Turner provides building services to clients who value diligence, resourcefulness and creativity. Because Turner is a global company based in North America, we are able to offer clients the accessibility and support of a local firm with the stability and resources of a multi-national organization.
Turner builds the future with integrity, teamwork, and commitment. Since 1902, its culture of hard work and treating clients as “respected friends” has guided every project. As the industry evolves, Turner adapts—embracing innovation, listening to clients, and delivering complex projects with emerging technologies. With 45+ offices across North America, Turner completes 2,500 projects annually in markets like healthcare, education, aviation, and data centers. The company continuously improves through Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) and lean practices to maximize value and efficiency.
For more than a century, Turner has led the industry in delivering healthcare environments that support healing, innovation, and excellence in care. As the #1 healthcare builder in the U.S., we deliver multi-billion dollars in healthcare projects - representing 20% of our overall business annually - supported by specialists in all Turner offices nationwide.
Turner’s Healthcare Group has completed projects ranging from academic medical centers and community hospitals to research labs and outpatient facilities. Our national reach, collaborative approach, and technical expertise enable us to deliver complex healthcare environments that advance care, support providers, and elevate the patient experience.
Academic Medical Centers
Acute Care Facilities
Ambulatory/Outpatient Surgery
Assisted Living /Skilled Nursing
Behavioral Health
Cancer Centers
Cardiac/Heart Hospitals
Children’s Hospitals
Critical Access/Community Hospitals
Free-Standing ED’s
Medical Office Buildings
Parking Garages
Rehab/Ortho + Specialty Hospitals
Research Facilities
Women’s Health
At Turner, we work closely with your team to ensure project success, focusing on teamwork, integrity, and communication. Our experienced professionals are committed to understanding your goals and delivering results that exceed expectations, using innovative solutions to enhance your facility’s performance and life cycle.
Recognized by U.S. News & World Report for Excellence in Healthcare Projects.
With decades of experience, Turner brings a deep, proven understanding of the complexities of healthcare environments. We deliver facilities that prioritize patient safety, clinical performance, and regulatory compliance—while meeting the evolving standards of modern care. Our expertise spans the full spectrum of healthcare projects, from flagship academic medical centers and specialty treatment hospitals to outpatient clinics, medical office buildings, and advanced research laboratories.
Turner’s collaborative approach ensures seamless alignment with healthcare providers, architects, engineers, and stakeholders. Our teams are adept at executing complex, multi-phase projects in occupied settings—minimizing disruption to critical operations while delivering on schedule and within budget.
Driven by insight, innovation, and a commitment to excellence, we create highperforming, sustainable spaces that elevate the patient experience and help shape the future of healthcare delivery.
Protecting the health and safety of patients, staff, and visitors is our top priority when building in occupied healthcare spaces. Turner integrates Infection Control Risk Assessments and Interim Life Safety Measures from planning through construction, working closely with infection prevention teams to tailor strategies that reduce disruption and maintain care continuity.
With decades of experience in sensitive clinical settings, our teams understand hospital operations, ICRA protocols, and departmental workflows— enabling effective phasing and control measures such as:
- Temporary Walls to isolate work zones & limit dust
- Rolling ICRA Carts for containment in ICUs & ORs
- Routing Controls using tunnels, fencing & barricades
- HEPA & HVAC Adjustments to manage clean airflow
- Environmental Monitoring of dust, noise & vibration
- Inspections & Documentation with infection control
- Flexible Material Handling to reduce site impact
This proven, detail-driven approach ensures we deliver safely—no matter how complex the environment.
Protection & Work-at-Height
Ladders Last program, 100% fall protection above six feet, transitioning from lanyards to retractables, and proactive rigging and crane inspections
Nothing Hits the Ground, monthly safety lunches, National Safety Stand Downs, mock OSHA inspections, and incentive programs based on leading indicators
Building L.I.F.E.™
Safety is Turner’s top priority—on every site, in every office, and in everything we do. Through our Building L.I.F.E.™
(Living Injury Free Every Day) program, we foster a culture where safety is everyone’s responsibility and no risk is too small to address. We empower those closest to the work to participate in decision-making, promote mutual accountability between leadership and teams, and continuously refine our practices to achieve world-class safety performance. Our goal is simple: everyone goes home safe, every day.
We strive to transform our company into an environment of active caring, where we take care of each other with the same consideration and concern as we would our own families to ensure the safety and well-being of all people on our sites. We believe this collective shift in both mindset and behavior will lead us to an environment absent of harm where people can be their very best selves.
safety observations, integration with incident data, and continual metric tracking to drive data-informed safety enhancements
Third-party crane inspections, quarterly rigging reviews, and site-wide compliance audits to ensure all equipment and practices meet or exceed standards
Links safety protocols with sustainable construction practices, reinforcing a holistic approach to jobsite health, efficiency, and environmental
Turner’s MEq (Medical Equipment) team, supported by SourceBlue, brings unmatched value across the full life cycle of medical equipment and FF&E. From early planning to final installation. Turner ensures scheduledriven execution, cost savings, and operational readiness for healthcare facilities nation.
Our team brings deep experience across clinical operations, design, and construction.
We are manufacturer-neutral, offering direct market procurement, lease options, and customized multi-package solutions that maximize competitiveness and pricing power. By consolidating POs, managing vendor coordination onsite, and reducing change orders and delays, we simplify complex logistics while delivering over 10% in average savings—sometimes as high as 28%. Our approach aligns cost efficiency with project certainty and peace of mind.
- Programing & Planning
- Budget / Cost Estimates
- Planning and Specification
- Layout, Drawings & VR Integration
- Procurement & Scheduling
- Vendor PO Management
- Delivery & Installation Management
Our process averages net 10%+ savings
In partnership with SourceBlue, Turner offers a range of risk-mitigating advantages to ensure healthcare projects achieve their full potential. Our clinical design expertise, strong vendor networks, and extensive FF&E procurement experience minimize risk and maximize operational readiness—delivering the best value for quality patient care.
TRANSITION & ACTIVATION SERVICES
- Planning & Scheduling
- Coordination of Owner Vendor Activity
- Staff Planning & Readiness Assessments
- Operational & Workflow Management
- Delivery & Installation Management
- Move & Dress Rehearsal Coordination
- Strategic procurement planning
- Single point of coordination
- Owner-vendor relationship management
- Just-in-time delivery & warehousing LIFE CYCLE APPROACH
VALUE TRACK RECORD
- Extensive owner advocacy
- Early market engagement
- Manufacturer-neutral solutions
- Oversight of installation & move logistics
- Minimized impact to business operations
FEATURE / BRAND EXPERTISE
- Medical equipment planners
- Architectural integration & support
- Flexible, tailored solutions
- Best-in-class suppliers
- Technology expertise
Turner is a trusted partner for top academic medical centers across the country, blending complex medical infrastructure with higher education needs. Turner’s portfolio includes collaborations with major university-affiliated hospitals, often involving multi-phase construction on active campuses. These facilities are designed to support clinical care, medical education, and translational research, offering state-of-the-art laboratories, teaching spaces, and inpatient services. Projects often include cutting-edge simulation centers and collaborative environments for medical students and faculty.
With extensive experience in large-scale inpatient hospitals, Turner delivers acute care facilities that emphasize clinical efficiency, infection control, and flexible design. Our acute care projects often incorporate advanced mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems to support intensive medical treatment, imaging, and surgical departments. Turner’s healthcare builders are adept at constructing within active hospital environments while minimizing disruption, ensuring patient and staff safety throughout.
Turner delivers state-of-the-art bed towers that prioritize patient comfort, clinical efficiency, and future-ready flexibility. From vertical expansions on active campuses to new inpatient pavilions with acuity-adaptable rooms, we partner with healthcare providers to create healing environments that support staff workflows and accommodate evolving care models. Our experience spans a range of tower configurations—urban high-rises, suburban medical centers, and rural hospitals— each tailored to enhance operational performance and patient outcomes.
Turner has developed hundreds of ambulatory care centers across the United States, reflecting its deep expertise in delivering high-quality, cost-effective outpatient facilities that meet the evolving needs of healthcare providers and patients. These projects are designed with a focus on speed, efficiency, and patient comfort, often including operating rooms, imaging suites, and recovery bays. Turner’s design-build approach emphasizes workflow optimization and rapid delivery, which is essential in this fast-growing sector of healthcare.
Recognizing the growing need for mental health care, Turner constructs specialized facilities that balance therapeutic design with safety and security. These include psychiatric hospitals, behavioral health pavilions, and addiction recovery centers. Turner prioritizes trauma-informed environments with natural light, de-escalation spaces, and secure observation areas.
Turner has built more than 53 Cancer Centers over the past 10 years and has a national reputation for delivering comprehensive cancer centers that integrate radiation oncology, chemotherapy, surgery, imaging, and research under one roof. These facilities support coordinated, patient-centric cancer care and often include advanced linear accelerators, infusion bays, and healing environments designed for comfort and dignity. We excel at the successful implementation of cancer center construction, linear accelerators, and proton therapy applications. Special attention to immune compromised patients is our primary focus. We understand the importance of infectious control procedures during construction when adjacent to occupied space.
Turner constructs specialized cardiovascular care environments such as catheterization labs, hybrid ORs, and surgical suites. Projects like the Gates Vascular Institute exemplify Turner’s ability to deliver cutting-edge cardiac hospitals that integrate diagnostic and interventional cardiology with patient recovery units. These facilities demand the highest level of mechanical and electrical coordination for life-saving equipment and technologies.
Turner is a leader in pediatric healthcare construction, creating facilities that are functional for clinical staff while being welcoming to children and families. These projects often include NICUs, PICUs, and child-specific emergency departments. Special attention is given to design elements that reduce stress and promote healing for young patients, such as family zones, interactive art, and daylight-filled spaces. As the leading Children’s Hospital builder, Turner is proud to have worked on small, complex renovations, major expansions, new hospitals and specialty care centers. We excel at delivering the most advanced, efficient, and flexible building solutions to our clients.
Turner delivers critical access hospitals and emergency departments that strengthen healthcare infrastructure in both rural communities and urban centers. These facilities provide essential, often life-saving care and must balance speed, efficiency, and adaptability. Whether building a community hospital or a high-acuity ED, Turner brings deep expertise in complex healthcare infrastructure, including trauma bays, isolation rooms, and behavioral health spaces. Our teams excel in phased construction and renovations within active care environments, ensuring continuity of services while expanding capacity. From under served regions to fast-paced urban settings, Turner helps clients meet urgent and long-term healthcare needs.
Turner delivers medical office buildings that balance clinical functionality, provider efficiency, and long-term adaptability. Our portfolio spans everything from neighborhood clinics to large, multi-tenant outpatient campuses co-located with hospitals. These facilities are designed to house a mix of specialties - including primary care, imaging, and administrative serviceswithin flexible floor plans that can evolve with changing healthcare needs. We incorporate green building strategies, modular construction, and fast-track delivery methods to support speed to market and long-term sustainability.
Turner delivers state-of-the-art research facilities that support cutting-edge work in biomedical, translational, and computational science. Our portfolio includes advanced wet labs, vivariums, clean rooms, and neuroscience and cellular therapy centers—each designed to meet rigorous bio-safety requirements, flexible programming needs, and high-performance MEP demands. Turner’s dedicated subject matter experts bring deep knowledge of the intricacies and precision required for laboratory construction, ensuring each space meets the highest quality and compliance standards. Whether new construction or complex renovations, Turner’s research projects are built to adapt with science as it evolves.
Turner creates dedicated environments for women’s health services including labor and delivery, gynecology, breast health, and reproductive medicine. These facilities prioritize privacy, comfort, and safety, often including family-friendly suites, midwife-led birthing centers, and advanced surgical capabilities. The firm’s experience spans from small renovations to full-service women’s pavilions.
