TURNER DICTIONARY
Turner Industries and its wholly owned subsidiaries provide turnkey heavy industrial services. We focus on reducing downtime, minimizing costs, increasing reliability and achieving operational excellence. Our goal for over 60 years is to be the very best we can be in everything we do, and we are uncompromisingly committed to integrity and solid working relationships. We strive to be “One Solution for Your Success,” continuously expanding our service offerings to satisfy our clients’ needs from A to Z.
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Although it starts with an S – Safety always comes first at Turner Industries. No company is more acutely aware of, and dedicated to, the mission of safety and health excellence than Turner Industries. We continually strive for total incident elimination and are steadfast in a value system that ensures our employees can execute their duties and responsibilities in a safe and successful manner.
Abatement – Our skilled personnel provide a full range of lead and asbestos abatement services. A turnkey approach can be seamlessly integrated into facility maintenance and turnaround schedules.
Acid Tar Fluidization – We employ a “Zero Entry” program for fluidization, removal, and regeneration of valuable raw material residues, providing a safe and cost-effective solution to a complex and labor-intensive maintenance challenge. We can handle non-pumpable tar/sludge, acid tar, coke solids, and iron sulfate.
Advanced Ultrasonics – We provide inspection methods such as Phased Array, AUT, Shearwave, Guided Wave and “Long Range Ultrasonics.”
API Inspectors – Our API Certified Inspectors perform API visual inspections on pressure vessels, piping and storage tanks. We can also supply repair recommendations and perform half-life calculations.
ASNT-TC-1A Certified Technicians – We employ qualified personnel certified in Nondestructive Testing Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A which provides guidelines for employers to establish in-house certification programs for the qualification and certification of nondestructive testing personnel. In effect since 1966, this industry-valued document has been used as the general framework for NDT certification programs.
AUT – AUT is the term used to describe corrosion mapping inspections, pulse-echo weld inspection, Phased Array and Time of Flight Diffraction. Our Automated Ultrasonic Testing (AUT) services cover a range of ultrasonic inspection techniques using powered, mechanical scanners to locate inherent defects within a given material.
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Beneficial Reuse – Recycling programs can be implemented as a successful alternative to disposal for a variety of facility by-products including, but not limited to, bio-solids, Oil Bearing Secondary Materials (OBSM), lime, ash and paper fibers. Recycle/reuse programs reduce the cost and liability related to off-site disposal. The resulting products themselves have a tangible value. Turner has significant experience developing and implementing recycle/re-use programs and has received industry recognition including the EPA/Governor’s award.
Blasting and Coating (pipe fabrication) – With our state-of-the-art, climate-controlled facilities equipped with recoverable grit blast booths, we are capable of painting single and multiple coat systems regardless of weather conditions. Our enclosed climate-controlled blast and coating facilities maintain production, quality and scheduled delivery of pipe spools to the field. In addition to painting pipe spools, our facility can quickly blast and paint straight run pipe for field run rack piping, valves, loose fittings and structural components. Both our Louisiana and Texas operations are capable of fusion bond epoxy coating for gas transmission and products pipeline applications and metalizing for a variety of applications, including a solution to corrosion under insulation. For more information visit www.yourpipefabsolution.com.
Blasting and Coating (field services) – We offer blasting and coating services provided in the field in addition to maintenance and turnaround work. Services include planning and management of client-driven paint programs.
Bolt Torquing – Our bolting services team uses Hytorc, the most innovative and user-friendly tool technology available, to provide solutions for all your bolting needs. Hytorc tools set the new standard in bolting speed, safety, and joint reliability to ensure your facility operates at peak efficiency with a leak-free startup. We offer torquing, stud tensioning, nut splitting, and hands-free backup wrenches to minimize our client’s maintenance downtime.
Bundle Extraction Services – Comprehensive services using advanced equipment to safely and efficiently remove tube bundles from their shells on any project. We provide push – pull of exchanger bundles during turnarounds, as well as daily maintenance. Our equipment includes truck-mounted extractors with up to 44,000-pound capacity, self-propelled with up to 88,000-pound capacity, aerial extractors with access up to 14’ into structures and 100,000-pound capacity, and bundle trailers.
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Carbon and Alloy Spool Production – Turner Industries has extensive experience with carbon steel piping and most alloyed material used in industrial applications ranging from aluminum to zirconium. For more information visit www.yourpipefabsolution.com.
Catalyst Services – Highly qualified and experienced personnel can provide top-quality catalyst handling, tower services, and mechanical services to a wide variety of clients. We have invested in and developed high-end specialized equipment to execute projects in the most safe and efficient manner possible.
Chemical Cleaning – We provide chemical cleaning and decontamination services to our clients in the petrochemical, chemical, energy, and pulp and paper industries for maintenance, turnarounds and new construction. SpecTech provides a standard ST™-series range of formulas and custom chemical formulations based on our extensive and practical knowledge of plant processes.
Civil Construction – We have performed a range of civil work from small projects to over 25,000 CY of concrete on a single project. Our experience includes concrete installation at both grade and elevated pours with single concrete pours up to 2,000+ CY.
Civil Remediation – A recognized leader in the removal, treatment, and management of site impacted soils and sediments to meet risk-based standards, TSS routinely develops innovative approach methods to effectively implement complex site remediation plans. Our experience, diversity, and resource capabilities are proven to reduce client risk while achieving cost-effective solutions. Services include: sludge/sediment recovery implementing un-manned dredging programs, soil conditioning/amending implementing patented solidification technique, sludge dewatering/volume reduction, emissions control, water treatment technologies and decommissioning and demolition.
Computed and Direct Radiography – A digital replacement of conventional X-ray film radiography offering enormous advantages for inspection tasks. Instead of film, an imaging plate is exposed to X-ray or gamma radiation. The imaging plate can be digitized by the scanner and then erased for immediate reuse. The digital image is then displayed on a computer monitor for evaluation with specialized software.
Construction – We are a full service, general industrial contractor with the capability and experience to direct hire and execute a vast array of field construction services including site preparation, concrete foundations and paving installations, structural steel erection, heavy hauling / lifting, process equipment installation, piping systems installation and testing, electrical / instrumentation installations and start-up & commissioning assistance. Our construction projects have ranged in contract value from under $1MM to over $1BB.
Contract Maintenance – As one of the nation’s leading maintenance contractors, we provide a range of maintenance services with one point of contact, from hard crafts associated with industrial asset servicing to the soft crafts necessary to finish the job. Reducing downtime and leveling resources, we can provide documented cost savings. And by digitizing work processes, we make it possible for clients to DECIDE WITH DATA®.
Corrosion Monitoring and Testing – In addition to traditional corrosion monitoring and testing methods and in partnership with TechnoFink, we have exclusive distribution rights to Inductosense Corrosion Monitoring systems in the U.S. Inductosense technology enables the digitization of non-destructive examinations by installing permanent, wireless, battery-free sensors on piping, pressure vessels, tanks and modular structures. Corrosion, erosion, and structural defects can then be monitored by a wireless and non-destructive (WAND) hand-held reader, resulting in an A-scan reading and ultrasonic thickness measurement in a fraction of a second. The system also allows users to collect reliable data for trend analysis.
CraftTrax® – Our multiple-award winning web application designed to accelerate the hiring/rehiring process and give a comprehensive real-time view into each craftsperson’s status. CraftTrax® gives management real-time data by job or geographical office location. By providing management immediate and accurate job status, this information can be presented to clients with the comprehensive information to plan for current workforce challenges. CraftTrax® addresses staffing bottlenecks in a tight labor market. This gives us the ability to select from more than 260,000 skilled craft personnel to supply to our jobsites in a timely manner. Additional benefits include processing previous employees for rehire. This process was accelerated by adding the ability to auto-populate forms for review and signing, therefore expediting their arrival to the jobsite.
CWI Inspectors – We employ Certified Welding Inspectors (CWI) to perform visual inspections on welds during the construction of welds. Tasks such as fit-up of the pipe to the final Visual Inspection (VT) of the welds can be done.
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DECIDE WITH DATA® – Behind Turner Industries’ quality, service and productivity is a strategic asset – Information Technology. A leader in industrial construction and maintenance, we also lead the way in developing cutting edge technology solutions. Our state-of-the-art information technology solutions meet the unique information requirements of today’s industrial marketplace. Using our DECIDE WITH DATA® software and services developed in-house, we achieve documented cost savings solutions for our clients.
Dewatering Water Treatment – We provide full-service waste minimization to our clients using the most current dewatering and treatment options available, including in-house treatability studies and innovative waste minimization technologies (also see waste volume reduction).
Disinfectant Services – Our industrial disinfectant group can be deployed to ensure jobsites are kept clean and disinfected. Services include vapor blasting, atomizer/fogger, and power breezer disinfectants.
Dredging – We can remove suspended sediments at rates of 500 gpm to 4,000 gpm. Our dredge systems consist of hydraulically operated horizontal augers used to dislodge and consolidate sludge/sediments.
Drone Inspections – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, are one of the latest Inspection and NDE technologies we offer. Drone inspections can be far safer than sending individuals out to do the work, especially when heights, possibly weakened structures, or confined spaces are involved. Drone inspections are also typically carried out in less time than other inspection methods. We have the ability to couple innovative UAV technology with traditional inspection methods by combining our UAV team with API Inspectors to offer an all-inclusive, cost-efficient inspection. We can also provide 4K video, Infrared Thermography, and 20-gas LDAR capability with a fleet of UAVs and payloads.
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Eddy Current Testing – One of many electromagnetic testing techniques used in nondestructive testing to examine tubing in heat exchangers, steam generators, condensers, air coolers and feedwater heaters, Eddy Current Testing uses electromagnetic induction to form eddy currents in non-ferromagnetic/conductive materials to identify ID and OD flaws in tubular products. It is also used to detect surface indication in materials and bottom side corrosion in non-ferromagnetic tanks.
Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) – We provide E&I work on projects ranging from small to single projects with over 300,000 workhours. Our experience includes power installations up to 230KV, DCS conversions and PLC installations.
Electronic Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) – Electronic JSAs are available using the “Turner Tablet.” Users enter the JSA information in an interactive manner which requires users to respond to hazards in a more cognitive way, increasing safety awareness. Data collected can then be used to drive analytics such as time on tools, general productivity, etc.
Equipment Rental – We provide all your equipment needs at competitive rates.
Environmental Specialty Services – Our trained workers provide clients with a variety of services to successfully complete any project. Services include: acid tar fluidization, lead and asbestos abatement, civil remediation, landfill construction and management, beneficial reuse, solidification/ stabilization, and waste volume reduction/dewatering treatment.
Equipment and Rigging – Long recognized as a leader in the equipment and rigging field, we offer our clients complete lifting and rigging solutions. A front-runner in safety performance and training, Turner was an original contributor to and supporter of the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), the independent provider of the Certified Crane Operator (CCO) certification. We provide all your equipment needs at competitive rates. From conventional to complex, every lift is planned in detail, and our new state-of-the-art maintenance facility guarantees our equipment is always in excellent condition.
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Foreman’s Progress™ – The Foreman’s Progress is part of our WinPCS® solution that has won multiple awards on a national scale for its revolutionary effect on capturing progress from the field. Taking advantage of modern advances in tablet computers and network availability, Turner Industries extends electronic progress data entry to the field foreman through custom software. Foreman’s Progress allows management to receive updated job progress information far faster than ever before and with greater accuracy. A streamlined electronic entry process removes the need for paper management between foremen and project controls. Having no paper to get lost and no need for project controls to translate what someone wrote on paper greatly reduces the turnaround on progress reporting. Software-based data entry prevents errors, enforces rules and quickly identifies issues in the field. All this adds up to Turner bolstering its already leading edge in controlling job execution.
Full Service Contractor – Turner Industries is proud to have been a provider of turnkey heavy industrial services for over 57 years. Our goal is to be the very best we can be in everything we do, and we are uncompromisingly committed to integrity and solid working relationships.
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General Contractor – We are a full service, general industrial contractor with the capability and experience to direct hire and execute a vast array of field construction services including site preparation, concrete foundations and paving installations, structural steel erection, heavy hauling / lifting, process equipment installation, piping systems installation and testing, electrical / instrumentation installations and start-up & commissioning assistance. Our construction projects have ranged in contract value from under $1MM to over $1BB.
Guided Wave Long Range Ultrasonic Testing – We offer this rapid screening test method for the integrity assessment of pipelines, non-piggable buried, encased piping, vertical or inaccessible piping (e.g. overhead pipe racks) or epoxy-coated pipelines to locate areas of potential degradation or engineering concerns.
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Heavy Hauling Specialist – We can provide specific engineering, logistics, and all transportation services for our customers, regardless of the size or weight of the commodity. We have designed and engineered transportation projects for some of the most complex and largest pieces of equipment in the Gulf South region. Our fleet, composed of state-of-the-art transportation equipment, is engineered in-house by our skilled team of employees. Using all our transportation systems, we can relocate items by barge or rail, in-plant, or by road. Our staff of professional engineers along with our specialized transportation employees have won multiple national awards for the safe completion of some of the largest and most difficult projects in the Gulf Coast area.
Hydroblasting – We offer a wide variety of industrial water-blasting services to fit most industrial cleaning jobs. Our water blasting solutions range from 10,000 PSI to 40,000 PSI. We provide the most advanced line of hands-free hydroblasting tools to keep our employees safely out of the line of fire while delivering the results you require. Our hydroblasting services include: Automation Cleaning (Hands Free), Automated Pad Cleaning, Lancing and Line Moleing, Sewer Cleaning Services, Exchanger Services, Vessel and Tank Cleaning.
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Induction and Cold Pipe Bending – In 1985. Turner Industries revolutionized pipe bending by replacing 1-1/2 diameter elbows with induction bends. We have proven that bending pipe with heat or hydraulic pressure results in greater strength and reduces production time. Pipe bending makes pipe stronger, easier to install and requires fewer repairs than welded pipe. The bending process maintains design integrity and PFI tolerances, naturally thickening the intrados of the pipe, making it less susceptible to stress and pressure. For more information visit www.believeinbending.com.
In-house NDE & Radiography – Our in-house radiographic testing allows x-ray of welds after production under the same roof. In-house NDE of spools includes hydrotesting, PMI and MT/PT inspections. Each spool is tracked using barcode technology, starting in engineering, to the shop floor, throughout its production cycle, including fabrication, quality control, painting, testing, and shipment.
Industrial Specialty Services – We offer best practices and state-of-the-art technology, equipment and experience to the refining, chemical, petrochemical and pulp and paper industries in the services lines of bolt torquing/tensioning, bundle extraction, catalyst, hydroblasting and vacuum truck. We maintain a large fleet of equipment to service our clients. We have the capability to offer our services on a maintenance, project, and turnaround basis.
Insulation – We offer full demo and re-insulation of hot and cold service systems on tanks, vessels, piping and equipment.
Internal Rotary Inspection System (IRIS) – This ultrasonic immersion method for the nondestructive testing of internal inspection of pipes and tubes is offered by our inspection group. The IRIS probe is inserted into a tube that is flooded with water. The probe is pulled out slowly as the data is displayed and recorded.
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Jobs – Looking to join the Turner team? For career opportunities please visit:
www.jointurner.com.
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Landfill Construction/Management – We provide full-service landfill construction, maintenance, and closure for municipal, industrial, and hazardous waste landfill owners/operators. We maintain a large array of construction equipment, experienced personnel, and industry-leading safety and quality programs, each of which contributes to our ability to deliver large scale projects safely, timely, and within the established budget.
Life Critical Safety Rules – A mainstay of our HSE management system is a set of seven activities, which have been deemed Turner Industries Group’s Life Critical Activities: 1) working with valid permit when required 2) fall protection 3) confined space entry 4) lock out-tag out/energy isolation 5) working under a suspended load 6) line breaking 7) no drugs, alcohol, or contraband. All employees must be allowed to refuse work that can’t be done other than by violating a life critical rule, and that refusal must have no adverse consequences for the employee. In fact, an employee who refuses to violate a life critical rule should get positive feedback for doing so as this presumably avoided a high-risk situation.
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Maintenance – We understand each client’s goal to achieve reliability excellence and commit to focus on reducing the cost of ownership by managing the contracting effort in a way that will increase owner profitability. The Maintenance Division provides a foundation for Turner Industries’ “One Solution for Your Success” concept, as our maintenance management structure allows Turner to leverage other divisions and groups to provide turnkey solutions. Delivering the full spectrum of services required to run a safe and efficient facility in the refining, chemical, petrochemical, energy, pulp and paper and related industries, our success is founded on our unique heritage plus integrity, solid management and long-term, partnering relationships with our customers. Our data-driven work processes enable us to take the guesswork out of maintenance and let our clients DECIDE WITH DATA®.
Mapping – Utilizing our drones, we can create 3-D mapping used for volume metric calculations of materials delivered or removed from a site.
MAPS® (Maintenance Applied Productivity System) – This software allows Turner Industries to address efficiency and productivity issues in the field. It is a true plant improvement system that ensures we are delivering the most value to our maintenance clients. It accomplishes this by tracking and highlighting non-productive time and inefficiencies, allowing for quick corrective action. MAPS® allows Turner to identify the who, what, when, where and why of productive & non-productive time on any job site. It helps to pinpoint the cause of bottlenecks so that Turner can partner with our clients to take steps to remove those bottlenecks and improve productivity. MAPS® allows Turner to provide our customers with the most cost-effective labor services possible.
Mechanical Construction – Turner Industries has installed and/or assembled a variety of fixed and rotating equipment. Our experience includes projects with small quantities of process equipment to single projects with over 1100 pieces of equipment on a single project, as well as pumps up to 1000 HP and compressors up to 37,000 HP.
Modular Fabrication – Turner Industries has provided quality modular assembly work for over twenty years. As one of the largest heavy industrial contractors in the Gulf Coast area, we can easily provide the qualified staff and craft personnel needed to support any modular needs for upstream, midstream, and downstream clients across the United States and abroad. Our capabilities include fabricating pipe rack, process, and subsea modules, ranging in size from small process skids to large pipe rack and process modules. Our facilities are strategically placed in locations near waterways and major roadways, and our operation is built on a solid foundation of excellence and innovation, serving clients in the pipeline, petrochemical, refinery, LNG, and offshore industries.
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Non-Destructive Examination – Our expert staff includes more than 500 full- time engineers, technicians and certified inspectors, trained in various disciplines, with certifications from the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), American Petroleum Institute (API) and American Welding Society (AWS). We offer a wide variety of inspection solutions, including fully equipped personnel for short-term or long-term assignments, turnarounds, or “personnel only” to augment plant inspection departments. A recognized leader in digital transformation, TSS brings the Inductosense Corrosion Monitoring System (PIMS), innovative robotics and drones, and the most advanced NDE inspection technology on the market. Using these advancements, TSS can lower the cost of ownership to our partners by reducing unnecessary inspections.
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One-on-One – Clear and concise communication of safety and health expectations at each level of the organization is critical to our overall safety success. To aid in the accomplishment of this goal, Turner Industries has implemented what we call “One-on-One.” This program requires a “One-on-One” safety commitment and expectations meeting between Senior Level Project Management and each employee assigned to the site.
One Solution for Your Success™ – Turner Industries.
Contact us at turnerbusdev@turner-industries.com.
Onsite Stress Relief – Our Port Allen and Paris fabrication shops have stress relieving ovens on site to perform stress relieving operations for complete spool or spool components. All our fabrication shops are capable of providing localized stress relieving operations at the weld location.
Outages – A challenging necessity and recurring reality of operations for clients and contractors alike, outages require a complex web of planning, scheduling, and hiring to ensure proper repair, maintenance, or replacement at our clients’ facilities. We work diligently to assist our clients with their needs. Our “One Solution for Your Success” yields direct results when our team hits your jobsite.
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Painting – See Blasting and Coating (pipe fabrication) and Blasting and Coating
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Phased Array Testing – Phased Array Testing is an ultrasonic testing technique using specialized multi-element “array” transducers and pulses those elements separately in a patterned sequence called “phasing.” This phasing sequence allows wave steering, focusing, and scanning.
Piping – We fabricate it, we bend it, we haul it, we install it, and we test it. For more information visit www.yourpipefabsolution.com.
Pipe Bending – In 1985 Turner Industries revolutionized pipe bending by replacing 1-1/2 diameter elbows with induction bends. We have proven that bending pipe with heat or hydraulic pressure results in greater strength and reduces production time. Pipe bending makes pipe stronger, easier to install and requires fewer repairs than welded pipe. The bending process maintains design integrity and PFI tolerances, naturally thickening the intrados of the pipe, making it less susceptible to stress and pressure. For more information visit www.believeinbending.com.
Pipe Fabrication – As the nation’s largest private pipe fabricator, we offer turnkey solutions that provide a one-stop shop for your pipe fabrication and bending needs. We’ve grown by meeting client demand at every turn and constantly emphasizing innovation. We pioneered induction bending in the United States, and our digital real-time tracking process continues to set the standard in our industry. After more than 55 years in the industry and decades of achievements in pipe fabrication, we still strive to exceed client expectations. Turner’s full range of automatic, semi-automatic and manual pipe fabrication capabilities include welding, bending, coating, and everything in between. www.yourpipefabsolution.com.
Pipe Installation and Testing – We have vast experience in the installation and testing of piping systems on projects ranging from small to single projects with piping quantities of over 1,000,000 LF. We have worked with many different materials of construction including carbon steel, stainless steel and a variety of specialty alloy piping systems.
Pipe Transportation Methods – Turner Industries makes shipments by flatbed trailer, open top containers or barges and can safely deliver pipe spools to any location in the world.
Pipe Rack and Process Modules – We have provided quality modular assembly work for over twenty years. As one of the largest heavy industrial contractors in the U.S. Gulf Coast area, we can easily provide the qualified staff and craft personnel needed to support any of our client’s modular needs for upstream, midstream, and downstream clients across the United States and abroad. Our capabilities include fabricating pipe rack, process, and subsea modules, ranging in size from small process skids to large pipe rack and process modules. Our facilities are strategically placed in locations near waterways and major roadways, and our operation is built on a solid foundation of excellence and innovation, serving clients in the pipeline, petrochemical, refinery, LNG, and offshore industries.
Planning and Scheduling – Our experienced planners use state-of-the-art technology to accurately plan and schedule events. Turner Industries uses a suite of proprietary software which includes WINTAKE®, QUICKPLAN®, and WINPCS® to assist in developing budgets and monitoring the progress and status on all projects.
Predictive Maintenance – We offer techniques which are designed to help determine the condition of in-service equipment to estimate when maintenance should be performed. In addition to the NDE/NDT, data gathered can be loaded into an Inspection Data Management System (IDMS)-type software to help determine the next inspection frequency.
Project Controls – Our experienced project controls team comes with diverse capabilities including working in both proprietary and client-owned software. Our proprietary software developed in-house pairs industry standards with Turner experience to deliver accurate project estimating, planning, and scheduling.
Project Management – Our team of experienced project managers are trained to initiate, plan, execute, control, and complete each job, achieving project goals on time and on budget.
Project Zero – The culmination of our efforts using technology-driven solutions to achieve reliability excellence, solidifying our confidence that zero incidents, zero downtime, and zero releases are achievable.
Pulsed Array Eddy Current – We provide pulsed array eddy current testing to detect flaws or corrosion in ferrous materials or measure the thickness of objects. Using this technique, we can detect corrosion under insulation (CUI), and corrosion under fireproofing (CUF) in pipes, vessels, sphere legs, and more.
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) – We maintain processes, manuals, and quality procedures that set the standards of work performance to help ensure adherence to all applicable regulating codes and quality standards at the job sites and to ensure the client-specific requirements and expectations are met. We provide the necessary certified and trained personnel to manage the requirements for quality management system (QMS) planning, product/service realization, resource management, QMS processes, NDE inspections, outside authorized inspector regulatory activities, NDE training and certification, leak testing, welder certifications, weld mapping and tracking, document control, management reviews, auditing, radiation safety monitoring, continuous improvement, and quality records.
QuickPlan® – This proprietary industrial planning tool provides Planners and Project Controls Professionals a framework for accurately documenting the detailed objectives which must be accomplished for a project to be complete. It estimates as it plans by calculating hours and dollars using an extensive database of factors. These factors have been customized by Turner’s most journeyed employees, allowing new planners to benefit from decades of experience in the field. This tool puts the plan in the field…where it belongs!
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Remote Field Testing – One of many electromagnetic testing techniques we offer in non-destructive testing, making use of the magnetic field to detect and characterize ID and OD flaws in ferromagnetic pipes and tubes. Remote Field Testing uses a through-wall transmission technique where the magnetic field travels through the tube wall twice: once at the exciter location and once at the receiver location.
Rigging and Lifting Services – As a five-time winner of the SC&RA Rigging Job of the Year for Excellence in Rigging and Heavy Lifting, Turner can ensure our clients a quality rigging experience.
Robotics – Turner Industries has a fleet of state-of-the-art drones and robotic crawlers capable of performing both internal and external NDE inspections.
Rope Access – Our Rope Access services encompass Non-Destructive Examination and all mechanical craft, as well as soft craft such as insulation and paint. Rope Access can offer an innovative alternative to traditional scaffolding in a number of industrial scenarios. The high cost of material rental, the lower number of man hours, and the reduction in exposure to injury are all reasons to use Rope Access in the right situations. When appropriate, non-NDE Rope Access services have been proven to provide clients verifiable cost savings in the millions. With the ability to leverage Turner Industries’ mechanical craftspeople and certified rope access training, the team can implement a qualified crew in a week’s time, leaving competitors grounded.
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Safety – Safety always comes first at Turner Industries. No company is more acutely aware of, and dedicated to, the mission of safety and health excellence than Turner Industries. We continually strive for total incident elimination and are steadfast in a value system that ensures our employees can execute their duties and responsibilities in a safe and successful manner.
Scaffolding – We have a significant range of scaffold inventory. Delivery is always easy with the support of our vast equipment fleet and multiple locations across the Gulf South. Our goal is to exceed client expectations by providing the highest level of safety, reliability and dependability in scaffold erection and equipment rental. By 2020, all standing scaffold will be geotagged to provide clients a snapshot of location and duration of erected scaffolding on site.
Scaffold Tracking App – The Turner Industries Scaffold Tracking App is a module within the Turner Tablet suite of custom programs built to increase efficiency, safety, and reporting accuracy. Leveraging Turner’s software with mobile tablet devices, the app allows Turner employees to accurately track and manage scaffold material for our clients and opens unparalleled reporting capabilities to help our clients make timely, informed decisions. When required, Turner utilizes intrinsically safe cases rated for Class 1 Div 2 areas.
Shutdowns – A challenging necessity and recurring reality of operations for clients and contractors alike, shutdowns require a complex web of planning, scheduling, and hiring to ensure proper repair, maintenance, or replacement at our clients’ facilities. We work diligently to assist our clients with their needs. Our “One Solution for Your Success” yields direct results when our team hits your jobsite.
SIPA – Scaffolding, Insulation, Painting and Abatement services can be utilized separately or be bundled into one offering, removing the hassle and added cost of having more than one point of contact.
Small Cap Work – Turner Industries provides small capital projects to our clients which encompass construction work and in/out services up to $10 million. We provide all disciplines of work and provide services anywhere in North America.
Solidification/stabilization – We offer a proven stabilization/solidification process that has successfully treated a wide array of waste streams. Our technical team will evaluate site conditions and remediation objectives to develop the safest and most cost-effective means of material handling, maximizing process efficiency and ancillary operations.
Specialized Transportation – Our Specialized Transportation Group can provide specific engineering, logistics, and transportation services for our customers, regardless of the size or weight of the commodity. We have designed and engineered transportation projects for some of the most complex and largest pieces of equipment in the Gulf South region. Our fleet, composed of state-of-the-art transportation equipment, is engineered in-house by our skilled team of employees. Using all our transportation systems, we can relocate items by barge or by rail, in-plant, or by road. Our staff of professional engineers along with our specialized transportation employees have won multiple national awards for the safe completion of some of the largest and most difficult projects in the Gulf Coast area.
Specialized Welding Services (SWS) – SWS employees are considered to be among the top 10% of skilled craftsman in the industry. SWS provides pipefitting and welding services and solutions to complex alloy piping, furnace retubing, tower work and more. SWS also works alongside our Turnaround Services Group providing turnkey turnaround events.
Spool Tracking – All pipe spools fabricated by Turner Industries are marked and tracked by computer software, ensuring their location as well as the status of the job. This data can then be seamlessly transitioned into our field spool-tracking mobile application where it is catalogued and tracked by location on site. The mobile app is also capable of accepting pipe spool data from outside sources.
Stop Work Authority – At Turner Industries, all employees are empowered to stop any work they feel violates any of our seven life critical rules: 1) working with valid permit when required 2) fall protection 3) confined space entry 4) lock out-tag out/energy isolation 5) working under a suspended load 6) line breaking 7) no drugs, alcohol, or contraband. It is our belief that if there is zero tolerance for violation of a life critical rule, then employees must be allowed to refuse work that can’t be done other than by violating a life critical rule, and that refusal must have no adverse consequences for the employee. In fact, an employee who refuses to violate a life critical rule should get positive feedback for doing so as this presumably avoided a high-risk situation.
Structural Construction – We have performed structural steel erection on projects ranging from minor steel installations to single projects with over 23,000 tons of steel. We also use pre/sub-assembly, whenever possible, to assist with both labor productivity and project schedule requirements.
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The 360 Safety Program – The purpose of the 360 Safety Program is to reduce the potential for motorized vehicle incidents during the initial movement from a parked location. The driver conducts a 360º walk-around prior to entering the vehicle or equipment in order to reduce incidents involving hitting objects and to encourage hazard identification through observation.
“Tell Me” Safety Intervention Process – The “Tell Me” process is a safety intervention program that works through employees requesting and authorizing peer-to-peer intervention. It boldly states that “I am ASKING you to stop me if you see me doing something in an unsafe manner.”
Total Tank Management™ – Our Total Tank Management group is led by industry veterans and pairs Turner’s decades of experience with the latest technology to offer our clients a seamless cleaning, inspection, and repair experience. We have added a variety of cleaning technologies to minimize and/or eliminate manned entry during the cleaning (sludge evacuation) process. This specialized equipment includes nozzle technology that is inserted on the tank shell or on the roof.
TRAM® Solutions – Combining TRAM® Software and TRAM® Services, Turner Industries has created a breakthrough proprietary process that identifies and quantifies cost risks associated with industrial projects and turnarounds. For more information visit www.tramsolutions.com.
Turnarounds – A challenging necessity and recurring reality of operations for clients and contractors alike, turnarounds require a complex web of planning, scheduling, and hiring to ensure proper repair, maintenance, or replacement at our clients’ facilities. We work diligently to assist our clients with their needs. Our “One Solution for Your Success” yields direct results when our team hits your jobsite.
Turnaround Services Group (TSG) – Our premier turnaround group specializes in providing our clients with turnkey turnaround solutions. We have developed a proven formula that begins even before coming on site. Our managers undergo specialized training to ensure proper event management and execution, and our turnaround teams perform more turnarounds than any other contractor in the business. We have the workforce, safety record, and experience to handle any turnaround, no matter the challenge.
Turner “I’s” – Designed to refocus supervisors on their fundamental responsibilities for safe and successful task execution, our supervisory re-engagement process (which includes intervention, interaction, involvement and instruction — dubbed the Turner “I’s”) assesses the amount of time a supervisor is actually engaged in work oversight as opposed to administrative duties that take them away from the work. Consisting of both a field evaluation and a training process, this program helps form an effective balance so that tasks are executed according to sound safety practices.
Turner Specialty Services (TSS) – Turner Specialty Services encompasses three groups: Industrial, Environmental and NDE. These groups provide clients with the services and skills needed for a variety of jobs within these categories.
Turner Tablet™ – This flagship innovation project aims to reduce the administrative burden on frontline supervision by digitizing their work processes using intrinsically safe tablets. Taking traditional paper-based tasks such as JSAs and timesheets to a digital platform allows us to automate workflows, improve safety, and increase productivity, while at the same time lowering the cost of overhead. The Turner Tablet eliminates the latency associated with data entry, making real-time analytics possible.
Tube Testing – We use various technologies to detect anomalies such as corrosion or manufacturing defects in metallic tubes. These applications are typically used in equipment such as boilers and heat exchangers. IRIS or Remote Field is required for ferromagnetic tube inspections.
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UAV Inspection – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, are one of the latest Inspection and NDE technologies we offer. Drone inspections can be far safer than sending individuals out to do the work, especially when heights, possibly weakened structures, or confined spaces are involved. Drone inspections are also typically carried out in less time than other inspection methods. We have the ability to couple innovative UAV technology with traditional inspection methods by combining our UAV team with API Inspectors to offer an all-inclusive, cost-efficient inspection. We can also provide 4K video, Infrared Thermography, and 20-gas LDAR capability with a fleet of UAVs and payloads.
Ultra-High-Pressure Services (UHP) – We offer 40,000 PSI hydro blasting services, which can lower your pre-commissioning, commissioning, maintenance or shutdown costs. This is done through descaling, cleaning of pipework from 1″ to 144″, heat exchangers (shell side and tube side, plate, etc.), tanks and vessels, vacuum loading, paint or coating removal, and cold cutting.
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Vacuum Truck Services – We provide liquid or dry vacuuming of industrial materials, reducing clean-up time compared to conventional shoveling and loading. We can remove a range of materials from industrial sites, including cement, lime, sands and sludge. Our powerful vacuums can pick up material as far as 1,000 feet away and discharge it into trucks, dumpsters or landfills.
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Waste Volume Reduction – We are a full-service waste minimization service provider using the most current dewatering and treatment options available, including in-house treatability studies and innovative waste minimization technologies: recessed chamber, screw press, belt press, centrifuge and geomembrane tube. Clients are also provided with complete program development (e.g. recovery and processing, safety, quality control), waste to product conversions, program optimization and peer assist/peer review.
WinPCS® – Turner Industries’ award-winning system, part of a field execution methodology that ensures every task on the turnaround and/or construction project is tracked on a shift-by-shift basis. This tool has a proven track record and provides a physical percent complete and productivity measurement, giving us a definitive advantage over the competition. The basic functionality of WinPCS® interfaces the actual direct labor man-hours expended to the actual field progress work tasks for a given window of time. WinPCS® focuses on techniques for management of direct labor because it is the most volatile resource and must be controlled if the project is to be successful. The amount of required materials to complete a project is definite and measurable, but the direct labor efficiency swings in direct proportion to the applied management techniques.
WeldTracker® – This proprietary software is used in the tracking of pipe and plate welding on projects – both construction and maintenance. The system is based around a weld log and associated tables that cover welders, weld procedures and pipe specifications. These combine to form a broad source of information on weld status, welder productivity, NDE frequency, etc., to supply site superintendents, managers and quality control inspectors with decision-making data.
WinTAKE® – A proprietary digitized take-off (estimating) system for the industrial marketplace. The system is integrated with planning/scheduling, project controls and job cost. Key benefits include quicker and more accurate estimates at the lowest level of project detail for all disciplines (Pipe, Steel, Civil, E&I). All of the disciplines have a similar look and feel, and data may be input via keyboard, mouse, or a digitizer pad.
WinTEAMS® – This proprietary estimating system is designed specifically for the industrial marketplace. The system is integrated with planning/scheduling and project controls. Key benefits include detailed, accurate estimates of different types of equipment, such as exchangers, towers, drums, etc. It is designed to quickly estimate these types of equipment for the turnaround and maintenance environments.
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X-Ray Services – X-ray, or radiography exposures, can be used to inspect process piping, pressure vessels, valves, welds, etc. for erosion, corrosion and volumetric integrity, providing an easily-viewed high-quality image as a permanent record of the component that has been inspected. Turner has the ability to utilize either Digital (DR), Computed (CR), Real -Time (RTR) or traditional film radiography (RT) techniques as per client specification.
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Zero Incident Performance (ZIP) – Our Zero Incident Performance (ZIP) safety program is focused on implementing a zero-incident culture among our employees. At Turner Industries, we believe that zero incident performance is possible.