Projects
Improving Lives and Local Economies
Precast concrete products are used to build cities and communities that are resilient to forces of man and nature. The cities where Texans live, work, and raise their families benefit when The Turner Company products are used on infrastructure projects.
The Turner company is in the business of improving lives and local economies with precast concrete products used for a variety of structures including:
- Drainage pipelines for storm water and sanitary sewage
- Sewage treatment systems
- Culverts
- Electrical and Telcom structures
- Sustainable Drainage Systems
- Storm shelters
- Stormwater hazardous material interceptor
- Aerobic and Anaerobic septic systems
The Turner company is in the business of improving lives and local economies with precast concrete products used for a variety of structures including:
Reinforced Concrete Pipe
Precast Concrete Box Structures
Precast Concrete Headwalls and Wingwalls
Precast Concrete Manholes
Storm Water Structures
Precast Concrete Vaults
Anaerobic and Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Systems
Precast Box Structures for Culverts and Small Bridges
Representative Projects
TurnerCo produces precast boxes for Cooper’s E80 design triple-cell culvert on Austin's Project Connect Red Line
TurnerCo produced 33 precast concrete box sections for a triple-cell culvert on the Lakeline Station to Leander Station double track project of Austin’s Project Connect Red Line. The boxes were produced according to Cooper’s E80 load design of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) Manual for Railway Engineering. Cooper’s E80 is designed to approximate two locomotives with 80 kips per axle pulling an infinite train of 8 kips per foot.
To lock the triple barrel ten foot span x five foot rise (10 ft. x 5ft.) box sections together, one and one half inch (1.5in.) galvananized steel bolted joint harnessing couplers where used to ensure that boxes do not separate due to train vibrations while a train is crossing the culvert. The triple-cell, 132-foot long culvert near Leander supports the double track of the Red Line. Click on the link to view a 20-second video of post installation action.
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Capital Metro’s Red Line is a commuter rail service linking downtown Austin to residential neighborhoods in East Austin, the Domain, Research Park, Cedar Park, and Leander. Multiple upgrades to the Red Line are proposed by Project Connect. Once the new Downtown station is complete, the Red Line will run every 15 minutes, doubling its current frequency and capacity.
TurnerCo manholes used widely for servicing new communities
TurnerCo supplies standard manholes in single and mixed-use developments. “The Square,” a 27.25-acre mixed-use development between U.S. Hwy 287 (Saginaw Blvd) and Old Decatur Rd. north of W. Bailey Boswell Rd., will feature sit-down restaurants, retail, offices, and multi-family housing. TurnerCo supplied 48-inch diameter and 60-inch diameter precast concrete sanitary sewer manholes that were installed under the collector roads and easements. Saginaw is an inner suburb of Fort Worth with a population of approximately 24,000.
Manholes are major elements of buried pipelines used for sanitary sewers and storm water management systems. They are commonly found where people access sewers for inspection and cleaning; and where there is a change in the direction or alignment of a pipeline or transition to a different size of pipe. Many have precast channels in the base, diverting effluent in new directions. Manholes are vents for gases emitted by the effluent in pipelines and junction points of two or more pipelines.
Because effluent turbulence is common in manholes, they are sometimes specified with liners or special additives to mitigate the corrosive actions of bacteria-generated gases that form corrosive sulfuric acid. TurnerCo supplies manholes treated with the ConShield anti-corrosive system that is specified world-wide.
Curb inlets specified for streets of Citadel at Heritage Trace
The Citadel at Heritage Trace, North Fort Worth is an 89-acre mixed-use residential/commercial community at the intersection of Heritage Trace Parkway and I-35 in North Fort Worth. Included in the design for stormwater management are precast concrete curb inlets supplied by TurnerCo.
Curb inlets are often specified over grate inlets because they have a high capacity for capturing runoff whereas inlets on the roadway covered by a grate capture less runoff and can be clogged more easily than a curb inlet. Some designs call for a combined open rectangular curb inlet and grated inlet. A curb inlet has a rectangular opening along the face of the curb and is commonly left open with no grate to hamper inflow. Inlets collect water from roads and parking lots and convey it to an underground storm sewer system. Inlets designed for curb and gutter systems are called curb inlets, sometimes “curblets.” TurnerCo curb inlets can be installed with a monolithic box that connects the structure to the municipal pipeline drainage network.
TurnerCo supplied four inlets, three junction boxes, and one catch basin to one of the construction sites. The largest structure was a 10-foot curb inlet.
Precast concrete junction boxes and inlets specified for new elementary school
TurnerCo produced 4-foot x 4-foot and 5-foot x 5-foot junction boxes for the new Molly Livengood Carter Elementary School in the Northstar Community near the intersection of Dorealis Drive and Bellatrix Drive in Fort Worth. Affiliated drainage system products from Turnerco included grate and curb inlets of various sizes. The school is being constructed on approximately 13.7 acres.
Square and round junction boxes are used to access below ground pipelines of many diameters and direction that are interconnected either at the same or different elevations. They are used for connecting pipelines produced of the same or alternate materials.
Owner: Northwest Independent School District
Contractor: Pogue Construction
Precast concrete junction boxes and inlets specified for new elementary school
TurnerCo produced 4-foot x 4-foot and 5-foot x 5-foot junction boxes for the new Molly Livengood Carter Elementary School in the Northstar Community near the intersection of Dorealis Drive and Bellatrix Drive in Fort Worth. Affiliated drainage system products from Turnerco included grate and curb inlets of various sizes. The school is being constructed on approximately 13.7 acres.
Square and round junction boxes are used to access below ground pipelines of many diameters and direction that are interconnected either at the same or different elevations. They are used for connecting pipelines produced of the same or alternate materials.
Owner: Northwest Independent School District
Contractor: Pogue Construction
Sales of TurnerCo's ConShield manholes strengthens following specification by Texas cities
Manholes are major elements of buried pipelines used for sanitary sewers and storm water management systems. They are commonly found where people access sewers for inspection and cleaning, and where there is a change in the direction or alignment of a pipeline or transition to a different size of pipe. Many have precast channels in the base, diverting effluent in new directions. Manholes are vents for gases emitted by the effluent in pipelines and junction points of two or more pipelines.
Manholes are sometimes specified with liners or special additives to mitigate the corrosive actions of bacteria-generated gases that form corrosive sulfuric acid because effluent turbulence is common in manholes. TurnerCo. supplies manholes treated with the ConShield anti-corrosive system that is specified world-wide.
CONmicSHIELD®, an EPA-registered anti-bacterial admixture for concrete produced by ConShield is proven to inhibit Thiobacillus thiooxidans bacteria growth in sanitary sewer structures. Thiobacillus thiooxidans is the sulfur-oxidizing bacterium that must be present to produce sulfuric acid in manholes. The admixture provides protection throughout the thickness of concrete and cannot pinhole, delaminate, or wear off.
TurnerCo electrical vaults specified for Amazon data center
TurnerCo products are included in the infrastructure of the new Amazon data center on Potranco Road in San Antonio. Data centers house equipment and software for IT operations and storage systems including servers and network infrastructure such as switches and routers.
The vaults were wet cast at TurnerCo’s Rhome facility in February and March. Several of the 16 vaults were specially-designed L-shaped structures. The order was filled in less than four weeks. TurnerCo’s Tim Randal scheduled production and was responsible for meeting deadlines of Big State Electric in San Antonio for shipping. Amazon is expected to occupy the facility in early 2022.
Specially designed precast concrete boxes for culvert under 13R-31L at Dallas Love Field
Standard ASTM C1577, “Standard Specification for Precast Reinforced Concrete Monolithic Box Sections for Culverts, Storm Drains, and Sewers Designed According to AASHTO LRFD” was not enough for a culvert under the 8,800-foot runway 13R-31L at Dallas Love Field.
The specification for 84 feet of 6-foot x 4-foot x 8-foot box sections produced at the Lockhart facility required additional reinforcement to accommodate the weight of a Boeing 767 wide-body airliner. The inner and outer cage of all surfaces of the precast concrete boxes required #5 rebar and extra longitudinal wire to meet the extreme steel reinforcement requirement.
Specials for the heavily reinforced boxes included three bends and a fourth produced with exposed steel on the groove side and only a spigot. Depth of bury was 7 to 12 feet.
TurnerCo’s facilities produced 598 feet of standard 8-foot x 6-foot box sections. Shipping of products from the Lockhart and Rhome facilities started on June 1, 2021.
Oversized precast concrete boxes escorted to the Grand Prairie Public Works Training Center
TurnerCo. produces precast concrete boxes for constructing large water meter vaults. On March 8 components for two vaults were shipped from TurnerCo’s Rhome production facility to the Grand Prairie Public Works Training Center at 319 N Belt Line Road. Because of the oversized dimensions and weight of the concrete structures, the delivery vehicles were escorted to the job site.
Products supplied included precast concrete elements for one 15-foot x 13-foot x 10-foot 6-inches meter vault weighing 91,684 lbs and elements for a second vault,12-foot x 8-foot x 11-foot 6-inches weighing 76,765 lbs.
Precast concrete boxes specified for culverts on FM 5 roadway improvements project in Annetta
New elementary school #6 was constructed on Aledo Independent School District-owned property on FM 5 in Annetta on the southwest side of the District. Servicing of the site required improvements to Farm-to-Market (FM) 5 roadway and new water/wastewater infrastructure.
TurnerCo. was contracted to supply 362 feet of 12-foot x 5-foot precast concrete box sections and 450–feet of 12-foot x 4-foot precast concrete box sections to construction sites on FM 5.
Giant fitting and reinforced concrete storm sewer pipe for Lancaster Texas distribution and office complex
Special Design
Part of the storm sewer included a giant concrete fitting required to change the direction of the sewer without an oversized manhole structure. The fitting accommodated 84-inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe.
In addition to the fitting, TurnerCo. supplied 884 feet of 84-inch; 198 feet of 66-inch; and 108 feet of 60-inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe. Shipment of the precast concrete products to the construction site at the NW corner of N. Dallas Avenue and Telephone started November 12, 2020.
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Manholes and Special Valve Box
The Turner Company supplies its products to contractors and municipalities through its supply houses like Ferguson Waterworks (www.ferguson.com) and by contacting the Turner sales team at either the Rhome or Lockhart facilities.
Twenty-three manhole assemblies were shipped ranging in size from 72 to 120 inches in diameter. Manholes assemblies used for wet wells ranged from 31 to 37 feet tall. In addition, Turner Company supplied one 4-ft. x 5-ft. x 4.5-ft special valve vault.
Fort Worth Zoo
New elephant habitat
A 36-inch x 36-inch precast concrete junction box for the drainage system servicing the elephant habitat. Each unit weighs approximately 4,350 lbs, and that is about the weight of a mid-size SUV (4,400 lbs). In addition, the company produced 18-inch x 18-inch and 12-inch x 12-inch catch basins and 13 48-inch diameter sanitary sewer system manholes.
DFW International Airport taxiway
Construction of two end-around taxiway systems
22 drainage inlets, 21 manholes and 18 underdrain manhole structures supplied to Flatiron Construction, Inc. for the construction of the end-taxiway “Mike” stormwater drainage system
Texas Live! Dining, Entertainment and Hospitality District
Precast concrete elements for drainage system
Precast concrete junction boxes, curb inlets, a “Y” inlet, catch basins and a 60-inch diameter sanitary sewer manhole to Industry Junction Inc. and North Texas Contracting through Ferguson Waterworks.
