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| Turner Construction Company launches Turner City  Turner Construction Company has announced the release of Turner City 2014. The company has produced Turner City – a city made up of major projects completed by Turner in a given year – since 1910. For 2014, the company created the city in-house with Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology. The 2014 Turner City includes projects located in 82 cities in eight countries in North America, Europe and the Middle East.The utilization of BIM to create Turner City exemplifies Turner's commitment to continuous improvement and embracing new technologies while honoring the history of innovation and the traditions that have set the company apart for 113 years. The modernized Turner City reflects the progress of the projects it comprises: the City includes sustainable buildings certified as LEED Platinum, Gold and Silver by the U. S. Green Building Council and approximately $5 billion of projects implemented lean practices and utilized BIM for trade coordination or other project functions. The company views the application of BIM technology tools as a piece of larger process. "We leverage these tools as part of a lean framework that focuses on collaboration, continuous improvement, and maximizing customer value, " said Jim Barrett, vice president and chief innovation officer. He added, "Part of that process of continuous improvement has to do with developing new technology tools, but it also has to do with finding new and creative ways to use the technology we have. The BIM approach to Turner City is a great example of how we can take a technology that has become an industry standard and apply it in unique way to create new value." write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Construction News :: home page |