Paul Teicholz Wins Henry C. Turner Prize 11/27/2006
Stanford University engineering professor and consultant Paul C. Teicholz is the fifth winner of the Henry C. Turner Prize. The honor, announced Nov. 20 by the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., is given annually for Innovation in construction technology. Teicholz is being cited for "carrying the architecture, construction, and engineering fields into the information age through his development and integration of information technology into the building and design industries," according to the museum's release.
Teicholz started more than 40 years ago at San Francisco-based consultant Jacobs Associates devloping computer applications for the construction industry. Later at another San Francisco conpany, conststruction giant Guy F. Atkinson Co., he worked as the information technology manager for more than 20 years, concieing and overseeing systems for integrated accounting, manufacturing, cost and engineering. In 1988, he moved to Stanford to found the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering. CIFE is a center for Architecture Engineering Construction computer applications and architectural research.