ENR Texas & Southeast has named Turner Industries 2026 Contractor of the Year for the Texas region, including Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi. With operations spanning the region, the 100% family-owned industrial contractor has been in continuous operation for 65 years.The firm safely logged 45 million work hours across more than 400 job sites last year at a 0.24 total recordable incident rate, while pushing well beyond its refining-and-petrochemicals roots.Among its marquee 2025 projects, Turner self-performe...
ENR Texas & Southeast has named Turner Industries 2026 Contractor of the Year for the Texas region, including Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi. With operations spanning the region, the 100% family-owned industrial contractor has been in continuous operation for 65 years.
The firm safely logged 45 million work hours across more than 400 job sites last year at a 0.24 total recordable incident rate, while pushing well beyond its refining-and-petrochemicals roots.
Among its marquee 2025 projects, Turner self-performed all construction on ExxonMobil's first carbon capture and sequestration facility in Convent, La., navigating a mid-project design change and a Port of Houston piping delay to finish on time and on budget with no lost-time accidents.
That same industrial muscle carried Turner into new sectors, including a major industrial modernization project in La Porte, Texas, and a robotics and conveyor installation in Austin completed on a demanding three-week deadline.
The company didn't just take on bigger jobs—it moved into new markets. Turner built a dedicated hygienic piping fabrication bay at its Port Allen, La., facility to serve the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector, and is fabricating cooling modules for a large-scale data center project in Texas.
Turner is also expanding its footprint, with a new Salt Lake City hub, growth in Pensacola, Fla., and new nuclear-grade fabrication facilities in Port Allen and New Iberia, La., positioning the firm for the next wave of reactor projects nationwide.
Turner's footprint remains anchored by the Gulf Coast. A full profile of Turner Industries' award-winning year will appear in ENR Texas & Southeast's Aug. 10 issue.
Vince Kong is the editor of ENR Texas & Southeast, covering construction, infrastructure, and industry trends across Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Puerto Rico. Based in San Antonio, Texas, he brings more than a decade of reporting and editorial experience. Before joining ENR, Vince led digital content initiatives for NPR affiliates in Texas and Florida and served as an editor at Treasure Coast Newspapers and a reporter at the Albuquerque Journal.