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Jason Broha, Marie Crespo, Corinne Bergeron, & Terry Kenney
WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS
Jason Apodaca, Darren Batiste, Corinne Bergeron, Troy Bergeron, Jason Broha, Dan Burke, Carson Chaisson, Marie Crespo, Christopher Delaughter, Darrell Ferguson, Kaci Forman, Robin Foster, Lori Garza, Bryan Gerace, Jonathan Guidry, Candace Griffin, Robert Harrell, Terry Kenney, Amy Kling, Ben Martinez, Jim Martinez, Kash McMahon, Mary Ellen Montgomery, Jesse Morain, Mike Morain, Raymond Neck, Chelsea Smith, Carla Thompson
COMPANY MAGAZINE
New Year – New Look For 2022, we decided to give the magazine a facelift. New masthead, new section headers, and new typefaces all combine to help tell the story of Turner Industries and our partners in a modern, easy-to-read format.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Jason Broha
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Scott Greci
MEET THE TEAM
IN THIS ISSUE A Letter from Roland M. Toups
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Safety First
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Projects & Services
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Sasol 2021 Ethylene Turnaround Maintenance in the Marble City
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Turner Tech Connect
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Cover Story: What's New for 2022
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Turner Industries Wins National Award for Healthcare Program
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Workforce Development
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Employee Profile: Laverne Garcia
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Team Turner™
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News & Notes
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JASON BROHA
MARIE CRESPO
TERRY KENNEY
CORINNE BERGERON
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A LETTER FROM
Roland M. Toups
SAFETY FIRST
The Latest & Greatest Safety Updates From Around the Company
Six Years OSHA Recordable Free Pampa, Texas - Turner employees at Cabot have worked over six years OSHA Recordable Free.
Six Years Recordable Free Houston, Texas - Turner employees at Sasol/LIP have worked over six years OSHA recordable free.
Three Years OSHA Recordable Free Lake Charles, Louisiana – Turner employees at Sasol/ Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene Joint Venture have worked three years and seven million hours OSHA recordable free.
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Crew of the Week Gregory, Texas – The EPC1 commissioning mechanical team was awarded crew of the week by Wood Construction Management at GCGV site. The award is in honor of the late Jeremy Moore “Beaumont” who was the leader of this crew at the time of his passing.
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Eleven Years OSHA Recordable Free
One Year OSHA Recordable Free
Sandersville, Mississippi – Turner employees at Hunt Refining have worked eleven years OSHA recordable free.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama – Turner employees at Hunt Refining have worked one year OSHA recordable free.
Seven Years OSHA Recordable Free
Five Years OSHA Recordable Free
Westlake, Louisiana – Turner employees at Westlake North have worked seven years OSHA recordable free.
Plaquemine, Louisiana - Turner employees at Dexco inside Dow Chemical have worked five years OSHA recordable free.
Stop Work Authority in Action at Eastman Pace Florida Pace, Florida – At Turner industries, every employee has the authority to stop work if they deem a situation as potentially unsafe. The recognition of hazards and mitigation prior to incident or injury is a critical part of our industry, and Turner employees at Eastman are certainly setting the right example.
“I am very proud of our employees; they all focus on recognizing hazards, no matter their role on the team—we all work together. We also don’t over-complicate the process,” said Turner Site Manager Jason McManus.
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What It Takes to Get the Job Done Right
Shell Deer Park Safety Survivor Tournament Deer Park, Texas – Onsite since 2006, Turner Industries currently has over 700 employees providing mechanical, SIPA (scaffolding, insulation, painting, and abatement) and rope access services at the Shell Deer Park complex. In the fall of 2021, employees completed a new initiative created to reiterate Turner’s culture of safety and foster employee engagement and empowerment—the Shell Deer Park Safety Survivor Tournament.
THE RULES Across the site, every Turner work group was tasked with giving a presentation to their peers about a safety topic they felt passionate about. The groups were entered into a 16-team bracket, and site management scored each presentation to determine who advanced to the next round. “Instead of reading information from a print-out, we challenged everyone to use alternative methods and bring energy and enthusiasm to the meetings. Groups were given as much creative liberty as they wanted, and it showed. Teams used videos, PowerPoints, skits, hands-on demonstrations, and even heavy equipment to demonstrate their topics,” said Turner Site Manager Chris Sciambra. And the Winner Is… After all presentations were given and site management tallied up the scores, the winning team was the tank soft craft group. Chris noted “This group went above and beyond from day one to display their creativity and commitment to safety. The first topic they presented was about ‘why we work
safe’ and included video messages from several employees’ family members — a very powerful presentation.” Their secondround presentation covered a scenario about working without a permit and showcased the power of Turner’s “STOP WORK Authority” program. And their winning final round topic instructed everyone how to call emergency response. “After participating in this challenge I feel like my peers and I were able to engage on a different level of understanding. This was such a great team-building and learning experience. I honestly feel like this challenge brought us closer together as a group.” – Stephanie Rosas, Turner tank soft craft employee Turner Maintenance Manager Cesar Garcia was excited to hear that the tank soft craft group won. “Most of this team transferred in 2018 from another contractor and has consistently stepped up to the plate and delivered great services. Winning this competition is just one more example of their level of care in their service. We are very fortunate to have them as part of our Turner team.”
Champion: Tank Soft Craft Group Superintendent: Joey Kendrick Supervisor: Oscar Cardenas Foreman: Gilberto Chapa
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Facility Management – Supporting Preservation Activities at Shell Convent Opened in 1967, the Shell Convent refinery is located next to the Mississippi River, midway between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Turner Industries has been a proud partner of this site for twenty years. In November of 2020, Shell made the difficult decision to shut down the refinery. The decision is part of the company’s global strategy to invest in a core set of uniquely integrated manufacturing sites that are also strategically positioned for the transition to a low-carbon future. In early 2021, the site began to transition from an operating refinery to one that could be preserved for continued marketing, or one that could be repurposed to produce low-carbon fuels and products. Shell reduced the workforce, both owner and contractors at the site, de-inventoried product, cleaned the equipment and moved the site to a state of preservation to protect the assets at the site for the foreseeable future.
Pictured is the onsite facility management team which includes Darrell Ferguson, Milton “Mickey” Kent, Lucas Brown, Jonathan Guidry and Charles Hornsby.
Shortly after, Turner transitioned from general contractor into a “Facility Management” role which means managing and coordinating all site activities throughout the preservation period. The preservation phase of this facility will involve a close working relationship with Shell and other key nested contractors such as Allied Security, Athlon, CK Associates, and JHA & Vallen. New, innovative systems and processes—such as Turner’s MobilOps® Field Vision™ software, used to track all activities supporting the preservation activities along with KPI dashboard to facilitate communication and transparency—have been, and will continue to be, implemented as needed to ensure the preservation program is effective and cost efficient. “This is new territory for both Turner and Shell, and we are honored to have been entrusted with this partnership opportunity. Together, we embarked on a mission that not many people have ever done before. We’ve demonstrated that we have the knowledge and resources to develop and deliver the needs of the preservation program and to do it safely and efficiently! We look forward to many more years of continued partnership with Shell throughout the preservation period and into the repurposing phase of the plant.” – Turner’s Preservation Facility Manager, Darrell Ferguson.
Christmas celebration at the site held December 2, 2021.
“For Shell Convent, 2021 was a “roller coaster” ride of a year. When we approached Turner in early 2021 about the potential of becoming our facility management contractor, it was exciting to see their response. Shell’s partnership with Turner has been in place for many years, but what we are doing now at Convent with Turner is breaking new ground. From day one Turner took ownership of where we wanted to go and over about a 4–6-month period is now firmly in seat as our facilities management provider. To date, the results have been much more than we anticipated and it’s exciting to see the new and innovative tools Turner has brought to the table. I’m looking forward to continued progress and innovation in 2022. – Shell Convent General Manager Kirk Kallenberger. WINTER 2022 7
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Sasol 2021 Ethylene Turnaround
Work Smart. Win Big. Turner Industries.
With a kickoff date of October 8, the 2021 Ethylene Turnaround at the Sasol Lake Charles Chemical Complex in Westlake, Louisiana was a fiftyday event to perform maintenance, repairs, and capital projects.
Turnaround Quick Facts D U R AT I O N
50 Days PEAK HEADCOUNT
1,070
WORKHOURS
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New towers to be installed.
OSHA RECORDABLES
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F I E L D PA C K A G E S
Turner drone pilot Jason Mabile inspecting insulation damaged on a tower, which, when identified, was replaced by Turner’s rope access group.
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SCAFFOLD PIECES
223,023
Play of the Day: 11.09.21
WELDS
2,343 – Pass rate 100% B O LT - U P S
4,389
Pictured is the November 9th Play of the Day recipient Dudley Roy, Turner Turnaround Superintendent, along with Craig Vezinat, East Maintenance Supervisor, and Preston Jourdan, East Maintenance Superintendent
Cranes in action.
Turner services used: Scaffolding, Insulation, Painting, and Abatement (SIPA), Piping, Mechanical, Civil, Structural, Fabrication, I&E, Turnaround Services Group, Crane and Rigging and Turner Specialty Services (NDE/Vacuum Trucks/Torquing/Hydro Blasting/Bundle Extraction/Rope Access.) Each day, a “Play of the Day” was chosen to recognize individuals or groups who made significant contributions to the event. On November 9th, the play of the day went to Turnaround Superintendent Dudley Roy.
“Dudley is known colloquially as ‘The Godfather’ around Turner, a nod to his wealth of knowledge and tenure of 44 years. Dudley began his career at Turner with the former subsidiary company, Harmony Construction, that served as the maintenance contractor at Citgo’s Lake Charles Refinery, spending 27 years at the site. In 2012, he came to the current Sasol site to plan the LAB Turnaround and has been here since. Throughout the years Dudley has been a part of too many turnarounds to count; he said that he most enjoys all the people he’s had the opportunity to work with. Dudley embodies the qualities of hard work, dedication, and loyalty. We appreciate everything that he contributed to this Ethylene turnaround and to Turner Industries,” said Turner Vice President and Director of Operations of Maintenance and Turnarounds Joe Zeppuhar. Play of the Day
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PROJECTS + SERVICES
MAINTENANCE IN THE MARBLE CITY Turner Industries provides ongoing maintenance support to the world's largest marble quarry.
Sylacauga, Ala.– About an hour outside of Birmingham, Alabama, lies the largest open-pit marble quarry in the world. Sylacauga, Alabama, also known as “marble city,” is home to the Gantt Quarry, which has been mined for the purest white marble for over 150 years. Imerys, a world leader in mineral-based specialties, operates the quarry and has the unique challenge of turning the quarry’s metaphoric rock into usable consumer products. In November of 2020, Turner Industries began work with Imerys Carbonates providing nested preventive maintenance and routine repair support as well as in-and-out capital and outage support. The team is currently working on a proposal to reconfigure the site’s Plant 2 Feed Distribution System. The main goals are to eliminate bottlenecks in the stone delivery systems, create safer access around equipment and between platform levels, and design and construct the improvements within the allotted production outage windows. Turner employees have worked over 25,000 hours to date OSHA recordable free at the Imerys site. WINTER 2022 9
Turner Specialty Services Hosts Demo Extravaganza Freeport, Texas – Turner Specialty Services recently hosted a “Demo Extravaganza” to showcase our specialty service offerings. The event, held on Veterans Day 2021, welcomed students from area high schools, employees, and clients for live demonstrations, facility tours, food, music, and door prizes. Services included automated industrial cleaning, rope access, crane and rigging, turner tablet applications, robotics, and drone services. For more information about these services contact us at turnerbusdev@turner-industries.com.
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Turner Tech Connect Turner Industries has put together a team to educate and showcase the company’s proprietary technology. The Tech Connect Team’s mission is to set our employees up for success – allowing them to deliver safe, innovative solutions to our clients. The team will hit the road in 2022, putting on demo days at our regional offices and showcasing the company’s latest industrial technology, like the growing suite of Turner Tablet Applications.
“The team’s message is that we’re here to help! I’m excited to meet our fellow employees and show them the tech tools they can take onsite with them in the new year.” – Turner Industries CIO Amy Kling. Amy Kling CIO
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Energy services
This past fall we announced the creation of Turner Industries Energy Services, created to allow our portfolio of companies to pursue opportunities in the alternative and emerging energy sectors. Turner has a history of successfully completed biodiesel, solar and carbon-capture projects under its belt, and we look forward to playing a part in the world’s transition to a lower-carbon energy future.
“While we still want to build traditional petrochemical facilities, we’re going to be looking at solar, biodiesel, carbon capture,” says Turner Industries President and CEO Stephen Toups. “Our customer base is moving towards the Paris accords, and we want to support them in anything they need.” 14 W I N T E R 2 0 2 2
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new iberia facility gulf of mexico operations
In 2020, Turner Industries acquired the New Iberia Facility from Dynamic Energy Services in New Iberia, Louisiana. The addition of this facility and key personnel expands Turner Industries’ capacity and creates one of the industry’s most capable large-scale module fabrication yards. The facility is the cornerstone of Turner’s new Gulf of Mexico Operations, which will strengthen and diversify the company’s current service offerings for opportunities with both new and existing clients. Turner’s capability to meet demand from heavy industry while streamlining workflows, controlling project costs, and most importantly, providing a safe work environment, is continuing to grow. The site’s direct access to deep water and major interstates means modules can be efficiently shipped across the country and offshore — allowing for upstream, midstream, downstream, and sub-sea fabrication.
port lavaca As Turner keeps expanding our operating footprint along the Texas coast, the Port Lavaca team has moved to a new location. Over the last year, at one site alone, Turner has grown to 270 employees. To keep up with the rapidly growing region, a bigger, more accommodating space was needed. When the office renovation is complete, the building will feature new, larger offices and meeting spaces.
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NEW technology
Developed to reduce the burden of administrative work by digitizing and automating paper-based forms and tasks, Turner’s proprietary applications are harnessing our innovative spirit to deliver client-driven solutions. In 2021, we also rolled out more tablets to jobsites than ever before, increasing productivity, adaptability, collaboration, and efficiency at jobsites across the country—setting the pace for the future of work in our industry.
ESTIMATE
This budgeting and estimating application allows the user to create a staffing plan and add other costs such as subcontractors, material, equipment, and per diem in one tool while also providing calculation summaries and document exports. Trending analytics from the data captured in the application provides greater insight for future estimations.
FORCE REPORT
Captures real time daily resource count on site allowing a more efficient process to complete force report and analytics. The application features “one click check in” of all employees on site, flexible reporting to accommodate different groups or site needs, and provides immediate data and analytics.
TICKETED WORK
In 2020, Turner rolled out an Enterprise 1 (E1)—Turner’s Business Management System—application for all their ticketed work, allowing for field entry and billing automation while eliminating all paper tickets which improves data quality. In 2022, the roll out will expand and include a mobile application—making it easier to enter all ticketed work in real time and on site.
WORK PACKAGES
In 2022, Turner’s IT department will continue working on a uniform system to create, track, progress, and execute work packages digitally. The application will allow planners to quickly create a digital work package that includes drawings, procedures, job steps, QC/QA documents, linked forms, and anything else needed to define the work scope for a certain task. This work package is then made available to frontline field workers who can view and progress the work package on tablets. Trending analytics from the data captured in the application will provide greater insight for future work. 16 W I N T E R 2 0 2 2
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equipment yard administration office
After 60 years in the original building where Turner Industries was founded, employees of the Equipment Division will move to a new administrative building in Summer 2022. The groundbreaking was held on April 20, 2021 for the new 14,000-square-foot building located just down the street from the original office. Coleman Partners Architects, LLC created a modern industrial design for the space that will complement the Equipment Maintenance and Repair Facility completed in 2014. The two buildings will sit aside one another on thirty acres. After the opening of the new office, the original building will be demolished to create more space to stage and load equipment.
Pasadena personnel office
Turner Industries is proud to announce
the completion of our newest hiring and personnel facility. Built to better serve our Houston-area clients and employees, this 32,000-square-foot state-of-the-art building will be a “one stop shop” for job candidates, allowing them to interview, complete medical testing and orientation as well as site specific safety and craft training.
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Turner Industries provides turnkey industrial services and solutions to the companies that produce fuel, energy, and the materials essential to modern life.
Headquartered in Baton Rouge Since 1961 Employees Working Across the Country Client Relationships Around the World
CONSTRUCTION | EQUIPMENT | FABRICATION | MAINTENANCE | TURNAROUNDS | SPECIALTY SERVICES
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Turner Industries Wins National Award for Healthcare Program The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions has named Turner Industries as the recipient of the 2021 Employer Excellence Award. The award recognizes “an employer who demonstrates leadership and innovation and advances overall health and healthcare value through their approach to benefit programs, design and employee engagement.” This award was presented to Turner for our work in the field of population health management. This results from the success of our Nurse Navigator program. The program involves Turner partnering with value-minded healthcare systems to provide a nurse health coach at worksites. The nurses assist employees with managing their health conditions. Nurse navigation has created success stories since day one – improving health for participants while reducing costs, which saves all plan participants money on their premiums. In 2020, participants in the program had a 42% reduction in hospital admissions, and a 16% reduction in emergency room visits while saving $1,400,000 versus expected costs.
Partners in the navigation program include: • Advanced Plan for Health (A Virgin Pulse Company) • CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System • Baton Rouge General Medical Center • Memorial Hermann Health System • CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital • CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Employees interested in participating in the nurse navigation program can connect with a nurse in their area by calling the Benefits Help Line at (225) 214-2566. There is a $100 bonus payment for signing up to participate.
Pictured are Turner Industries Director of Benefits Dan Burke and Benefits Manager Dawn Ramoin.
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Recruiting, Training & Retaining Our Most Important Asset–People
Careers in Construction Month Baton Rouge, La. – The month of October was Careers in Construction Month. This national program is promoted by NCCER’s Build Your Future program, an online campaign aimed at educating students about careers in construction. This year Turner Workforce Development Bryan Gerace traveled to eight different partner high schools across Louisiana to speak about careers in construction as well as Turner Industries.
Bryan traveled over 300 miles and spoke to over 350 students. The feedback Bryan received was extremely positive from students, teachers, and supervisors alike. Many students were engaged and interested in crafts ranging from millwright to welding to pipefitting.
Construction Inclusion Week Houston, Texas – Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston hosted a luncheon panel during Construction Inclusion Week. Turner Industries Workforce Development Manager Carla Thompson was invited to participate as part of the panel which covered topics including leadership commitment and accountability, unconscious bias, supplier diversity, jobsite culture and community engagement and philanthropy. The event was the first of its kind to be sponsored by the ABC Diversity and Inclusion Committee and had a successful turnout.
Turner Industries Donates Tires to Local High School Port Neches, Texas – Turner Industries was proud to donate a set of tires for this year’s vehicle donation project at Port Neches-Groves High School. Each year, the school’s auto shop class acquires a vehicle with the purpose of repairing it and then donating it to a student. This year’s vehicle needed new tires and Turner’s maintenance team at Indorama Ventures stepped up to donate the tires to the high school class. Turner partnered with Associated Builders and Contractors of Southeast Texas to sponsor Port Neches-Groves’ 2021 School to Work CTE program which included automotive, welding, and HVAC studies.
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Ready for College and Career Conference Corpus Christi, Texas – Lori Garza, Turner Industries Coordinator of Public Affairs and Community Relations for the Corpus Christi region, attended the Ready for College and Career Conference in November as a session speaker. The event was held with Education to Employment Partners. Lori spoke to a group of high school students and showed a presentation on “Expectations of a Construction Helper.” Education to Employment Partners is a nonprofit organization focusing on improving high school graduation rates.
Training Coordinator Darrien Batiste Provides Workforce Development Support to High School Students Paris, Texas – Houston Workforce Development Training Coordinator Darrien Batiste recently visited two high schools in the Paris, Texas region, North Lamar High School and Prairiland High School. Batiste gave an “Expectations of a Fabrication Helper” presentation to the students which covered information on what it’s like to come into an entry-level job at Turner’s fab shop, including job duties, pay, etc., followed by a Q&A session. In the end, the students left more excited about Turner and the industry as a whole.
Deer Park, Texas – Turner Industries and Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF) are long-time partners in developing the heavy-industry workforce. Recently Shell Deer Park donated safety gloves to Turner’s workforce development team to hand out to schools that participate in CMEF programs.
Pictured is Darrien Batiste with students from North Lamar High School.
Lake Jackson, Texas – In early November, dual-credit welding students from Columbia and Sweeny High Schools attended a NCCER performance testing event at Brazosport College. This day-long event allowed students to complete NCCER certification testing on skills such as oxy-fuel cutting, plasma cutting, thermal beveling using both oxy-fuel and plasma, and carbon arc gouging. Successful completion of these performance skills will earn students valuable industry certifications that will benefit them as students enter the job market. On hand to facilitate and test fire watch and basic fire training skills were Darrien Batiste and Clute VFD Chief Mike Doucet. Pictured is Turner Industries Training Coordinator Darrien Batiste speaking with students at North Lamar High School.
Pictured are Darrien Batiste from Turner Industries and Dr. Steven Horton from CMEF with staff from Deer Park High, Galena Park High, and La Porte High.
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance 2021 Workforce Development Awards Baton Rouge, La. – Turner Industries Group and Turner Specialty Services once again received the Excellence Awards for their categories at the 2021 GBRIA Workforce Development (WFD) Awards. Turner Industries Group was awarded an Excellence award for General Construction and Maintenance Division III and the Best in Division award for Division III. Turner Specialty Services, LLC won the Excellence award for Technical Support Division II and the Best in Division award for Division II. Workforce development is a total company effort. In addition to the workforce development staff, almost everyone in the company does their part. Our staff maintains relationships with high schools, technical colleges, communities, and training organizations. They create an environment where craft training is accessible to all through ABC, technical colleges and grant programs assuring an attainable path to craft certifications through internal processes, NCCER, NCCCO and other certifying organizations.
Turner Industries’ 2021 Voice of Leadership Graduates Turner Industries is proud to graduate another set of leadership classes from Baton Rouge, Louisiana as well as Freeport, Beaumont, and Houston, Texas. This twelve-week program continues Turner’s commitment to increase leadership excellence while maintaining a culture of leadership development. In addition to enhancing leadership capabilities, course-led objectives include improving communication and problem-solving skills. These 2021 graduates represent key leadership and help ensure continued growth and success within the Turner organization.
Congratulations to our Fall Class of 2021 for their hard work, dedication and commitment to their future.
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Freeport, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Houston, Texas
“Effective leadership is centered on a vision to guide change. Voice of Leadership is a great development course that allows us to teach individuals to motivate, inspire and take action by enabling our employees to transition and transform, regardless of their position in their respective organizational structure.” – Turner Operations Manager Colby Plaia. 22 W I N T E R 2 0 2 2
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EMPLOYEE PROFILE
Laverne Garcia Time with Turner: A year and a half. Current Title: Area Safety Manager in Corpus Christi,
Texas for the SIPA Group (Scaffolding, Insulation, Painting, and Abatement). Growing up, Laverne Garcia never pictured herself working in heavy industry. “I played high school basketball and I always wanted to pursue a profession within the WNBA.” Then, a week after high school graduation she went to New York City on vacation with some friends. While there, Laverne was approached by a modeling scout, eventually signing a contract, and moved to the Big Apple. “Modeling was fun for a while, but it was not for me. After two years I returned home to Corpus Christi. I decided to attend a six-month course at Delmar Collage to become a hospital unit coordinator, but that also didn’t feel right. I had a family member in heavy industry and he always told me that I would be a great fit. Soon after, I woke up one morning and decided to make a career change. It has been the best decision I have ever made.” At 21 she started working with a local contractor as a scaffold helper. She quickly advanced to other soft crafts like insulation, painting, fireproofing and asbestos work. “I knew then that this was the industry for me, and when my then safety manager asked me what my goal in this industry was, I told him – one day I am going to be a safety area manager.” Laverne kept true to word, went to school, and became a certified health and safety professional in 2009. Laverne worked in safety for eleven years when Turner SIPA Manager Hayden More called her up about a great career opportunity. “I knew Hayden from another job; we had worked together for a previous contractor, so I took the chance and I have never regretted it.”
What do you find most satisfying about your job? I love my job! Everyone shares the same vision and are dedicated to the mission. Turner also allows me to have a work/life balance.
Why was Turner the right fit for you? They encourage their employees to grow and succeed.
What has been your favorite moment, so far, at the company? Finishing the 2020 ALKY and FCCU units’ turnaround with zero incidents. This was an intense two-month event where our employees worked over 120,000 hours 24/7.
What is your motto or personal mantra? Own it. Both failures and successes.
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OUR EMPLOYEE-DIRECTED VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION
Thanksgiving Food Drive Houston, Texas – The Turner Industries team in the Houston region donated 250 Thanksgiving dinners in partnership with the Pasadena Community Ministries Food Bank. Support from multiple Turner sites made this donation possible!
Ascend Cares Foundation Playground Project Chocolate Bayou, Texas – Turner Industries employees from the Ascend Chocolate Bayou site supported the Ascend Cares Foundation by participating in a local playground project. Volunteers from Turner and Ascend joined together to replace the mulch at the playground at Today’s Harbor for Children—a residential community for youth in crisis in the Southeast Texas region.
Hope Ministries’ Holiday Meal Bags Baton Rouge, La. – Turner Industries purchased and prepped meal bags through the local nonprofit Hope Ministries. The meal bags will be given to those in need during the holidays.
The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign Beaumont, Texas – Turner Industries’ business development representative Jason Apodaca served alongside fellow Rotary members in ringing the bell for The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign. The Red Kettle Campaign aims to “rescue Christmas” for the less fortunate in their community. Turner Industries holds the Industrial Chair for Rotary Beaumont. 24 W I N T E R 2 0 2 2
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THE SEASON OF GIVING During the holidays, TEAM Turner members across the country took part in sharing the joy of Christmas with their communities. Here are a few examples of our employees’ generosity. Thank you all for donating your time and resources.
‘Sock It to Me’ Drive Baton Rouge, La. – Socks are the most requested and least donated article of clothing in homeless shelters. In an effort to help make this item available for those in need, Team Turner members participated in Baton Rouge Parents Magazine’s Annual ‘Sock It to Me Drive’ to collect socks to be donated to local homeless shelters and nonprofit organizations.
Christmas Toy Drives Lake Charles, La. – Turner Industries’ Lake Charles Operations assisted with The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree and Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots initiative this year. Turner employees donated brand-new toys to help ensure that children in their community were not forgotten this Christmas season.
Atkinson Group Home Christmas Party Baton Rouge, La. – Team Turner members shared the joy of Christmas with the residents of the Atkinson Group Home, a Volunteers of America living center. Turner provided stockings, gifts, food, and beverages for their annual Christmas party.
Students Decorate Christmas Tree with Turner Industries Lake Charles, La. – Turner Industries invited students from Frasch Elementary to decorate an office Christmas tree.
Convent, La. – Turner employees from the Oxy site in Convent, Louisiana donated over two hundred toys to support their local nonprofit, Connecting at Crossroads, this holiday season.
Pictured from left to right are Turner Superintendent Ticky Delatte, Turner Industries Supervisor Kirk Dupuis and Connecting at Crossroads Representative Shelly Warren.
Multi-site Toy Drive Pasadena, Texas – Turner sites and offices across the Houston region participated in a Christmas toy collection in support of Deer Park Fire Department’s annual Toy Drive. A special thank you to our employees at Enterprise Products in Mont Belview, Texas for their generous donation towards this event. Turner has donated to Deer Park Fire Department’s Toy Drive for the past 20 years. Pictured from left to right are Lucio Rojas, Alfonso Torres and Mark Child
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NEWS & NOTES ABC STEP Award Pictured left to right are Turner employees Paul Perkins, Kayla Viehland, Ryan Beeson, and Dustin Gordon accepting the 2021 Gold STEP award from the ABC Texas Gulf Coast Chapter.
Turner Industries Awarded Recognition through ABC’s Excellence in Construction Competition and the Greater New Orleans Business RoundTable Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)’s Excellence in Construction (EIC) awards program is the industry’s premier competition, with hundreds of projects vying to be named the best in the country in up to 50 categories. Turner Industries was awarded at the local level for two projects. Corpus, Christi, Texas – Turner Industries was also recognized by ABC’s Pelican Chapter with an award of Merit for the FHRCC 2021 Turnaround in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s Leadership Program Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Turner Industries Product Owner Chelsea Smith recently graduated from Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s Leadership Program. The curriculum for the program is designed to use a variety of resources and learning techniques, and topics are chosen based on key components essential to daily life. Leadership Baton Rouge was founded as a BRAC program in 1985 to prepare a diverse group of professionals for leadership positions in the community. There are now over 1,200 graduates of the program, many of whom serve in leadership positions on boards and commissions, and hold federal, state, and local public offices. Chelsea Smith Pictured left.
Westlake, La. – Turner Industries was awarded Excellence by Associated Builders and Contractors’ Bayou Chapter for the Indorama Ventures Restoration Project in Westlake, Louisiana. New Orleans, La. – For the thirtysecond consecutive year, the Greater New Orleans Business RoundTable (GNOBR) formally awarded projects for attainment of cost effectiveness and safety through their 2021 Construction, Maintenance and Engineering Award Program. Turner Industries’ Indorama Ventures Restoration Project was given a GNOBR award through this year’s program.
Freeport’s Championship Belt Receives New Recipient – Tony Watson Freeport, Texas – Congratulations to the newest recipient of the Turner Championship Wrestling Belt, Turner Crane Operator/Rigger Tony Watson! Tony was nominated by his coworkers to be recognized with the coveted wrestling belt for “going above and beyond” every day at work. Tony is also a part of a crew who recently received great praise from a Client Work Area Coordinator (WAC). Tony and crew suggested a new plan execution method for a job where they were able to eliminate time delays, costs, and congestion on the job site, while continuing to keep safety in the forefront. The job was planned, presented, and executed flawlessly.
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ABOUT TURNER T
urner Industries provides a single solution in heavy industrial construction, maintenance, turnaround, pipe and module fabrication, equipment, rigging and specialized transportation, and associated specialty services. With $2.36B in 2020 revenue, Engineering News-Record Sourcebook ranks Turner as the nation's top maintenance contractor in petroleum, and one of the top contractors in Texas and Louisiana. The company, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, employs 20,000+ and works across the United States.
SERVICE OFFERINGS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, RIGGING & SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION PIPE FABRICATION MODULAR FABRICATION MAINTENANCE & TURNAROUNDS SPECIALTY SERVICES
REGIONAL OFFICES ALABAMA Decatur
Mobile
FLORIDA Pensacola
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge Lake Charles Monroe New Orleans
Geismar LaPlace New Iberia Port Allen
TEXAS
Beaumont Freeport Paris Port Lavaca
Corporate Office Division/Regional Office
Corpus Christi Houston Point Comfort
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
DAVID J. FRANKS
STEPHEN M. TOUPS
JAMES P. SYLVESTER
Chief Operating Officer
President / Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
AMY KLING
RICK SCARDINA
ROLAND M. TOUPS
Chief Information Officer
Chief Administrative Officer
Executive Chairman
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