NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Detroit, MI, United States, 2012/02/29 - Turner is honored to be named one of diversitybusiness.com’s Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities - TurnerConstruction.com.

This is Turner’s third year on the Div50; the list of American organizations that provide the most, and best, business opportunities for companies owned by women and minorities.

Hilton Smith, Senior Vice President, says,“I would like to offer my thanks to the more than one million diversity business owners who participated in the survey. Turner (turnerconstruction.com) is proud to be recognized for providing business and educational opportunities for diverse businesses. Providing opportunities for minority and woman-owned businesses enterprises is one of the cornerstones of our corporate culture at Turner. In fact, for each year of the past six years, we have awarded more than $1 billion dollars in contracts to minority and woman-owned subcontractors, many of whom have graduated from our Turner School of Construction Management program.”

The organizations that appear on the Div50 are selected through an online survey of more than 1,250, 000 woman and minority-owned businesses across many market sectors. The chosen companies and organizations distinguish themselves by establishing and maintaining the most mutually beneficial relationships with diversity suppliers and subcontractors.

Turner Construction Company (turnerconstruction.com) has been building innovative healthcare, higher education & commercial facilities in Michigan since 1913. Turner’s $4 Billion of completed projects in Michigan to date has created thousands of jobs for local residents

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