Turner’s Small Caps Group Constructs PVC Unit and Cooling Tower for Formosa
Turner Industries recently worked on the construction of an expanded PVC unit and a cooling tower for Formosa Plastics Corp. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The project, which lasted nine months, involved the collaboration of multiple Turner groups and divisions, and Turner self-performed 98% of the work.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
- Turner’s Small Caps Group: General Contractor
- Turner’s Decatur, Alabama Facility: Steel, Material Procurement Specifications, and Pipe Support Shop Fabrication
- Turner’s Port Allen, Louisiana Shop: Pipe Fabrication and Paint
- Turner’s SIPA Group: Scaffolding, Insulation, and Touchup Paint Services On Site
- Turner Specialty Services: Field Testing Services Such as Radiographic Testing and Positive Material Identification
- Turner’s Crane and Rigging Group: 30-Ton and 60-Ton Cranes, Trucks, Trailers, and Rigging Equipment
PROJECT QUICK FACTS
- Site Preparation/Excavation: Minimal, Closure Welds to Underground Pipe
- Civil: Elevated Concrete Floor, Pump Pedestal Prepping, Etc.
- Structural Steel: More Than 50 Tons of Steel Erected on Expanded PVC Unit
- Equipment: More Than 15 Pumps, 2 Skids, 4 Vessels, 1 Tank, and Miscellaneous Screens, Filters, and Hoopers
- Hydro Testing: More Than 6,000 Feet of Pipe Tested
- Painting: 4,500 Feet of Paint Touchup
- Insulation: 4,000 Feet of Piping Insulation Plus Several Equipment Units
- Scaffolding: Erected and Dismantled Two Truckloads of Materials for Five Months in Various Areas
- Piping: More Than 6,000 Feet of Carbon, Stainless 304 and 316, Low-Temp Carbon, and Jacketed Pipe
