Contractor of the Year
Turner Industries Named 2026 ENR Contractor of the Year
From Gulf Coast mainstay to multi-sector builder, the firm expands into carbon capture, life sciences and nuclear fabrication
Turner Industries’ new Port Allen, La., fabrication facilities support a strategic expansion into advanced energy and reactor projects.
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.
