Turner Construction, National Building Museum Present 2014 Henry C. Turner Prize

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Pennsylvania State University Architectural Engineering Department will receive the 2014 Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction.

The prize jury selected the department for the creativity they demonstrate with their broad range of collaborative research efforts and for their leadership in championing energy-efficient building solutions and building a workforce for the 21st century.

The award ceremony will be held Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will feature a panel discussion on the topic of how innovation, education and collaboration are driving economic development and creating a workforce for the 21st century. The panel will be led by Karen Sweeney, senior vice president, Turner Construction Company. Other panelists will be Chimay Anumba, department head and professor of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University; Martha Kanter, former under secretary of the U. S. Department of Education; Ted Lynch, president, Southland Industries and John Grady, president of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation at the Navy Yard.

Members of the prize jury are David Childs, chairman emeritus, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Chris McFadden, vice president, Turner Construction Company; Hal Parmalee, former president, Turner Construction Company and Jan Tuchman, editor-in-chief, Engineering News-Record.

Turner established the prize, and an endowment to support it, to honor Henry C. Turner who founded the company in 1902. The prize recognizes an advance, or high achievement in the process of construction—an invention, an innovative methodology and/or exemplary leadership, and comes with a $25,000 honorarium.

Pennsylvania State University is the recipient of the 12th Henry C. Turner prize, which has been awarded in the past to Leslie Robertson, I.M Pei, Charles DeBenedittis, The U.S. Green Building Council, Paul Teicholz, Gehry Partners and Gehry Technologies, Charlie Thornton, Engineers Without Borders — USA, Caterpillar, Inc., Society of Women Engineers and the Lean Construction Institute.

If you would like to attend this event to be held Dec. 3 at the National Building Museum, you can purchase tickets online at http://www.nbm.org.