Waste = Food
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - Plan development for modifications to the City of Richmond’s existing wastewater treatment plant has been made possible thanks to SMC’s efforts
in developing a process model of the Richmond wastewater treatment plant. View...

SoCal Construction Gets Greener
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - Design and construction in the Southern California Region is finally catching up to Northern California’s drive towards Green Building. Here is a survey of LEED projects within the three Swinerton offices. View...

Ready for Take-Off & LEED Certification
Swinerton Quarterly, Winter 2006 - Swinerton Builders has recently completed the new $36-million Van Nuys Air Operations Facility. New buildings include the Los Angeles Fire Department Administration Building and Hangar, the General Services Department Maintenance Hangar, and the Los Angeles Police Department Hangar. View...

Valuation and Importance of Green Real Estate Featured at December BAyLUG
December 2006 - You are codially invited to celebrate the Holidays and hear two dynamic and well-informed speakers present the Real Estate view on LEED and Green Buildings. View...

Kitsap Dedicates New County Landmark
Swinerton Quarterly, Autumn 2006 - Swinerton celebrated the successful completion and opening of the Kitsap County Administration Building at a recent Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the building, which consolidates the County Campus and creates a civic hub for the area. View...

The LA Times covers Evangelicals Preaching the Gospel of Green More...

West Coast Green - Residential Green Building Conference & Expo
September 28-30, 2006 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco West Coast Green is the largest residential green building conference + expo in the country. The September 28-30, 2006 event is the inaugural conference for the western region of the United States, offering cutting-edge educational tracks, panels, continuing education units, a state of the art conference experience, networking forums, gala events, and more! View...

Swinerton Builders Heads for the Mountains
with Ritz-Carlton
Truckee, CA, July 19, 2006 - Recently, the Joint Venture team of Swinerton Builders and Q&D Construction broke ground on the Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe, which will be one of the most luxurious hotels in Tahoe when it opens in 2009. View...

San Francisco's Greenest Hotel Tops Out
Swinerton Quarterly, Summer 2006 - On March 29th, Project Manager Oliver Dibble officiated at a short-but-sweet topping out ceremony for the Orchard Garden Hotel, located at 466 Bush Street in San Francisco. View...

Presentation Center Receives LEED Gold Certification
Swinerton Quarterly, Summer 2006 - Swinerton Builders is proud to announce that the Welcoming Center and Dining Facility at Presentation Center in Los Gatos has received LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. View...

Long Beach Celebrates MacArthur Park Library Groundbreaking
Swinerton Quarterly, Summer 2006 - On May 20th, Long Beach community leaders, Swinerton Builders project team members, and library staff celebrated the groundbreaking of the new 16,000-square-foot MacArthur Park Neighborhood Library. View...

The Swinerton LEED Accredited Professionals
Swinerton Quarterly, Summer 2006 - We take great pride in presenting here the 33 individuals who have demonstrated their commitment to Green Building through additional learning, training and successful LEED Accreditation from the United States Green Building Council. View...

Santa Rosa Kaiser Campus Expands
Swinerton Quarterly, Summer 2006 - HMH broke ground on the $120-million Kaiser Santa Rosa Hospital North Tower Expansion project this past autumn, initiated by Kaiser to accommodate the significant increase in membership... View...

SMC Partners in $2.1-Billion Green Building Program
Swinerton Quarterly, Summer 2006 - SMC, along with DMJM/JGM and AECOM, are embarking on a precedent setting sustainable and green building campaign. View...

"Greenwash" a Way to Say "Hogwash"
The New York Times-City Edition, May 17, 2006 - More and more developers have endorsed green construction, planning buildings that are energy-efficient wonders made with recycled materials. View...

San Francisco Lands its First LEED Hotel
Sustainable Industries Journal, May 9, 2006 - The Orchard Garden Hotel, designed to earn LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, plans to open its doors this summer in San Francisco. View...

Swinerton Builders Project Receives LEED Certification Los Gatos, CA, March 16, 2006 - General contractor Swinerton Builders announced that the Welcoming Center and Dining Facility at Presentation Center has received LEED Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. View...

Swinerton Builders Completes Work on the New de Young Museum
San Francisco, CA, December 15, 2005 – General contractor Swinerton Builders recently completed its work on the new deYoung Museum in San Francisco. View...

Swinerton Builders earns its Seventh Consecutive Waste Reduction Award
San Francisco, CA, November 02, 2005 – The California Integrated Waste Management Board recognized Swinerton Builders as one of the top waste reducing companies in California as it awarded Swinerton with its seventh consecutive WRAP award. View...

Swinerton Builders Honored for Energy Efficiency at its Headquarters Building
San Francisco, CA, November 02, 2005 – Flex Your Power, California's statewide energy efficiency campaign, has recognized Swinerton Builders with the 2005 Flex Your Power Award. Swinerton was selected from a highly competitive pool of over 260 applicants. View...

Swinerton Builders Completes Green Convent in San Rafael
San Rafael, CA, November 01, 2005 – General contractor Swinerton Builders recently completed a new residential hall for the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, which will have a LEED Silver rating under guidelines established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). View...

Swinerton Builders Starts Work Certified Green Hotel
San Francisco, CA, July 05, 2005 - Swinerton Builders recently broke ground on the Orchard Garden Hotel, one of the first hotels in the U.S. to seek LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environemental Design) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. View...

Swinerton Builders Earns Sixth Consecutive Waste Reduction Award
San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2004 - Swinerton Builders kept alive its streak as one of the top waste-reducing companies in California as it won its sixth consecutive WRAP award from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. View...

Swinerton Brings Home the Gold!
(San Francisco, CA) December, 2004 - On November 11th, USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi presented Swinerton Builders Executive Vice President Charlie Kuffner and Green Team Co-Chairmen Bill Krill and Kevin Brooks with the circular gold plaque that officially designates 260 Townsend Street in San Francisco as USGBC Gold LEED-EB™ Certified. View...