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Turner Construction, the industry’s largest contractor, announced Monday that it does renewed its leadership structure to prepare for more of its revenue coming from advanced facilities such as data centers and semiconductor factories.
To help lead the transition, the New York City-based company, which currently has a $33 billion backlog and 150 projects valued at $100 million or more, promoted Abrar Sheriff to president of its division of construction services and Tom Reilly to president of its business services. unit
Former senior vice president Lisa Ballantyne will serve as chief administrative officer, a new role to oversee key headquarters functions and drive strategic programs.
Reorganization follows Acquisition of Ireland-based Turner specialist contractor Dornan Engineering Group, which focuses on large-scale advanced technology builds, including data centers and biopharmaceutical facilities across Europe.
With data centers, semiconductors, energy transition, industrials and biopharma expected to grow to 40% of the company’s portfolio from 30% today, the moves allow the company to pursue more activates what he described as “next-generation markets.”
“Our leadership structure is created to capture the best of these opportunities for our people and our company,” CEO and President Peter Davoren said in the press release. He will continue in his role at Turner and continue as president of Flatiron-Dragados in North America.
Open Sheriff
Courtesy of Turner Construction
Under the new structure, Sheriff, who joined the company in 1997 and more recently with helmet its international business, will lead Turner’s core construction division.
“We’re very focused on technology,” Sheriff told Construction Dive. “To address this service, we need to be more agile. What we’re trying to do is make this a project-based company where our leadership is focused on the projects and our people to make sure they have the right environment and that our customers receive the right service they are looking for.”
Tom Reilly
Courtesy of Tom Reilly
Reilly, who has been with Turner since 1987, will lead the company’s business group, including Turner’s SourceBlue procurement unit, which sources materials for Turner’s projects and other contractor clients, including in Europe, as well such as its engineering group and self-executing operations. .
“We have 33 billion reasons to think about these things,” Reilly told Construction Dive, referring to the company’s backlog number.
Davoren, at the launch, expressed confidence in the pair’s ability to deliver as the company grows.
“Abrar and Tom’s leadership enhances our ability to deliver integrated and seamless solutions to our projects and our customers,” Davoren said in the statement.
Lisa Ballantyne
Courtesy of Turner Construction
The company said the goals of the reorganization accelerated the growth of Turner’s business services offerings, maintaining its leadership in traditional construction markets and expanding internationally.
In addition to promoting Sheriff, Reilly and Ballantyne, the firm named eight people to its executive management team. The functions of the general manager are:
- Rick Bach.
- Chris Beck.
- Meaghan Hooper-Berdik.
- I’m Kaplan.
- Brian Mooney.
- Matt Papenfuss.
- David Robinson.
- Aaron Wiebelhaus.
The executive leadership group will set and implement strategy, work with local leaders and project teams to deliver the company’s portfolio and help expand Turner’s service offerings, the statement said.
In 2023, Turner had more than $17 billion in revenuewith $5.3 billion coming from high-tech construction and another $2.6 billion coming from the healthcare sector. Engineering News-Record has named it the top contractor by revenue. a position he has held since 2021 after displacing Reston, Virginia-based Bechtel, which had held the top position in construction for more than two decades.
