MA Mortenson Company
| MA Mortenson Company | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1954 |
| Seat |
Minneapolis , United States
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| management | Dan Johnson ( CEO ) |
| Branch | construction |
| Website | www.mortenson.com |
The MA Mortenson Company , mostly operating under its Mortenson Construction brand, is an American construction and construction company based in Minneapolis , Minnesota , with 2014 sales of (estimated) US $ 3 billion . The company has design offices in Chicago , Denver , Milwaukee , Minneapolis, Phoenix and Seattle and also builds in Canada and the People's Republic of China .
Many orders come from the fields of power generation and hospital construction. Well-known structures erected by Mortenson are the stadium of the Memphis Grizzlies , the FedExForum , and the Walt Disney Concert Hall planned by Frank Gehry for the Los Angeles Philharmonic .
In 2015, the company announced that it had completed 290 projects with a volume of $ 4.9 billion for the federal government. For example, the US Coast Guard Station in Sabine Pass , Texas , the headquarters of the United States Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) in Fort Sam Houston or the largest hangar of the Navy in Jacksonville.
Renewable energy
Mortenson Construction has achieved strong growth in the renewable energy sector in recent years .
In the wind energy sector, Mortenson received z. B. the order for the 300 MW Blackspring Ridge Wind project in Carmangay , Alberta , Canada for EDF-EN Canada. Mortenson had installed a total of 15,000 megawatts of wind power by 2015.
In 2014, Mortenson was the second largest US company after First Solar (1,023 megawatts) and ahead of SolarCity (502 megawatts) with an additional solar power capacity of 512.9 megawatts . One of the largest projects is the construction of the Solar Star I and II solar power plants in Rosamond , California with a total output of 597 MW, which can generate electricity for 255,000 households.
history
The company was founded on April 1, 1954 by MA Mortenson, Sr. with the assistance of his wife Jennie Mortenson, and is still wholly owned by the family.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.mortenson.com/company/history accessed November 23, 2015
- ↑ http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Mortenson-Construction accessed on November 23, 2015
- ↑ http://www.mortenson.com/federal-government accessed on November 23, 2015
- ↑ http://www.mortenson.com/heavy-civil/projects/blackspring-ridge-wind-project accessed on November 23, 2015
- ↑ http://www.mortenson.com/wind, accessed November 23, 2015
- ↑ http://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2015-top-500-north-american-solar-contractors/# accessed on November 23, 2015
- ↑ http://www.mortenson.com/solar/projects/solar-star-i-and-ii accessed on November 23, 2015