An Introduction to Whiting-Turner
By MARK FAUL
Whiting-Turner provides construction management, general contracting, and design-build services on projects small and large for a diverse group of customers. Since 1909, we have been guided by the principles of integrity, excellence, and an unwavering dedication to customer delight. We bring strength and stability to our customers with financial independence, having not borrowed money since 1938.
with Whiting-Turner for 25 years; and Brennan Engel, Senior Project Manager, has been with Whiting-Turner for 16 years. Eric, Henry, and Brennan are supported by Mark Faul, Senior Vice President, who has been with Whiting-Turner for 38 years. Our structure and the tenure of our leaders also allows most all decisions that directly support our clients to be made at the group level and by the project managers for each of our projects. Our corporate structure puts the decision-making apparatus that effects our project performance at our client’s fingertips. Our local leadership teams have the autonomy for all project decisions. Whiting-Turner has a unique approach to construction management; we assign a project team to each project from conception to completion. The project team provides all preconstruction services and then carries forward into construction, commissioning, and closeout. The project team becomes experts in each project during preconstruction, which then makes them the best team to build that project. This project-focused approach avoids miscommunication and disconnects that often arise in a more traditional, departmentalized strategy. Our clients and design partners won’t deal with a preconstruction manager and then be handed off to a construction project manager. Our approach fosters single-source accountability and ownership; the commitments made by our team during preconstruction is delivered to our clients by the same team during construction. Likewise, our design partners and trade partners enjoy a single point of contact and a relationship that fosters success by all parties. The commitment to our clients, success of their projects, and the delight of our customers is unparalleled in the industry. Whiting-Turner believes in a customized construction management approach. Every client and project are different, and we work with each to provide them the specific services and strategies needed. Every trade partner and design partner are unique as well, so we manage these relationships individually. It is our goal to become the Rocky Mountain Region’s preferred builder for our clients, our design partners, our trade partners, and our employees. In regards to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, it is stated in our
114 Years in Business
5A-1 Dun & Bradstreet Rating
95% Repeat Clients in Rocky Mountains
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We have been building in the Rocky Mountain Region for nearly 30 years. Our Denver office opened in 2002, Fort Collins opened in 2020, and Colorado Springs opened in 2023. We also have working locations in Aspen, CO and Salt Lake City, UT. We have over 135 full time personnel in the region and are proud that over 95% of our work is for repeat clients. The dedication we have to customer delight and developing strong relationships with our subcontracting and design partners drives our corporate structure and our company’s growth. Whiting-Turner has grown into a top 5 builder in the United States as listed in ENR’s annual rankings. Our company is organized into over 160 operating groups across more than 60 locations nationwide, each managed by a vice president or senior manager. Even though our company is large, our decentralized organization makes us feel like a much smaller company. Each of the 160 operating groups performs between $50M and $250M worth of construction annually; our culture and corporate environment feels much more like a company that is performing work in this range. Our culture of promotion from within means that each group leader has an average tenure of over 28 years with the company and has typically worked for Whiting-Turner their entire career. The Rocky Mountain Region has three operating groups, all led by career Whiting-Turner employees: Eric
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Sullwold, Division Vice President, has been with Whiting-Turner for 23 years; Henry Ehrgott, Vice President, has been
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