Jason Black, research lead of Battelle’s energy systems business, has urged utilities to go beyond the minimum grid security requirements outlined by North American Electric Reliability Corp. in a piece for Intelligent Utility published Thursday. He says utilities must factor in all potential risks such as equipment failure, weather-related disaster and man-made threats when developing a complete physical security plan. Each utility […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has created a set of guidelines for energy companies to protect infrastructures from cyber attacks and to help operators comply with security standards established by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. The NERC updated critical infrastructure protection requirements after a report from the Department of Homeland Security found that energy facilities are […] More

Turner Construction has obtained an Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Services certificate from the Energy Department for work to develop and implement a workplace safety program. The OHSAS 18001 registration is intended for companies that provide safe work conditions to their employees, Turner said Monday. “Registration with OHSAS 18001 is third-party validation of the success of our safety program,” said […] More

Turner Construction Company and the Pratt Institute are partnering to help increase students’ interest in the construction industry through scholarships and other programs. So far, the Pratt/Turner partnership has sponsored about 50% of a year’s tuition of six New York City high school students from Brooklyn Tech and Urban Assembly School of Construction and Design, […] More

Turner Construction has partnered with Howard University to hold an eight-week course on construction management for 200 students with the goal of helping prepare them to work in the subcontracting market. The Turner School of Construction Management course is a partnership project with the DC Small Business Development Center and will run at the university […] More

A Turner Construction project team in Los Angeles set a new Guinness World Record in February for the longest continuous concrete pour. The team poured 82 million pounds of concrete through more than 200 trucks at the Wilshire Grand Center for a period of 18-and-a-half hours, the company announced Wednesday. The 73-story Wilshire Grand Center will be […] More

Turner Construction Co. is launching an $8,000 college scholarship and internship program for high schools students studying electrical, civil, environmental, mechanical engineering, sustainability, construction management and architecture. Eligible students must have school and community activities, have a score of 1600 combined SAT scores and complete a written essay, according to the official application form from […] More

Turner Construction aims to be finished with construction work on a new science building for the Middle Tennessee State University by the end of MTSU’s spring semester, according to a Tuesday report from the university’s  MTSU Sidelines newspaper.  Taylor Davis writes that the new 250,000-square-foot, three-story building will require finishing touches this summer and house biology and […] More

Turner Construction Co. is continuing its educational program for the youth of Baltimore, Md., including ongoing classes concerning the construction industry. As a part of the Youthforce 2020 program, the company’s community affairs director, Dexter Hendricks, meets with  City Springs Elementary and Middle School students once a month, according to a Baltimore Curriculum Project blog post […] More