Davoren to Chair Beacon Institute's Capital Facilities

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BEACON, NY and TROY, NY--(Marketwire - July 28, 2008) - Peter J.Davoren, President and Chief Executive Officer of TurnerConstruction Company, has been named chair of the CapitalFacilities Working Group of the Beacon Institute for Rivers andEstuaries. In this senior advisory role, Davoren will oversee thedesign and construction of the Institute's two major capitalprojects: the Center for Advanced Environmental Research in Beaconand the Upper Hudson Research Center at Troy.
Davoren joined Turner Construction Company in 1978 after graduatingfrom Pratt Institute's School of Architecture with a bachelor ofscience degree. He became senior vice president of the firm's NewYork region in 2000 and was named president of the Company in 2003.In 2004, he accepted the additional role of chief executiveofficer.
Turner Construction Company completed more than $9 billion ofconstruction in 2007 and is the leading general builder in theU.S., ranking first or second in the major segments of the buildingconstruction field. The 500 LEED APs on staff have gained theskills necessary to enable the company to work on more than 300"green" building projects. LEED (Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) is a third party certification program andthe nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction andoperation of high performance green buildings.
Turner Construction Company is involved with several prominentregional projects including the Computational Center forNanotechnology Innovation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)in Troy, RPI's unprecedented Experimental Media and Performing ArtsCenter (EMPAC), the renovation of Colonie Center in the CapitalDistrict and the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
"Peter Davoren and Turner Construction Company are synonymous withexcellence in the construction industry," said John Cronin, BeaconInstitute Director and Chief Executive Officer. "We are honored byPeter's commitment of time and energy to the Institute's mission.His leadership and experience in sustainable building will ensureexceptional outcomes as we move forward in the construction ofBeacon Institute's 'green' research facilities in Beacon and Troy."
"New York State's economic vitality and quality of life aredirectly tied to the health of the Hudson River," said Davoren."Beacon Institute's initiative to create a sensor network capableof real-time ecosystem monitoring of the Hudson is both inspiringand compelling, and its partnerships with IBM, Clarkson University,RPI and others certainly command attention. The Institute's plannedresearch facilities in Beacon and Troy will be instrumental to thetechnological innovation that is driving New York State'senvironmental progress and I am excited about the prospect ofoverseeing the group that will bring these two new researchfacilities to life."
The Center for Advanced Environmental Research
Croxton Collaborative Architects, leaders in green building design,are spearheading the planning and design for the Center forAdvanced Environmental Research (CAER) at Denning's Point inBeacon. CAER is the Institute's flagship 30,000 square footresearch facility for the innovation and development oftechnologies for real-time observation and monitoring of complexriver systems. CAER initiatives will focus on innovation anddevelopment in emerging technology, networking and data analysisrelated to environmental sensors.
When completed, CAER will become the physical and virtual home forthe River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON), the firsttechnology-based monitoring and forecasting network for a majorAmerican river and estuary.
The Upper Hudson Research Center at Troy
Beacon Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and theCity of Troy are collaborating to design and build the Upper HudsonResearch Center at Troy, a state-of-the-art, sustainable 11,000square foot environmental research facility that will launch neweducational and research initiatives to preserve river ecosystems.The facility will be located on an industrial site on the Troywaterfront adjacent to the Poesten Kill. It is an importantdevelopment project in the City of Troy's waterfront revitalizationplans and is located on the site of the former Rensselaer IronWorks, which manufactured rivets and bar iron for the USS Monitor,the ironclad warship from the Civil War era.
Construction of the facility will begin following completion of anenvironmental cleanup of the property as part of New York State'sEnvironmental Remediation Program.
About the Beacon Institute:
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, with offices in Beaconand Troy, New York, is a not-for-profit environmental researchorganization engaging scientists, engineers, educators and policyexperts in collaborative work focusing on real-time monitoring ofriver ecosystems. It aims to make the Hudson Valley a global centerfor scientific and technological innovation that advances research,education and public policy regarding rivers and estuaries. www.bire.org