WINTER 2015-16
Turner Industries Takes Part in Genesis Energy Project
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he recent “Genesis Energy Project” at the Port of Baton Rouge in Louisiana involved the placement and installation of seven bridge sections fabricated by Dolphin Services, LLC. Turner’s equipment division, which has worked with Dolphin Services before, completed the lifts in the fall of 2015. The bridges will be used to transport oil and vacuum gas oil (VGO) from the river to storage tanks. On November 9th, Turner’s Liebherr 500 ton LMT hydraulic crane was assembled, and the first two bridge sections, weighing 75,419 lbs., were lifted into place as one lift. Sections three and four, weighing 86,199 lbs., were also put into place using one lift. To complete the final lift of the last three sections, which weighed a combined 125,030 lbs., we used our DEMAG
TC 4000 with a 256’ main boom and the Liebherr 500 ton hydraulic crane working together. This lift required the boom of the DEMAG crane to reach out to a 192’ radius in order to set its part of the bridge. All of the lifts were completed without incident.
Workforce Development
TURNER INDUSTRIES HOSTS NACE INSPECTOR CLASS
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ecognizing the continuing need for qualified coating inspectors, Turner recently hosted its third National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) CIP Level 1 Coating Inspector class at the Highlandia Office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and at the Port Allen, Louisiana painting facility. Richard Kelly, manager of the Port Allen painting facility, served as one of the instructors.
Each division of Turner sent representatives, who ranged from foremen to managers. With such a diverse group in attendance, it allowed for sharing of information and some interesting conversations about past experiences. The class was six days long and totaled 60 hours of instruction, which
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included a lab day at the Turner Port Allen coatings facility. The lab day allowed each student to abrasiveblast and paint a panel. Then they used their panels to conduct their inspections using all the different industry gauges and tools as they learned to verify specification requirements.