What Turner Industries Group does

Turner Industries Group is a privately held, family-owned heavy industrial contractor headquartered at 8687 United Plaza Blvd., Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Founded in 1961 when Bert Turner acquired Nichols Construction Company out of bankruptcy, the company has grown into one of the largest U.S. industrial contractors, employing 20,441 people at peak in 2025 and logging 45 million work hours across 491 active worksites. Turner provides integrated construction, maintenance, turnaround, fabrication, and specialty services to enterprise clients concentrated in the Gulf Coast petrochemical, refining, LNG, and power generation sectors, with expanding presence in nuclear, data center, biofuels, and aerospace. The company operates from 14+ offices across Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Utah, and reported $1.9B in annual payroll and $473M in taxes for 2025.

The service portfolio is built around a "ONE Solution" model that consolidates construction (largest contract on record $1.1B, peak project workforce 6,000), shutdown/turnaround/outage management, long-term nested maintenance, modular and pipe fabrication (2M+ sq ft of shop space, 10,000+ spools per month capacity), equipment/rigging/specialized transportation (200+ cranes, 200+ trailers, Goldhofer trailers with 1,800 MT capacity), and specialty services including SIPA (1,500+ craft professionals), NDE/inspection (500+ specialists), rope access, environmental remediation, and specialized welding. Proprietary technology platforms — DECIDE WITH DATA®, CraftTrax®, WinPCS®, TRAM® Solutions, and Turner Tablet Applications™ — support field digitization and project controls; advanced inspection includes drones, robotic crawlers, PAUT, and pulsed eddy current array.

Revenue is generated through project-based construction contracts (fixed-price and cost-plus), recurring nested maintenance agreements, fabrication project work, and equipment rentals, with pricing negotiated bilaterally through enterprise procurement and not publicly disclosed. The company is family-owned under the Turner family, with no private equity, venture capital, or public shareholders indicated. Regulatory credentials (ASME U/S/R/NPT/NS/NA stamps, NQA-1, 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B, API 650/653, ABC STEP Gold, AQC) and an industry-leading 0.24 TRIR safety record — supporting five consecutive years ranked #1 on ABC's Top Performers list (2022–2026) — form the core of an unusually durable competitive position.

Name

Turner Industries Group

Legal name

Turner Industries Group, LLC

Website

https://turner-industries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Turner Industries Group is a family-owned, privately held heavy industrial contractor providing integrated construction, maintenance, fabrication, turnaround, and specialty services to enterprise petrochemical, refining, LNG, nuclear, and power clients across 14+ U.S. locations, employing 20,000+ people at peak.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Construction & Maintenance Services

NAICS

Construction Machinery Manufacturing (33312), Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing (332420)

SIC

Construction Machinery & Equip (3531), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Cranes & Heavy Lifting Equipment Rental/Leasing (TLABAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Machinery & Rigging (Small-Scale) (HSAKAEAN), Industrial/Commercial Equipment & Machinery Moving (Rigging-Light) (HSAKAKAI)

Keywords

• Industrial construction services
• Plant maintenance turnarounds
• Modular pipe fabrication
• Heavy equipment rigging
• Non-destructive examination inspection

Headquarters

HQ city

Baton Rouge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Construction and Capital Projects: Turner Industries serves as a general contractor and construction partner for large-scale industrial construction projects including greenfield plants, expansions, and modular fabrication installation. Revenue is generated through fixed-price or cost-plus construction contracts with major industrial clients. Projects range from small capital work to megaprojects exceeding $1.1 billion in contract value.
2. Maintenance and Turnaround Services: Long-term nested maintenance contracts and shutdown/turnaround/outage services for petrochemical, refining, LNG, and power generation facilities. These recurring contracts provide a steady revenue base with significant cross-selling opportunities across the company's full service portfolio.
3. Pipe and Modular Fabrication: Pipe fabrication (450,000+ sq ft shop space, 10,000+ spools/month capacity) and modular fabrication (2 million+ sq ft across Louisiana and Texas facilities). Fabrication revenue is generated through project-based contracts delivering fabricated pipe spools, modules, and vessels to client specifications.
4. Equipment, Rigging, and Specialized Transportation: Equipment rental (200+ rough terrain cranes, 70+ all-terrain/lattice boom cranes, 60+ tractor trucks, 200 trailers) and specialized heavy transportation services including Goldhofer trailers with capacity up to 1,800 metric tons. Revenue from bare rentals, maintained/operated units, and long-term solutions.
5. Industrial Specialty Services (TSS): Turner Specialty Services division provides specialized services including hydroblasting, vacuum services, tank cleaning, NDE inspections, rope access, environmental remediation, specialized welding, and civil services. Revenue generated through both standalone project work and integrated with construction/maintenance contracts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Turner Industries Group is a heavy industrial contractor that builds, maintains, and services petrochemical, refining, LNG, power generation, nuclear, and other industrial facilities for Fortune 500 owner-operators. It delivers integrated construction, maintenance, turnarounds, modular and pipe fabrication, equipment/rigging/transportation, and specialty services through its "ONE Solution" model that consolidates all scopes under a single contractor. The company also fabricates ASME-coded pressure vessels, nuclear-grade piping and modules, and operates one of the largest Gulf Coast rope access and NDE/inspection workforces.

Product overview

Turner Industries Group is a diversified industrial contractor offering integrated services through its "ONE Solution" approach. The portfolio includes core construction and maintenance services (Construction, Shutdowns/Turnarounds/Outages, Maintenance, Equipment/Rigging/Transportation), fabrication services (Modular Fabrication, Pipe Fabrication & Bending, Vessel & Steel Fabrication), specialty services (SIPA, Industrial Specialty Services, NDE/Inspection, Rope Access, Environmental Services, Specialized Welding), and proprietary technology products (Turner Tablet Applications, DECIDE WITH DATA, CraftTrax, WinPCS, TRAM Solutions). The company operates across 14 sectors including LNG, refining/petrochemical, power generation, nuclear, and data center infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Services Heavy industrial construction services for fossil fuels, LNG, renewables, and petrochemical industries, including modular fabrication installation, construction coordination, QA/QC, and project controls. Delivered to enterprise owner-operators as a standalone service or as part of the integrated ONE Solution model.
• Shutdowns, Turnarounds & Outages Comprehensive event work management and execution for industrial plant turnarounds and outages, including scaffolding, insulation, painting, abatement, piping, equipment installation, heater/boiler work, and specialized welding. Targeted at petrochemical, refining, LNG, and power generation facilities.
• Maintenance Services Turnkey industrial contract and predictive maintenance services for petrochemical, refining, LNG, and power generation facilities, including specialized welding, project controls, rope access, capital projects support, hydroblasting, chemical cleaning, bolt torquing, catalyst services, and non-destructive testing.
• Equipment, Rigging & Specialized Transportation Industrial equipment provision and specialized heavy transportation, including 200+ rough terrain cranes, 70+ all-terrain/lattice boom cranes, specialized transportation with Goldhofer trailers, hydraulic platform trailers, and project cargo services. Available as bare rentals, maintained/operated units, or long-term solutions.
• Modular Fabrication Off-site modular assembly from small process skids to large pipe rack and process modules, leveraging over 2 million sq ft of fabrication space across Louisiana and Texas facilities with Intracoastal Waterway access enabling ocean-going module delivery. Includes nuclear-grade module fabrication for SMR and next-generation reactor projects.
• Pipe Fabrication and Bending Pipe fabrication and bending services with 450,000+ sq ft of dedicated shop space and capacity of 10,000+ spools per month, including cold bends and heat induction bends up to 36 inches. Delivers fabricated pipe spools to client specifications for petrochemical, refining, power, and nuclear projects.
• SIPA (Scaffolding, Insulation, Painting & Abatement) Integrated soft crafts services performed by 1,500+ SIPA craft professionals across the Gulf South, including scaffolding (50 million vertical feet per year), insulation (4.3 million linear feet per year), industrial painting (30,784 gallons per year), and abatement services for industrial plants during turnarounds and ongoing maintenance.
• Vessel & Steel Fabrication ASME code vessel fabrication for pressure vessels using carbon steel, stainless steel, nickel/chromium alloys, titanium, and aluminum, plus structural steel fabrication per AWS D1.1 standards. ASME U and S stamp authorized fabrication.
• Industrial Specialty Services Comprehensive industrial services including hydroblasting, vacuum services, industrial cleaning, tank cleaning, flange refacing, isolation plugs, pipe cutting, bolt torquing, bundle extraction, catalyst services, and chemical cleaning. Available as standalone project work or integrated with construction/maintenance contracts.
• Non-Destructive Examination & Inspection (NDE) Advanced NDE and inspection services delivered by 500+ inspection specialists across more than 55 nested sites and 200+ in-and-out sites, including ultrasound testing, radiography, magnetic particle testing, visual inspections, drone and robotic crawler inspections, and computed/digital radiography. Personnel certified per ASNT SNT-TC-1A.
• Rope Access Services Largest Gulf Coast rope access services offering with NCCER Craft, SPRAT, and IRATA certified technicians performing mechanical crafts, inspections, welding, and NDE at heights. Reported to save clients up to 78% on maintenance costs versus conventional methods at certain facilities.
• Environmental & Civil Specialty Services Environmental remediation and civil services including hazardous waste handling, soil stabilization, water treatment, impoundment closure, tank services, landfill construction/closure, and facility decommissioning for industrial owners across the U.S.
• Specialized Welding Services Code-certified welding services for heater/furnace/boiler repairs, FCC/coker modifications, ammonia/hydrogen reformer repairs, tower/drum/exchanger work, and ASME code-compliant pressure vessel fabrication.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 78% cost savings through rope access maintenance services vs. conventional methods at certain facilities
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• FabArc Steel SupplyminorOthers · 1 May 2026Turner Industries entered a lease-purchase agreement with FabArc Steel Supply for Turner's 60,000+ square foot fabrication facility in Decatur, Alabama. FabArc onboarded approximately 35 employees connected to the facility's operations. The agreement supports FabArc's scaling to meet national demand while enabling Turner to transition to a flexible regional operating model while retaining access to the facility during the transition period.
• Westinghouse Electric CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Turner Industries participated in Westinghouse Electric Company's supply chain event with over 40 partners meeting with U.S. Congress to promote deployment of an AP1000 nuclear reactor fleet in the United States. Turner is part of Westinghouse's supply chain for nuclear fabrication — specifically NPT, NS, and NA stamp work for nuclear piping, supports, and assembly. Turner announced expansion of nuclear fabrication facilities in New Iberia and Port Allen, Louisiana to support next-generation nuclear projects.
• SplitwaterscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Turner Industries and Splitwaters partnered to build electrolyzers and Balance of Plant (BOP) modules in Louisiana, U.S. The partnership combines Turner's fabrication, modular construction, and industrial services capabilities with Splitwaters' electrolyzer technology to serve the growing hydrogen and clean energy market. The collaboration positions Turner to support domestic hydrogen production infrastructure.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• MasTec, Inc. MasTec is a large publicly traded infrastructure construction firm serving energy, utility, communications, and pipeline markets. While its focus is broader (oil & gas pipeline, communications, clean energy), its energy segment overlaps with Turner's midstream, LNG, and industrial construction services.
• APi Group: APi Group is a global, market-leading business services provider of safety, specialty, and industrial services. Its industrial services segment (including former CES Group) competes with Turner in specialty services, insulation, scaffolding, and fire protection for industrial customers across the U.S.
• Quanta Services, Inc. Quanta is the largest publicly traded specialty infrastructure construction firm in North America, with electric, pipeline, and renewable energy capabilities. Its midstream and electric power segments overlap with Turner's midstream pipeline, power generation, and modular fabrication services for industrial customers.

Direct peers

• KBR, Inc. KBR provides engineering, construction, and specialty services across energy, petrochemical, refining, and government markets, with strong Gulf Coast presence. Its integrated project delivery and sustainable technology solutions portfolio mirrors Turner's ONE Solution model in industrial services and large capex project execution.
• Fluor Corporation: Fluor is one of the largest global EPC firms with significant petrochemical, refining, LNG, and energy project execution capabilities, directly comparable to Turner's industrial construction and fabrication business. While Fluor operates at a larger global scale and across more end markets, the two compete for many of the same Gulf Coast energy and chemical mega-projects.
• Matrix Service Company: Matrix Service is a mid-cap industrial contractor focused on storage solutions, refining, and specialty construction including tanks, terminals, and modules. It is highly comparable to Turner's tank/vessel fabrication, maintenance, and turnaround services in the same downstream energy customer base.
• TIC - The Industrial Company (Kiewit): TIC, a subsidiary of Kiewit, is a major industrial contractor with strong capabilities in heavy industrial construction, maintenance, and shutdown services for energy and chemical customers. It competes with Turner for the same petrochemical, refining, and power generation clients and shares a similar craft workforce and project execution model.
• Bechtel Corporation: Bechtel is a privately held global EPC contractor with deep petrochemical, LNG, refining, and nuclear capabilities, including national-security and large infrastructure projects. It is directly comparable to Turner in privately held industrial construction, large-scale fabrication, and complex turnaround execution, though at significantly greater scale and international reach.
• Jacobs Solutions Inc. Jacobs delivers engineering, construction, and operations services for energy, chemicals, and advanced facilities globally, with significant Gulf Coast operations similar to Turner. Its critical infrastructure and industrial services overlap with Turner's maintenance, turnaround, and capital project work, particularly in refining and petrochemical.
• BrandSafway: BrandSafway is one of the largest scaffolding, insulation, painting, and access services providers globally, with significant Gulf Coast operations. It is directly comparable to Turner's SIPA division (1,500+ craft professionals) and rope access services for industrial turnaround and maintenance customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance16 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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