TURNER INDUSTRIES Company Magazine Technology starts to add up at Turner with the purchase of ‘advanced desktop calculators.’
1970
1968
1988
The ‘Bert Report’ is created. A reporting program written in Clipper. Jobsites would dial-in to a central computer that generated job cost information reports from the accumulated data.
1990
1987
Email becomes standard companywide.
1996
Cell phones start spreading across the company (Motorola StarTAC).
Introduction of WinTAKE® and WinTEAMS ®. Proprietary estimating software created for the industrial marketplace.
2017
Craig Delisle, manager of data processing, builds a custom computer with a proprietary mainframe. This computer was used to help run the company until 1994.
1994
Turner hires its first CIO, Patrick Thompson and invests in the IBM AS400 B60 (running JD Edwards). Patrick said “The IBM AS400 was the largest box in the state of Louisiana at the time. Turner was always ahead of the game when it came to implementing the best technology.”
1995
2004
DECIDE WITH DATA® software and services – the umbrella under which all Turner’s software services are offered is trademarked.
2015
1985
Awarded U.S. Senate Productivity Award for WinPCS®, our proprietary project tracking software.
CraftTrax® is introduced. A proprietary labor requisition and tracking database, holding over 200,000 records allowing jobsites and recruiters to communicate electronically, speeding up the hiring process for craft workers.
MAPS®, a proprietary software addressing productivity issues in the field is introduced. This software goes on to be internationally recognized as a major contributor to business in 2015.
Turner’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle group (drones) takes to the skies.
First personal computer (PC) bought and first mobile phone is installed – a car phone.
WeldTracker® software created, a software that provides quality control information for welding related activity to determine efficiency and progress.
2002
2016
Telex machines allow Turner to send ‘textbased messages’ to clients.
Domain name www.turner-industries.com is registered.
1991 First network installed.
1997
1982
Desktop computers begin popping up on employees’ desks across the company.
First company laptop makes its debut – the “Luggable.”
JD Edwards gives way to EnterpriseOne, the next generation of business tools, enhancing business processes and productivity.
1976
Turner’s first mainframe, IBM System/360, nicknamed ‘Big Bertha,’ takes over manual exercises such as payroll.
Turner develops Take, which later evolves to WinTake® an estimating tool to complete pipe takeoffs.
2000
The company’s pipe budget reporting (PBR) is transferred to a digital format and runs on the mainframe.
2013 TRAM® Solutions is created, a proprietary suite of software and services that helps mitigate financial risks in turnaround planning.
2005 Turner Industries’ intranet, TurnerCentral, goes live.
Turner develops Quickplan™, an industrial planning tool, providing a framework for planners and project controls to accurately document detailed objectives which must be accomplished for a project to be complete.
Turner acquires MobilOps™, a mobile enabled operator rounds and readings solution that synchronizes with dynamic policies and procedures.
2010
2011 Foreman’s Progress™ tablet, a portable digital progress tracking tool, makes its way into the field, allowing our project controls team to update clients on project execution progress within hours rather than days.
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