TURNER INDUSTRIES OPENS STATE-OFTHE-ART PERSONNEL FACILITY Flare Extension Project at Sasol Completed
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Equipment, Rigging & Specialized Transportation TURNER EMPLOYEES LOSE 5,371 POUNDS “I HAVE A GOAL TO STAY FIT AND STRONG—NOT JUST TODAY, BUT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.”
RECORDBREAKING FOOD BANK DRIVES
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TURNER INDUSTRIES Company Magazine
SENIOR EDITOR Tobie Craig
EDITORS' LETTER The Dog Days Of Summer
I
t seems like only yesterday (okay maybe a little longer than yesterday)
EDITORS
that we were kids eagerly
Jason Broha, Marie Crespo
counting down the days for school to let out, so we could
WRITERS Tobie Craig, Jason Broha, Marie Crespo
welcome summer and every glorious thing it had to offer us. Endless hours spent pool-
CONTRIBUTORS
side, long awaited beach vaca-
Rhonda Anzivino, Charlie Boudreaux, Kaci Braud,
tions, our first summer jobs…a
Tami Burtram, Dawn Csaszar, Kent Dartez, MaKenzie Godso, Rodney Landry, Patricia Livas, Mindy Mahoney,
couple of months off in the
Max Marx, Connie Paxton, Dawn Ramoin, Colleen
middle of the year seemed to
Stone, Gregory Thibodeaux, Carla Thompson, Wayne Tyson
stretch on for a lifetime. Today that feeling seems to be turned on its head. The warm
PHOTOGRAPHER
weather still rolls in, but between family obligations and work dead-
Marie Crespo
lines summer whizzes by in a blur of busyness. The same can be said
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
for the company as a whole. As large and small jobs get started or
Jason Broha
wrap up (pg 11-12), company-wide community projects are completed (pg 21-22) and a brand new hiring facility comes online (pg 9-10), it
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
seems like the faster the temperatures rise the busier we get.
Jenny Browne
Specialized Transportation Division. They also happen to be this issue’s
One group that understands this is our Equipment, Rigging and cover story. We are very appreciative of everyone at the Baton Rouge equipment facility for allowing us to tag along for a day. With every article written, photo taken and page designed, we meet more of the people and learn more about what they do that makes this company
In this Issue
great and makes us proud to be part of it. We hope after reading this
03 SAFETY FIRST 07 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
20 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE 21 TEAM TURNER
09 PERSONNEL FACILITY
23 RE-STOCK THE FOOD BANK
11 PROJECTS
24 MISSION TO TRANSITION
13 SPOTLIGHT 17 EMPLOYEE PROFILE
issue you will share those feelings.
Jason Broha & Marie Crespo
25 NEWS & NOTES
WWW.TURNER-INDUSTRIES.COM
@TurnerInd
facebook.com/TurnerIndustries
CONSTRUCTION 800-288-6503
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FABRICATION
MAINTENANCE/STOs
SPECIALTY SERVICES
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SAFETYFIRST CORPORATE SAFETY AWARDS
Each year, Turner Industries holds its own Corporate Safety Awards events to internally recognize our “Best of the Best” management and their job sites. In 2015, over 20,000 employees worked 45 million hours at an all-time record low .21 Total Recordable Incident rate (TRIR). Special recognition was paid to the Equipment, Rigging and Specialized Transportation Division for completing the year at a .00 TRIR, and to Turner Specialty Services Inspection and NDE group for performing their work five years OSHA recordable-free.
Congratulations to the following sites for receiving the President's Safety Excellence Award ! Shell/Motiva – Norco, Louisiana – Maintenance Mike Fuller, Kirby Nunez, Paul Johnson ! Methanex GC 3 Project – Geismar, Louisiana – Construction Bob Eubanks, Brett Templet, Kerry Wiggins ! Pipe Fabrication – Paris Texas Ricky Hutchings, Doug McCullen ! Turner Industries Equipment Division Baton Rouge Jesse Morain, David Guitreau ! Turner Industries Equipment Division Houston W.H. Berry, Jerry Brent
! Turner Industries Equipment Division Lake Charles Brady Moss, Bradley Moreau ! Turner Industries Equipment Division New Orleans Bill Wixon, David Guitreau ! TSS Inspection & NDE group Danny Price, Ryan Espy ! Nanya Plastics – Batchelor, Louisiana – Maintenance Mike Boudreaux, Joseph Bernard ! Hexion Specialty Chemicals – Deer Park, Texas – Maintenance
Ronald Barber, Terry Burkett, Sierra Walker
Congratulations to the following sites for receiving the Corporate Safety Excellence Award ! Occidental Chemical – Geismar, Louisiana – Maintenance Rodney Landry, Walter Dewitt, Bobby Lemieux ! Cabot – Ville Platte, Louisiana – Maintenance Phil M. Gauthreaux, Jed Robertson ! Hexion – Norco, Louisiana – Maintenance Phil M. Gauthreaux, Mark Cortez, Curtis Black ! Celanese Fairway Project — Pasadena, Texas – Construction
Glenn Perk, James Kidd, Chris Gilbert ! Enterprise – Mont Belvieu, Texas Keith Mayers, Joe Ron Waldrop, Donna Rasch ! Westlake Petrochemicals – Westlake, Louisiana – Maintenance
Tony Granata, Andy Welch, Kevin Fontenot ! Entergy Nelson Station – Westlake, Louisiana – Maintenance
Dale Lee, Lee Guillory, Trevor Johnson ! Honeywell International – Orange, Texas – Maintenance Alan King, Chris Melancon, James LaFleur ! Huntsman International – Port Neches, Texas – Maintenance
Rusty Brittain, Maurice Force, Shannon Trahan
! Structural Fabrication Shop – Decatur, Alabama Kevin Cooper, Troy McPeters, Tony Evans ! Construction and Projects Group – Decatur, Alabama Frank Sivley, Lee Smith, Tony Evans ! Indorama (Formerly BP) – Decatur, Alabama – Turner Specialty Services Nathon Williams, Bradley Evans, John DiPietro, Jimmy Harris ! Hunt Southland Refinery – Sandersville, Mississippi – Turner Specialty Services Mike Boudreaux, Joe Davis, Nathan Whatley, Robert Rey ! Hunt Refining – Tuscaloosa, Alabama – Turner Specialty Services Nathon Williams, Joe Davis, Keny Young, Robert Rey ! Shell Saraland – Mobile, Alabama Frank Sivley, Walter Dykes, Tom Callahan ! Marathon Petroleum Company – Catlettsburg, Kentucky Trae Dupree, Marvin Moore, Mike McKnight
! Pipe and Vessel Fabrication Shop – Decatur, Alabama Scott Bryant, Keny Reed, Tony Evans
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HOUSTON BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE GOLD EXCELLENCE SAFETY AWARD
Pictured left to right are Tim Brossette, safety manager, Turner; Gregory Goff, chairman, president and CEO, Tesoro Corporation and AFPM chairman; Darrel King, regional health and safety manager, Turner.
TURNER INDUSTRIES HONORED BY AFPM San Antonio, Texas – The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) has announced the 2015 winners of its prestigious Annual Safety Awards and Turner Industries received thirty-one Contractor Merit Awards. The awards are part of a comprehensive program developed by the AFPM Health and Safety Committee to promote safe operations in the refining and petrochemical industries and to recognize facilities with outstanding occupational and process safety performance records.
"Receiving the AFPM awards is gratifying because our clients have recognized the hard work and dedication to safety by our employees at their sites." – MICHAEL PHELPS, Vice President of Health and Safety, Turner Industries
Pictured left to right are: Wayne Oswald, executive director, Houston Business Roundtable; Gabe Strybos, Turner equipment division sales; Joe Pruitt, Turner equipment division sales; Darrel King, Turner corporate safety manager; Jerry Brent, Turner crane and rigging safety manager-Houston; Dustynn Otwell, Turner crane and rigging dispatcher-Houston; David Guitrau, Turner crane and rigging area safety manager and President & CEO Luis Aguilar, Houston Area Safety Council.
Pasadena, Texas – Turner Industries' Equipment, Rigging and Specialized Transportation Division recently received the Gold Excellence Safety Award from the Houston Business Roundtable. This award represents “Best in Class Performance” in the General Large Contractor category. The Houston Business Roundtable represents the owners' association from which the Houston Area Safety Council was born. Turner received two nominations for the General Large Contractor category. Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery (GBR) management and ExxonMobil Baytown management nominated Turner Industries for its outstanding safety performance in 2015. An extensive safety audit was conducted in early 2016 by Houston Business Roundtable members at the
LyondellBasell Presents Safety Award to Turner Industries
Marathon GBR site. The audit team was composed of
Pasadena, Texas – A Bright Star
practices which create a culture that keeps employ-
Award was presented recently to
ees safe.
Turner Industries at the 2016 Ly-
seven different auditors from top companies in the industry, their focus being to identify and evaluate
ondellBasell Contractor CEO Safe-
Gulf Coast Safety Council Annual Awards
ty Conference for achieving Goal
Luling, Louisiana –
Zero performance. Turner employees worked 1,076,094 recordablefree hours at LyondellBasell sites in 2015.
The Gulf Coast SafePictured from left to right are: Bob Patel, CEO LyondellBasell; John Golashesky, senior vice president, Turner; Joe Hazewski, site project manager, Turner and Mike VanDerSnick, senior vice president HSES & operational excellence, LyondellBasell.
ty Council annual Contractor’s Safety Excellence
Awards
banquet was recently held at the Edward A. Dufresne Community Center. Once again,
Pictured left to right are Mike Fuller, Kirby Nunez and Rodney Landry.
Turner was honored with six injury-free site awards, two crane, rigging, and lifting support services awards, two environmental services awards, and four mechanical contractor awards. 04
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SAFETYFIRST (continued)
Safety Council of East Texas Safety Award
SAFETY WEEK A successful companywide 2016 Safety Week was held in the beginning of May with regional offices in Houston, Decatur and Lake Charles, focusing on distracted driving, safe ladder use and fall prevention. At our corporate headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, State Trooper Michael Talley held a well-attended class on distracted driving, and Motion Industries/Drago Supplies
Louisiana state trooper Michael Talley and Turner Industries Vice Chairman and President, Thomas Turner.
demonstrated safe ladder use and fall prevention. Field locations participated in OSHA’s Pictured left to right are: Dewana Tarpley, Safety Council of East Texas chairman of the board of directors; Daryl Gurunian, Turner site safety manager; James Gossett, Turner site manager
“National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls,” a campaign designed to raise awareness of fall hazards and preventive measures throughout our industry.
Longview, Texas - Turner Industries at the Westlake site recently received a
Turner Industries Nine Years OSHA Recordable Free at Hexion
safety award from the Safety Council of East Texas. Thirty-nine companies from manufacturing industries, industrial services, energy, oil field services, and construction were honored for excellence in safety training at the award luncheon. The Safety Council of East Texas
Pasadena, Texas – Turner employees at the Hexion site recently celebrated nine years
was formed twenty-five years ago
OSHA recordable free. Congratulations and thank you for working safely and productively!
by local contractors and industries to promote and improve workplace safety through safety training. It is a founding member of the national
Five Years OSHA Recordable Free at ExxonMobil
One Year OSHA Recordable Free at Huntsman Conroe, Texas –
nonprofit Association of Reciprocal
Turner employees
Safety Councils.
at the Huntsman
Rick Wall, council president said,
site celebrated
“The criteria to qualify for an award
one year
were stringent, and based on the
recordable free.
Federal OSHA injury reporting rethe award requirements and we are
Celebrating One Year OSHA Recordable Free
excited to recognize their efforts
Convent, Louisiana
in promoting safety training in the
Turner
quirements. Turner Industries met
workplace. The companies receiving these awards understand that although safety training is required
Pictured left to right are: Frank Canella, Turner site manager, TSS Industrial and Tilden Boudreaux, TSS project manager.
employ-
ees at Occidental Chemical recently celebrated one year
by law, it is good business to pro-
Baton Rouge, Louisiana –
OSHA
vide a safe and healthful workplace
Turner Specialty Services
free. Additionally, OxyChem employees celebrated
for their employees.” The keynote
(TSS)
two years OSHA recordable free. A combined celebra-
speaker was Doug Huddleston, CSP,
years OSHA recordable free
with OSHA.
at ExxonMobil.
–Industrial—five
recordable
tion lunch was held in June.
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Two Turner Industries Crews Named “Safe Crew of the Week” at Sasol Mega Project Lake Charles, Louisiana – Turner's iron workers crew, as well as the janitorial crew, were recently both selected as "Safe Crew of the Week" at the Sasol Mega Project. The janitorial crew, led by Toni Barron, is responsible for keeping the 1,500 acre site clean and safe for the 3,700 contract employees currently on the project. Congratulations to both crews and keep up the good work!
Over 4 Million Hours OSHA Recordable Free at Westlake
Two Years OSHA Recordable Free at Marathon
HEAT SAFETY
TIPS
PRACTICE HEAT SAFETY WHEREVER YOU ARE Jobsites Stay hydrated and take breaks in the shade as often as possible.
Lake Charles, Louisiana – The Westlake Chemical job sites, composed of Westlake Poly and Petro Plants, have worked over four years without an OSHA record-
Garyville, Louisiana – Turn-
able injury. The two Westlake plants have worked a
er employees at Marathon
combined total of 2,247,329 hours without an OSHA
Petroleum Refinery have
recordable injury. These plants have worked 4,146,395
achieved two years OSHA
hours without a lost time injury. “The safety success
recordable free while work-
that we enjoy is the result of a very diligent effort by
ing 1.2 million hours. This
the Turner team at Westlake led by Site Manager Andy
was accomplished by both
Welch, and Poly Site Superintendent Pat Miller,” said
the maintenance and project
Project Manager Tony Granata. “We are very pleased
groups on site. A crawfish boil
to have the support and relentless efforts by all of
was held to celebrate.
the Turner supervisors and safety personnel. Kevin
Congratulations to all on
Fontenot and Jerry Smith lead our safety effort every
an outstanding safety record!
day teaching and coaching our Turner team. Thanks to all for an outstanding effort and congratulations on winning the Turner Corporate Safety Excellence Award for 2015.”
Vehicles Never leave kids or pets unattended – LOOK before you LOCK. Indoors Check up on the elderly, sick and those without air conditioning. Outdoors Limit strenuous outdoor activities, find shade and stay hydrated. Source: National Weather Service
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Workforce Development
2016 Voice of Leadership – Southeast Region Decatur, Alabama – The Southeast Region recently completed an eleven week Voice of Leadership (VOL) training session. In an effort to reach out to employees in remote locations, leadership from the Southeast Region facilitated these inaugural training sessions at the Hunt Refinery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Turner employees from both the Hunt Refining site and the Hunt Southland Refining site in Sandersville, Mississippi, participated. The VOL classes are part of Turner’s commitment to enhance leadership excellence and maintain a culture of leadership development. The objective of these sessions is to enhance leadership capabilities, improve communication skills and boost problem-solving decisiveness. The class teaches leadership principles utilizing John C. Maxwell’s “Leadership 101 – What Every Leader Needs to Know.” This 2016 class of participants represents the
Back row left to right: Joe Davis, Curtis Eubanks, Ceith Howard, Greg Dunn and Mike Boudreaux. Front row left ro right: Nathon Williams, Kenneth Young, Cecil Tidmore and Scott George.
site leadership teams that will ensure continued growth and success at Hunt Refining and Hunt Southland Refining in the Southeast Region.
Deer Park ISD Tours Pasadena Pipe Fabrication Facility
ABC HIGH SCHOOL CRAFT COMPETITION
Houston, Texas –
Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana – Each year,
The fabrication
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Pelican and
division recently
Bayou chapters invite high schools to participate in an
hosted
tour
annual craft competition. This year, twenty-six schools
of its facility for
participated between the two chapters competing in
Deer Park ISD
welding, carpentry and electrical areas. Before competing
juniors and se-
at the ABC competition, the students must first qualify for
niors attending
a spot at their respective schools.
a
agriculture welding classes. Brian Daigle, fabrication vice president, led the tour with Jill Hill, fabrication HR manager and Carla Thompson, workforce development manager also presenting information to the students. Deer Park’s two high schools are part of the Construction Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF) Construction Career Youth Committee (CCYC) and are sponsored by Turner Industries. The
Pictured left to right: Chad Gunnels, Turner; Gareth Scroggs, Blake Drouin, Morgan Thornhill, Robin Moreau, Justin Dauzat, LaSAS High School and Wayne Tyson, Turner workforce development manager.
students were chaperoned by their instructor Mr. Donald Guillory and David Berrier, director of career and technical education. A tour highlight was seeing the instructor turn the tour into a teaching moment by explaining to the students that what they were seeing in the shop is “real life” as opposed to training in the classroom.
Pictured left to right: Mandy DeLaune, Travis Ellis, Jas Cornett, Rontrell Howard, St. Amant High School and Wayne Tyson, Turner workforce development manager.
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Turner Industries Attends LCTCS Conference
CMEF CLASS OF 2016 GRADUATION Houston, Texas – The Construction Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF) Graduation was held on Thursday, May 26th at Brady's Landing. This year, CMEF welcomed fiftytwo graduates and their families to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2016 graduation class of Construction Professionals. James Kidd, Turner site manager at BASF in Freeport, Texas, was the Keynote Speaker focusing on the importance of a great attitude and the benefits of duel certifications.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Turn-
Turner was the contractor with the largest number of graduates with nine of the fifty-two.
er was represented by Rodney
Jill Hill, human resources manager, Carla Thompson, workforce development coordinator and
Landry at the Louisiana Career
Tommy White, recruiter attended the ceremony in support of our graduates.
and Technical College System (LCTCS) conference in April. The
Congratulations to our Turner Graduates:
conference is held each year for
LaMarcus Bottley | Shell Deer Park | Combo Welding
Reggie Robinson | Enterprise | Millwright
LCTCS educators to learn about
Wilbert Echegoyen | Huntsman | Millwright
Dalton Shackleford | Baker Hughes |
new trends in career education.
Francisco Gonzalez | Huntsman | Combo Welding
Combo Welding
Rodney assisted a panel which
Justin Hammers | Arkema | Electrical
Sean Strader | Kaneka | Combo Welding
answered questions about the
Javier Mayorga | Huntsman | Combo Welding
John Thompson | Kaneka | Pipefitting
National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) curriculum and certifications.
ABC Pelican Chapter Welding Contest and Jambalaya Cook-Off
One Solution to the Houston Region Pipe Welder Shortage
F
ive Turner Industries employees were part of a
proficiency level were accepted into
group of ten welders to complete a pilot program
the pilot program, which lasts sixteen
designed to help welding students upgrade their
weeks and is 95% hands-on training.
skills. There is an increasing demand for good combina-
Benchmarks are set which employees
tion pipe welders in the Houston region, but passing a
must meet to stay in the program. The
weld test in a shop is not enough. To work as a welder
number of students participating in
for Turner, one must be able to get to the job site, pass
the pilot was smaller than a normal
production tests on site, and become acclimated to Turner
welding class, allowing the instructor
Industries policies, procedures, and safety requirements.
to provide a lot of one-on-one support.
This all takes time.
Ten students were selected for the pi-
Our recruiters and workforce development profes-
lot and all ten completed the program.
sionals meet many good people who fall short of the
They attended the 2016 CMEF Gradu-
necessary requirements. They have completed technical
ation at Brady’s Landing in May and
Lake Charles, Louisiana – Turner
training programs and are able to do structural welding,
received certificates of completion.
Industries participated in the an-
but don’t meet all of the site requirements for combina-
The Turner participants were se-
nual ABC Pelican Chapter Jamba-
tion welding and they lack the industrial experience
lected from Turner maintenance sites
laya cook-off in conjunction with
necessary. The Industrial Craft Training Committee (ITC)
in the Houston region. Sean Strader
their welding and small engine
at the Construction Maintenance Education Foundation
and Javier Mayorga were sent to Turn-
contest in March. In addition to
(CMEF) has developed a specific curriculum which is the
er’s designated testing lab and both
cooking jambalaya for over 60
CMEF Welding Upgrade Program taught at San Jacinto
passed the Turner welding require-
students, clients and ABC sup-
College Central. The program is the end result of sugges-
ments. An additional positive benefit
port staff, Turner placed 1st in
tions from a cross-functional team of contractors and
of this program is that it allows for
the specialty dish category with
CMEF Training Manager, Blair Williamson.
these Turner employees to be moved
their White Bean Chili dish. Food
CMEF contributing companies, like Turner, handpicked
into welding positions, opening up
judging was done by the McNeese
employees to participate in the pilot program who were
entry level jobs for others who want
Football coaching staff.
required to complete an “entrance exam” similar to the
to enter our industry.
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Turner Industries Opens State-of-t Sulphur, Louisiana – On June 7th, Vice President David Franks, along with other Turner executives, welcomed clients and community leaders to an open house at Turner Industries’ new state-of-the-art personnel facility. This custom building was designed with the major purpose of improving the hiring process for potential employees, as well as providing a better experience for current employees as they move through the system. With an onsite medical suite and the ability to admin-
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ister SWLA Safety Council orientation, this is truly a one-stop-shop. “David Franks and his team have done an excellent job bringing Turner to a new level in the Lake Charles area. We are very proud to be able to open this facility which supports not only job-seekers but our employees and clients as well.” —ROLAND TOUPS Chairman and CEO, Turner Industries
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Turner
FACILITY QUICK FACTS ! 18,000 square feet at Highway 108 and Swisco Road, Sulphur, Louisiana ! 150 per day can be hired processed and sent to the job ! 3 physical exam rooms ! 18 craft-testing stations ! 12 NCCER certification stations ! 48 terminals for site specific and SWLA Safety Council orientations ! 75 seats in training room ! 250 parking spaces
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January through May: ! 2,000 physicals, 4,000 drug and alcohol screenings and 400 pulmonary fit tests administered ! 2,500+ SWLA Safety Council orientations given including 1,800 Turner site specific orientations ! 2,608 people hired, including 692 new-hires with 692 corresponding skills assessment
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tests processed ! 12,844 walk-in visits and 5,590 call-ins at Turner–Lake Charles since January of 2016 Contractor - Pat Williams Construction www.patwilliamsconstruction.com
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Projects
Specialized Transportation Group Moves 128 Process Pipe Modules Corpus Christi, Texas – The Turner Industries specialized transportation group is transporting 128 process pipe modules from the Corpus Christi modular fabrication yard to the Flint Hills Refinery located across Highway 37 from the fabrication facility. Turner is supplying the cranes and labor at both the modular fabrication yard and at the Flint Hills Refinery to load, transport and install the process pipe modules. The modules are being erected on site with a Liebherr 240 ton capacity and a 265 ton capacity. All modules are being transported on either a Goldhofer STZ-H 6 (six axles) transporter or STZ-H 9 (9 axles) transporter. Each transporter has an extendable deck or decks. The project is progressing days ahead of schedule and we recently transported six modules in one day and erected them.
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Flare Extension Project at Sasol Completed Lake Charles, Louisiana
SCOPE OF WORK: To extend existing ground flare
Turner recently com-
35’ with new steel panels (including ceramic modules)
pleted a successful
in preparation for the new mega pipe rack routing.
turnaround at Sasol in which the Ziegler
Total tons of structural steel: 116
Ground Flare Extension Project was a
Wall Panel Sizes
major milestone. This
70’ Long × 35’ Tall on north/south walls
project was executed
Approximate weight: 50 tons each
within the turnaround timeframe, with no in-
35’ Long × 35’ Tall on east/west walls
juries, accidents and
Approximate weight: 5 tons each
within budget. The
Lower Support Steel: 6 tons
success of this project was made possible by the planning and execution efforts of Warren “Rooster” Iguess, Sonny Maricle, Mike Carter, Tony Stutes, Steve Lebrun and Gilford Warner.
Crane Used: 500 ton hydraulic Liebherr Rigging Support: 2 - 15 ton cranes each 2 winch trucks each
NISCO Unit 1 Spring Outage Westlake, Louisiana – Turner Industries worked over 30,000 incident-free hours in the recent 2016 Spring NISCO Outage at Entergy. Using our routine maintenance employees as supervisors contributed to the success. A supervisor meeting and a hands-on infield rollover were conducted before each shift, giving the supervisors a clear understanding of the work scope and an opportunity to discuss any problems that may have occurred during the previous shift. The communication between client and contractor in this outage was outstanding. Typically during a NISCO outage there are several eye-washes and even some eye injuries. Turner strictly enforced the new policy to wear spoggles (foam-lined safety glasses) when entering dusty environments, and there were zero eye-washes or injuries as a result. Entergy’s tagging team did a great job making sure that everyone understood the process of what was being tagged out. Entergy’s onsite safety team (OST) also did a great job communicating with all contractors on this outage. The infield presence of Entergy’s OST, along with Turner safety and Turner supervision conducting over 175 audits and observations, resulted in nothing being overlooked. Turner conducted over 450 JSAs to help identify and mitigate hazards associated with the job. Entergy’s safety specialist team conducted a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) audit during the outage which led to minor corrections with outage-related items. All contractors played a very important role in making this a safe and successful outage, but Entergy and Turner leadership were key drivers in a safe and incident-free spring outage.
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SPOTLIGHT
Equipment, Rigging & Specialized Transportation Division
6:00 a.m., bright and early, as they say, but not too early for Turner Industries’ Home Base Opened in 2014, the division's new headquarters boasts 25 bay Equipment, Rigging and Specialized controlled paint booth. Transportation Division employees. Looking out of the Baton Rouge headquarters across the equipment yard on Mason Avenue, you can begin to make out the outline of crane booms poking through the early morning haze and hear the clang of shop doors rolling open for the day. The parking lot is already full of parked cars, indicating the presence of people already getting work done. From shop helpers washing equipment and readying the cranes, to mechanics repairing and servicing the company’s vehicle fleet to supervisors making calls and planning truck hauls, mornings (as well as the rest of the day) are a busy affair. On one particularly hazy and humid morning in mid-June, we visited the yard to better understand just what it takes to keep the equipment division moving. It may seem obvious to point out that the four employees we met that day all have proper first and last names, but if you tag along with them on the job, you’ll be hard pressed to hear anyone actually use them. Steven “Cornbread” Easly has been driving at Turner for ten years, Karl “Mule” Beatty, for nine years and Ronald “Hollywood” Hobgood, for five years. Day in and day out, Cornbread, Mule and Hollywood, along with Turner’s 39 other teamsters, ensure that company-owned equipment and other mission critical materials are delivered safely and on time to our clients’ sites. A newcomer to the yard, Justin Smiley, known simply as “Smiley,” helps around the mechanic shop when he’s not pursuing his college degree in process operations. These four employees were kind enough to let us tag along during their morning to see what goes on.
Stepping Up Ronald "Hollywood" Hobgood read
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oasts 25 bays and a 2,250 square foot climate-
Hobgood readies his cab for the day ahead.
First Things First The crew meets with trucking supervisor, Darren Shipp, to go over the day's work.
Crossing t's and Dotting i's Finishing up all the necessary paperwork before taking off.
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QUICK FACTS ! Led by: Executive VP, Mike Morain ! No. of employees: 280 ! No. of offices/ facilities: 5 ! No. of cranes: 260 ! Biggest crane: 800 Ton Demag ! Vehicle Fleet managed: 2,000 ! Certified Crane Operators: 55 ! Hauling Trailers: 160 Finishing Touch Justin Smiley completes the application of a company logo decal on a new fleet vehicle.
The Hook Up Karl "Mule" Beatty attaches air hoses to his trailer.
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Vital Signs Steven "Cornbread" Easley performs a quick maintenance check before hitting the road.
This hectic routine is not just isolated to the Baton Rouge equipment yard. All areas of the equipment division across the Gulf South are consistently hard at work completing projects and moving on to others. The nonstop work is a defining quality of the equipment division, earning them a reputation that declares they do not have time for nonsense, only hard work. SHELL NORCO
FLINT HILLS
Turner is currently working with Shell Norco on a demoli-
The Specialized Transportation group is working with Turn-
tion project. There are two crawler cranes, 330 and 230 tons
er to transport 128 Process Pipe modules from the Corpus
respectively, that are being utilized to tear down some HCU
Christi modular fabrication yard to the Flint Hills Refinery
units. The project is expected to last two and a half months.
– Please see project highlight on page 11.
PRSI
SHELL A04
Turner has been under contract with the Pasadena Refinery,
Turner’s Specialized Transportation Division is currently
since November 30, 2015. The refinery has now adopted the
under contract with Shell Chemical Company in Geismar,
JSA program for lifting, based on Turner’s format, and has
Louisiana. Turner is set to receive seven pressure vessels
been completely impressed with Turner’s commitment to
that they will then load on to barges heading to Geismar.
safety and quality. To date, Turner has employed 20 cranes
The vessels will then be unloaded and transported to the
ranging in size from 60-500 tons, 37 operators and 26 as-
new Shell Chemical LP’s Tiger AO4 Project. The vessels will
sembly directors.
be sent in two shipments over a six month period and will be transported on Turner’s newly acquired Goldhofer “E” Version Transporters. 16
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Employee Profile
MEET REGGIE WITHERSPOON
T
he 2016 Summer Olympics are upon us. Taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5th through the 21st, a record number of countries is set to participate in a record number of sports. But just for a minute, let’s revisit the 2008 Summer Olympics:
It is the last day of the 2008 games in Beijing, China. Reginald “Reggie” Witherspoon is getting ready to run the third leg in the 4 x 400 meter relay for team USA. Years of training and preparation come down to 45 seconds or less (hopefully). Reggie has spent the past six weeks in the Olympic Village wondering if he will make the line-up, which is not released until the day before the race. He does make it and completes his leg of the relay in an amazing 43.8 seconds. The US team as a whole runs a blistering 2:55.39, breaking the Olympic record and taking home the gold medal. Reggie, Turner’s equipment coordinator at the Sasol Mega Project, was born in Pasadena, California into a family of seven sisters and three brothers. He started running when he was five and at age nine, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia to live with his father. At Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, he was a 16-time High School All-American in track 17
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C Chris Bailey
hristopher (Chris) Bailey has been working in heavy industry for twenty-five years. As the new Vice President of our Paris,
Texas pipe fabrication facility, his industry knowledge and expertise will be a great addition to our company. Chris began his career as a pipefitter.
He then became certified as a combination welder with experience in bending and quality control, followed by project management and customer relations. He eventually became the general manager of a pipe fabrication facility in Venezuela. His last job before joining the Turner family was as divisional vice president of operations which included a fabrication facility and aluminum foundry. It also included field service operations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South America at Controls Southeast Inc., a company that provides thermal maintenance systems for heating and cooling of liquid/vapor processes in the petrochemical, chemical, and refining industries. Chris is well-traveled to say the least. His last job took him all over the world, and for the last few years he had been averaging 350,000 air miles and 280 hotel nights per year. Settling down in one place will be a welcome change for Chris and his family. He is married to Tiffany, who he met in church twenty-six years ago. Together, they have two children, Courtney 21 and Caitlin 18. Why was Turner the right fit for you? “Turner is a company of integrity and this is extremely important to me.” What past experiences do you bring with you that will be beneficial to Turner, the Paris fabrication shop and its employees? “I have been in pipe fabrication for over twenty-five years at multiple locations within different cultures. I feel that I adapt well and treat others as I want to be treated. I believe with my experience I can continue the Turner legacy of safety, quality, and productivity alongside profitability.” What is your vision for the future of the Paris fabrication shop? “My vision is to invest in the people who make the Paris facility great by equipping, training, and creating growth opportunities. I want to strive to be the best pipe fabrication facility while supporting all divisions within Turner.”
“We are excited to have Chris join the Turner family. Chris fits like a glove with Turner, first and foremost with his integrity, values, and work ethic. He brings a wealth of experience with him. We continue to invest in the future of the Paris shop and Chris will provide leadership to take it to the next level. Turner has a great track record of getting involved in the communities we live and work in and Chris will continue this in the Paris community.” – WARREN LANDRY, Executive Vice President, Turner Industries 19
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Turner Employees Lose
The 2016 Weight Loss Challenge, part of Turner Industries’ Steps for Healthy Living program, has come to an end. 668 employees from across the company accepted the challenge and 220 made it all the way to the finish line. In order not to disclose personal weights, employees competed in ‘percent of body weight’ lost. The first, second and third place winners all received cash prizes. A monthly drawing for a $50 cash prize was also held among all participants. Additionally, employees who lost at least 3% of their body weight by the end of the challenge received a $50 cash prize. Amazingly, all 220 employees who finished reached that goal! In all, close to $14,000 in cash prizes were paid out to Turner employees. Congratulations to all for winning the prizes, but more importantly, congratulations to your new healthy lifestyle. Together, Turner employees lost 5,371 pounds! Below are the top five winners:
5,371
POUNDS 1st Place
2nd Place
Cassandra Prudhomme
Jerri Long
Helper/Welder, Axiall North– Westlake, Louisiana Weight lost: 26.81% Time with Turner: 3.5 years Method: "I drank a lot of juiced vegetables and cut carbohydrates and meat from my AFTER diet. For protein I ate fish and BEFORE supplemented with vanilla protein shakes. I also ate lots of steamed vegetables and made sure to get plenty of exercise."
Personnel Assistant – Decatur, Alabama Weight lost: 26.13% Time with Turner: 4.5 years Method: "I got a portion plate and portioned out all my meals. I drank six 8 oz. AFTER glasses of water and one, 16 BEFORE oz. glass of cranberry juice daily and limited carbonated drinks to one a day. I also walked one mile every day the first week, increasing the distance by half a mile every two weeks. I did not limit any food, just controlled the portion sizes."
3rd Place Wendy LaPointe
4th Place Artie Quebodeaux
5th Place Agustine Fonseca
Accounting, scaffolding group – Lake Charles, Louisiana Weight lost: 25.89% Time with Turner: Nine years Method: "I changed my eating habits to a healthier lifestyle combined with daily exercise. I control my portions by using a smaller plate and BEFORE AFTER I drink plenty water with lemon. My daughter Brittany gave me a key chain when I started this challenge which states “U R BOLD, U R STRONG, U R TRUE, U R U.” It was something special from her to let me know she believes in me and she knows I can do whatever I put my mind to. I have a goal to stay fit and stay strong! Not for just today, but for the rest of my life."
Turnaround planner, Shintech – Plaquemine, Louisiana
QC dimensional inspector, pipe fabrication shop – Pasadena, Texas
BEFORE
AFTER
Weight lost: 22.13% Time with Turner: Eleven years Method: "I watched my diet and stayed away from foods with sodium and starches. My wife made me one cup of homemade vegetable soup and 4 oz. of protein for most my meals. I snacked on vegetables (celery and mushrooms mostly) and watched how many calories I was eating along with exercising."
BEFORE
AFTER
Weight lost: 21.40% Time with Turner: Ten years Method: "I limited my caloric intake to only 1200 to 1500 calories of fish, chicken, and vegetables each day. I also did a cardio workout five or six times a week burning between 400 and 500 calories."
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TEAM Turner™
Racing Dragons Lake Charles, Louisiana – Turner Industries once again supported the Children’s Miracle Network and the CHRISTUS St Patrick’s Hospital fundraising event by participating in the 2016 Dragon Boat Races. This year, Turner is happy to report, our team did not hit, bump or roll the boat, although the CITGO team did roll their boat. Footage from the event can be viewed from the drone camera link below supplied to us by St. Patrick’s. (https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=Lp0Aj5dWqdU)
BRAILLE CHALLENGE Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Each year, the Baton Rouge School for the Visually
The
event
raised
over
$130,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network.
Annual Autism Awareness Walk
Impaired holds a preliminary Braille Challenge for its students as part of a national contest. This two-stage contest is designed to motivate blind students to emphasize their study of braille, while rewarding their success with fun-filled, but challenging, local and national events. Any visually impaired student who reads braille is eligible to participate in the preliminary Braille Challenge contest. This year, the Braille Challenge was held at 46 different sites throughout the United States and Canada. The preliminary round is open to students of
Corpus Christi, Texas – TEAM Turner™ recently participated in the 10th Annual Autism
all skills levels with the top-scoring 50
Awareness Walk in Corpus Christi and raised $1,335 for the event. Thank you to all
contestants nationally being invited to
who contributed their time and efforts!
Los Angeles for the Final Round. Braille Challenge contest categories include
2016 Walk MS
reading comprehension, braille speed
Corpus Christi, Texas – TEAM Turner™ par-
and accuracy, proofreading, spelling and
ticipated in the 2016 Walk MS and raised
reading tactile charts and graphs.
$1,198 for Multiple Sclerosis by having a
After the Braille Challenge, Turner
chopped beef sandwich plate sale.
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Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure™ Baton Rouge, Louisiana – TEAM Turner™ members walked and cooked at the 2016 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Our team was joined by 9,000 other walkers and runners attending the 20th year celebration of the Baton Rouge event. Twenty-four teams participated in the jambalaya and “pastalaya” cook-off. TEAM Turner received 3rd place for our delicious jambalaya.
A Night To Shine Baton Rouge, Louisiana – TEAM Turner™ members recently took on the task of making corsages and boutonnieres for all guests attending the 2016 “Night to Shine” event. A “Night to Shine,” sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation™ is a prom held for anyone age 16 and older with developmental and/or physical impairments and is hosted by local churches nationwide. The 2016
Rhonda Anzivino and her husband, Ralph.
Baton Rouge event was held at White Oak Plantation and TEAM Turner, led by event coordinator Rhonda Anzivino, was proud to be represented among the 300 volunteers from over a dozen local businesses. Miss Teen USA was there to crown each guest as king or queen of the prom.
TEAM Turner™ Volunteers at Engineering Softball Classic Baton Rouge, Louisiana – TEAM Turner™ members recently volunteered at the 2016 Engineering Softball Tournament benefitting St. Jude's Children's Hospital. This was the first year the tournament included a contractor division. This year's tournament raised $27,000. In the four years the tournament has been held, close to $75,000 has been donated to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
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RACE TO RE-STOCK THE FOOD BANK Pasadena, Texas – Employees set a record this year, collecting 19,298 pounds of food for the Pasadena community ministry food pantry. Though this was a true team effort, Joey Kendrick, planner at Shell - Deer Park, made a heartfelt contribution as he decided to “pay it forward” by donating the $500 cash prize he won during Turner’s annual United Way drawing earlier this year. Baton Rouge & New Orleans, Louisiana – Turner employees in the Greater Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas went above and beyond while competing in the 4th Annual Race to Re-Stock the Food Bank. This year’s race competition was the most secretive and competitive to date! The combined efforts of the two regions resulted in the delivery of 33,064 pounds of food to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Bank (NOLA). These donations will provide the equivalent of 27,552 meals. Seventeen different Turner jobsites and offices participated in the regional competition. Winning the large site category (300+ employees) was Rubicon – Geismar, Louisiana. Winning the medium site category (100-300 employees) was Turner’s crane and rigging group at Mason Avenue – Baton Rouge, Louisiana. And winning the small site category was OXY – Convent, Louisiana. The Turner Headquarters main office competed by floor. This year, tipping the scales with a whopping 6,906 lbs. of nonperishable food items was the fifth floor which came in first. And if that was not enough, they threw in some lagniappe – delivering an additional 4,126 lbs. of perishable items directly to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, providing them with a much needed item: frozen hens.
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MISSION TO TRANSITION: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
A Message from Mission Control
T
urner Industries has begun
NOT OUR FIRST LAUNCH
a major software transition which we must accomplish
in order to rocket our company into the future. JD Edwards World®, the software we’ve relied on to help manage our business growth since 1994, is about to be retired. In its place will be installed the next generation of business tools called JD Edwards EnterpriseOne® (E1). E1 benefits will include: improved industry-specific functionality, task
Pictured are the project "power users" along with Oracle's EnterpriseOne mascot "Edward the wolf."
time reducing web features and easier day-to-day use. On April 25th, 2016, the IT department began preparation for the upgrade of JDE World to the new E1 application platform. The transition process will be designed and built incrementally and will affect all departments and divisions at some point over the next 16 months. Training and testing will take place simultaneously. A group of “power users” was selected by management based on their knowledge and understanding of their respective departments’ business processes. Their role throughout the duration of this project will be to work with their business systems analyst and implementation consultants to validate migration success by testing everyday duties in the new EnterpriseOne platform. They
This is not the first time some of us have been involved in launching something critical. In the late 50s-early 60s, Roland Toups (left), our Chairman & CEO, and his twin brother Leon (right) took part in America’s early space program. They assisted in launching Atlas Missiles at Cape Canaveral.
will also be responsible for creating and maintaining training documentation, as well as communicating project updates and progress to their management and peers. As we embark on this business-critical company-wide mission, be assured the E1 mission control team is here to guide and assist all employees as we move forward.
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NEWS&NOTES Trey Glascock Elected Vice President of Lamar County United Way Board of Directors Paris, Texas – Trey Glascock will serve as Vice President of the Lamar County United Way™ Board of Directors, as well as the 2016-2017 Campaign Chair. He previously served in the capacity of Industry Campaign Chair for the 2015-2016 campaign. Trey moved to the Paris, Texas area from south Louisiana in 1998 and graduated from North Lamar High School. He received his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M – Commerce and is currently the plant engineer at Turner’s pipe fabrication facility. Trey’s community service background includes volunteer work for the Tour de Paris, Habitat for Humanity™, American Cancer Society, TEAM Turner, and Faith Outreach. He is a board member for United Way of Lamar County, Leadership Lamar County, Lamar County Coalition of Education, Business & Industry, and is on the Paris Junior College Electronics and Electromechanical Technology program steering committee. Congratulations, Trey, and good luck on your new volunteer assignment!
Teachers Treated to Well-Deserved Lunch Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Wayne Tyson, Turner workforce development manager and VIPS (Volunteers in Public Schools) board member, arranged for teachers of Merrydale Elementary School to receive lunch from Tramonte’s Catering during teacher appreciation week. Teachers dressed in green to show their appreciation to Turner for the luncheon and the Merrydale School Ambassador gave Turner Chairman and CEO, Roland Toups, a tour of the school.
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