News Coverage: Norb Stransky Podcast
Even in retirement, Norb Stransky remains a great ambassador and teacher for RLTurner and the construction industry. Norb is featured in the podcast, "Millwork Leaders," and shares his extensive...
Get to Know: Our Newest Graduates
Get to Know: Carlie Stalnecker and Ethan Flaherty Our Newest Graduates It’s May; so it’s time to fill the air with a little Pomp and Circumstance and honor our graduates. Our newest project...
Get to Know: Eric Clanton
Get to Know: Eric Clanton Warehouse assistant Start Date: 2020 Eric Clanton still doesn’t know why he drove a different way home on that November afternoon. However, there’s an 81-year-old lady who’s sure...
‘Aim Small, Miss Small’
Carlie Stalnecker, project engineer at RLTurner and Ball State University student, and her team traveled to Chicago and won the 2022 Associated Schools of Construction Concrete Competition. The six-member squad...
Welcome to the Hoosier Wander(er)
What began as an outdoor escape evolved into the Hoosier Wander(er), a nature blog sponsored by RLTurner Corporation and featured on the Indiana Parks and Recreation Association’s website. Each month,...
Get to Know: Fray Gallardo
Get to Know: Fray Gallardo Craftsman Start Date: 2020 Sundays mean soccer for Fray Gallardo and his teammates. Every week during the summer, they gather with a few hundred other players and their...
Get to Know: Grant Landrum
Get to Know: Grant Landrum Carpenter Start Date: 2012 Grant Landrum grew up on a farm racing quads with his friends. He waited until he was 24, though, to enter his first sanctioned...
Trades Signing Day
The Boone County Economic Development Corporation and the Boone County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the three Boone County public schools, hosted a Trades Signing Day for students...
Tipton Schools Groundbreaking
Construction at Tipton Schools has begun. Members of the school board dug into the ceremonial dirt on May 10 to kick off the project, which will improve the elementary, middle,...
Courteous Guests
Walking into Pleasant Grove Elementary, you’d hardly know it’s under construction. (A handful of craftspeople in hi-viz hoodies walking the halls are the only clue.) Students and teachers smile as...
Pushing For Pull Planning
Obviously, our company didn’t invent schedule pull planning; but we sure believe in the innumerable benefits the practice provides. Bringing everyone to the table before the first shovel hits the...
Revitalizing YOUR Downtown
Main Street is a key indicator of your town’s economic health. Potholes and boarded-up businesses say, “Keep driving to the next town.” In contrast, bustling shops and restaurants, well-maintained...
News Coverage: RLTurner’s Community Support
For nearly 50 years, RLTurner has been a respected community member of Boone County and a long-time supporter of The Caring Center. The Indiana Chamber recently featured our charitable efforts and...
Get to Know: Dan Phifer
Get to Know: Dan Phifer Manager of Field Operations Start Date: 1997 Growing up in Indiana in the ’70s, there was no professional football team. Before the Colts moved to Indy in 1984,...
News Coverage: Murphy Park, ADA Accessible
When our partners get the recognition they deserve, we celebrate those accomplishments. Washington Township Parks and Recreation, the owners of our Murphy Aquatic Park project, earned positive media coverage for...
Get to Know: Donnie Johnson
Get to Know: Donnie Johnson Concrete Foreman Start Date: 2007 When Donnie Johnson graduated from Tipton High School in 1980, there wasn’t much gray in his decision to join the Army. Those who...
News Coverage: Community Day of Service
At RLTurner, we believe giving back to our community is a priority. The Lebanon Reporter spoke with Layne Cameron at the Boone County EDC's second annual Day of Service. Even though...
Get to Know: Brad Whitaker
Get to Know: Brad Whitaker Chief Estimator Start Date: 1999 Brad Whitaker isn’t in the Football Hall of Fame. But he did tackle a Hall-of-Famer (almost). Brad played defensive tackle for the Indiana State...
Get to Know: Greg Bontrager
Get to Know: Greg Bontrager Superintendent Start Date: 1997 Greg Bontrager grew up driving tractors on a farm outside of Kokomo. Specifically, he’s driven Oliver Tractors all his life. Down the road from his farm...
News Coverage: Best Water Parks in Indiana
Who builds the best water parks in Indiana? Of the top 12 water parks in the state, we've built 25% of them. So, if you want to make a big...
Get to Know: Max Azua
Get to Know: Max Azua Craftsman Start date: 2010 In Indiana, Max Azua is a talented craftsman. In Mexico, he’s a successful farmer. He owns 160 acres of fertile farmland where he grows soybeans, milo,...
Get to Know: Aaron Albright
Get to Know: Aaron Albright Project Engineer Start Date: May 2021 If you haven’t met RLTurner’s newest employee Aaron Albright yet, you’ll be seeing him soon. The outgoing project engineer from Waterloo is...
News Coverage: Boone County Chamber
Features Adam Owens
Once Adam Owens found his niche, he quickly realized his goals. The 33-year-old CEO of RLTurner, a midsized general contractor in Zionsville, shared some of his leadership techniques with... 
News Coverage: Inaugural trades signing event
Adam Owens, President/CEO, served as emcee for the Boone EDC and the Boone County Chamber of Commerce inaugural Trades Signing Day for students entering trades careers. The event was...
Keith Blake: Continuing Education
At 55, Keith Blake will become RLTurner’s oldest Associated Builders and Contractors program graduate this May. According to ABC, he is their third-oldest graduate in the history of the...
Safety and Teamwork
At RLTurner, many safety innovations come from individuals at all levels of the company. Some ideas are immediately embraced and quickly incorporated. Others, however, are like puzzles and take...
Top Tips For Keeping Owners Happy
Jeremy Perrin, RLTurner superintendent, has been with the company since 2005. Along with mastering his construction skills in that time, he’s also grown to be a proven ambassador to...
Get to Know: Dave Neff
Get To Know: Dave Neff Superintendent Start Date: 2012 Dave Neff has been hunting morel mushrooms since he was a kid. “My grandpa used to take us out with him, saying that since...