That volume will peak at $5.7 billion by year's end in comparison to $4.8 billion in 1999, says Thomas C. Leppert, chairman and CEO. The year-to-date record-breaking total is 24% higher than last year for the same time period. Turner also is running 12% higher this year than last in its value of completed construction. The third quarter tally is $1.4 billion. More than $1 billion in construction volume is expected to be generated by Turner's Interiors or Special Projects Division, tailored for smaller scale projects ranging from $100,000 to $25 million and lasting three to eight months.

Third quarter projects include a contract with The Rouse Co. to build a mixed-use retail, office and residential development in Coral Gables, FL; two parking garages for 8,550 vehicles at Washington Dulles International Airport; a San Francisco office building for Hines Interests; a Jersey City commercial building; a pharmaceutical production plant for Baxter Biotech in the Los Angeles region; MIT's new athletic facility in Boston; Northwestern University's new chemistry laboratory; Civic Stadium in Portland, OR; Eli Lilly & Co.'s renovation and new construction in Indianapolis; and an aircraft assembly facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil.