Peter Davoren, president and chief executive of Turner Construction Company said, “Innovation and the intelligent implementation of technology are important characteristics of a company that help drive advances in our industry. We congratulate Caterpillar on their well-earned recognition as the 2011 recipient of the Henry C. Turner Prize.”

Since its inception in 2002, the Turner Prize has been awarded to: structural engineer Leslie E. Robertson; architect I.M. Pei; engineer and builder Charles A. DeBenedittis; the U.S. Green Building Council; Paul Teicholz, founder of Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering; Gehry Partners and Gehry Technologies; Charles Thornton, engineer and founder of the ACE Mentor Program; and Engineers Without Borders-USA.

The Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology is sponsored by the Turner Construction Company. In 2001 the Turner Construction Company established an endowment to support the prize which carries a cash award of $25,000.