National Community Affairs Conference to Commemorate Milestone Governor of Ohio Ted Strickland to Speak Key Bank CEO Henry Meyer to Keynote Conference. NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, is marking the firm's 40th anniversary of the Turner School of Construction Management (TSCM) program. The TSCM provides minority, women, disadvantaged and small-business owners with courses on topics such as green buildings, developing a business plan, financial planning, estimating, construction law, bonding and insurance. The 40th Anniversary celebration, held in conjunction with Turner's National Community Affairs Conference, will be held on August 11th and 12th in Ohio, where the TSCM originated. The conference will be held in Cincinnati where Turner is constructing the $210 million Great American Tower at Queen City Square. The Turner School of Construction Management is a learning program that is offered through each of Turner's offices and has been held in more than 70 cities across the country. Since the program's establishment in 1969, there have been 32,000 graduates of the TSCM program. During 2008 alone, 33 programs were held, graduating more than 1,165 people. The program has helped Turner build successful long-term relationships with minority -- and women -- owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) generating more than 48,800 contracts with a value of $17.6 billion. Turner President and CEO Peter Davoren said, "We are very proud to have this record of accomplishment and that we are able to provide so many opportunities to minority and women business contractor communities around the country."
