Community
Swinerton is dedicated to positively impacting our industry, our communities, and our employees.
Swinerton’s community involvement is directly linked with our core values.
The Swinerton Foundation
The Swinerton Foundation helps build sustainable cities and neighborhoods by partnering with community-focused non-profit organizations to support health, social services, cultural, education, and environmental programs that benefit all members of the community.
Swinerton Cares
Swinerton Cares is a workplace giving and employee engagement program which helps employees increase the charitable impact of their volunteerism and doubles their donations to charity.
Safety
At Swinerton, safety is our number one priority. Our motto, Your Family Needs You (YFNY), influences everything we do. Our unwavering project safety performance standards enable us to send everyone home, every day, uninjured.
Giving Back
Every year, Swinerton employees volunteer their time over and over again to better the communities where they live and work. For more information, visit the The Swinerton Foundation website.
Community Outreach
Swinerton is proud to establish a higher standard of excellence for the construction industry with outreach programs to local small and historically disadvantaged businesses, including those operated by women, minorities, and disabled veterans.
Human Rights & Labor
Swinerton is committed to the protection of human rights wherever possible in our sphere of influence and strive to hold our business partners to this same high standard.
Culture
A unique workplace where all employees can thrive.
Values & Mission
Since our founding in 1888, Swinerton’s success has been built on a foundation of shared values. We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our people have a personal interest in the success of every project. With a culture of collaboration, we work toward a common purpose: to be the preferred builder and trusted partner in every market we serve, proudly leading with integrity, passion, and excellence.
History
Founded in 1888, we’ve been building great things for over 130 years.
Swinerton traces its roots back to 1888, when a young Swedish immigrant formed a brick masonry and contracting business in Los Angeles to serve the growing city in its post–Gold Rush building boom.
Since our earliest days building along the Western frontier, the company has survived and thrived through two world wars, the Great Depression and Recession, dynamic cultural movements, and natural disasters. Since Swinerton’s earliest days, our exceptional craftsmanship has helped us create celebrated landmark projects throughout the West and beyond.
The company now has over 3,500 employees from coast to coast, and along the way we’ve helped build communities from the peaks of the Rocky Mountains to the Hawaiian Islands, from the Gulf of Alaska to the jungles of Colombia. The company still operates under California contractor’s license number 92—the one it obtained in 1927 when the state first began issuing licenses. Many Swinerton-built structures now claim a spot on the National Register of Historic Places and other architectural preservation lists.
To learn more about Swinerton’s legacy of building, flip through our History Book, or take a video tour through Swinerton’s long and fascinating history.
Partners
Relationships are the foundation of our business.
Oceanwide Center is a mixed-use project by developer Oceanwide Holdings at the corner of First and Mission Streets in downtown San Francisco. Swinerton and Webcor are proud to have paired together as a joint venture to build this landmark project for the city that is home to both of their headquarters.
Consisting of two towers — one facing First Street and one facing Mission Street — and two historic buildings, the Oceanwide Center will include 265 residential units, approximately one million square feet of unique large floor plate office use, a 169-room Waldorf Astoria hotel, and 26,000 square feet of public open space.
Learn more and follow construction updates at SwinertonWebcor.com.
A development joint venture with expertise in alternative financing and delivery mechanisms. Griffin | Swinerton combines the strengths of Griffin Structures, Inc. and Swinerton, firms recognized for their expertise and innovation in public-private partnerships, construction management, land acquisition and development, and building construction.
Learn more at GriffinSwinerton.com.
