Turner Industries Completes Water Treatment Equipment Installation at Southern Ionic Plant
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When Southern Ionic needed to install water treatment equipment in their Pasadena, Texas, facility, they turned to Turner Industries. Turner’s scope included pouring foundations and installing two aluminum scrubbers, a process water reclaim tank, two blowers with vent stacks, and four pumps with associated piping to reactors. The installation required 800 feet of CPVC piping, 2,500 feet of power and instrumentation cable, and 1,500 feet of fiber optic cable.
The project showcased Turner’s integrated capabilities, utilizing the civil group for foundations, the SIPA group for scaffolding, and the crane and rigging group for equipment placement.
What made this project unique was that all fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) equipment had to be carefully flown through the warehouse roof to reach its final installation location. This operation required precise planning to protect both the sensitive equipment and existing facility structures.
Originally planned for five weeks, the project scope expanded to ten weeks as additional work was incorporated. At peak headcount, Turner had 28 craft workers performing mechanical, scaffold, civil, and crane operations. Turner also worked closely with a subcontractor on the instrumentation and electrical portions to deliver exceptional results that met Southern Ionic’s exact specifications.
The mechanical group who performed installation work on the project included, from left, Seferino Sandoval, Oscar McGowan, Oracio Rodriguez, Fidel Torres Jr., and Felipe Ruiz.