On April 4^th, Swinerton attended the 3^rd Annual Los Angeles Construction Career Awareness Day at Los Angles Trade Technical College. This event enabled us to introduce students at the high school and college level, as well as local job seekers, to the many different career paths that exist within the construction industry. As an exhibitor, we engaged participants in hands-on activities and answered career and industry-related questions.

 

Additional participants and exhibitors included: AGC of California, Wells Fargo, the Los Angeles Unified School District, CalTrans, and many other general contractors, subcontractors, and construction material suppliers.

 

Pictured (from left): Corporate Community Relations Manager Steve Lamar, Stephen McGlover, CEO of the California Community Connection Corporation; and VP Community Relations Rick Moore.

On July 26th, the Los Angeles Latin Business Association (LBA) celebrated over 30 years of awards at their Sol Awards Gala held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles. The event is the premier Latino business networking event and as members of the LBA Swinerton Builders was represented at the Gala by Swinerton Project Manager & Community Relations Associate Steve Lamar, Assistant Project Manager Francisco Sanchez and VP & Director of Community Relations Rick Moore.

On July 17th, the San Francisco Business Times named the Swinerton Foundation one of the "Top 70 Corporate Philanthropists in the San Francisco Bay Area." On hand to accept this esteemed recognition on behalf of the Swinerton Foundation was VP & Director of Community Relations Rick Moore.

On June 9th, Swinerton Builders Los Angeles provided a jobsite tour of The Carlyle project for the school students of Institute for Maximum Human Potential (IMHP). The purpose was to educate the students on the many different processes on a jobsite and let them experience an actual project in-progress, as this was the first time the IMHP students had ever been to a commercial construction jobsite.

On April 19th, the Black Contractors Association of San Diego presented Swinerton Builders with the "Anthology Award" as Builder of the Year at their "Platinum Plus" 26th Gala Anniversary Awards Dinner held at San Diego's premier new jazz club, Anthology, located in the Swinerton-built MetroWork building.

 

 

A key element in the success of the partnership between Swinerton and the communities we work with to change for the better is building relationships. Swinerton recently partnered with YCD to provide training and employment opportunities to local residents in the Bayview/Hunters Point area while renovating the Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco.

As a member of the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado (HCC), Swinerton hosted a breakfast for the HCC during the first quarter of 2008. During the breakfast, a presentation was given: Green Building - What is it? Where is it going? The breakfast was well attended by the HCC membership and Swinerton Builders Colorado. Swinerton Community Relations Associate Steve Lamar and Swinerton Builders Colorado Estimator Dave Beeble jointly presented the Green Building talk.

As a corporate sponsor, The Swinerton Foundation donated $2,500 to Engineers Without Borders - Howard University Chapter's (EWB-HU) Panama Business Brigade.