{"id":33999,"date":"2026-01-22T12:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/turner-establishes-equipment-rental-site-services-firm\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:15:15","slug":"turner-establishes-equipment-rental-site-services-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/turner-establishes-equipment-rental-site-services-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Turner establishes equipment rental, site services firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/810282\/2026-01-22_15.04.19\/turner-first-equipment-rental-company.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><span><span>Dive Brief:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Turner Construction, the largest contractor in the U.S. by revenue, has <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turnerconstruction.com\/insights\/turner-construction-company-launches-first-equipment-company\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>launched First Equipment Company<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, an equipment rental and site services company, according to a Jan. 8 announcement from the builder.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Prior to the news, New York City-based Turner used First Equipment to supply equipment and site services for its own projects. These jobs, particularly the company&#8217;s large-scale advanced technology work, demonstrated the benefits of FEC\u2019s integrated model, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>With this launch, Turner is expanding FEC\u2019s services to support projects across the U.S. and to more than 40,000 of Turner\u2019s trade contractor partners, according to the news release. Turner will also offer equipment rental and site services to other general and trade contractors in the U.S.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><span><span>Dive Insight:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>FEC centralizes equipment rental and site services to help builders support, manage and source equipment, according to the news release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Some of the company\u2019s offerings include heavy machinery and operating equipment, temporary power, lighting, office and restroom trailers, fencing and site controls.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cBy supporting the contractors working on our projects with a consistent, streamlined equipment experience, we help improve productivity in the field\u2014benefiting our project teams and, ultimately, our clients,\u201d Shannon Hines, senior vice president for Turner, said in the announcement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The move comes as Turner looks to invest more deeply into project delivery functions, according to the release. Other such businesses include <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/turner-offsite-manufacturing-arm-launch-xpl\/746951\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>xPL Offsite<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, an offsite manufacturing firm; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turnerconstruction.com\/insights\/turner-construction-company-launches-sourceblue-brand\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>supply chain management brand SourceBlue<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>; and the Turner Engineering Group, which is the contractor\u2019s internal architecture and engineering arm.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Turner has also been working to advance technology among its ranks. Last year, it <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/turner-partnership-openai-startups-tech\/804765\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>entered into a partnership with OpenAI<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> to deploy the artificial intelligence giant\u2019s flagship product, ChatGPT Enterprise, across its workforce.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/turner-first-equipment-rental-company\/810282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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