News

August 2010

The new high performance Union Elementary School for the Town of Union, Connecticut officially opened on August 30, 2010.  The 100 student, 20,000 square-foot, K-8 school is the first sustainable facility for the smallest community in Connecticut.

Located on the original school property, the $6.5 million dollar project includes significant site improvements benefiting both the student population and citizens.  These amenities include a new campus entry, bus loop and parking, and accessibility to athletic fields and playgrounds.

Sustainable building design features include a highly efficient building envelope, natural day lighting, designed acoustics, displacement ventilation, occupancy sensors, heat recovery, and DDC system controls.  The ventilation system provides 100% outdoor air to the occupants with great energy efficiency and within a uniquely designed classroom environment.

The building focuses on two classroom wings integrating the trademarked Advantage ClassroomTM design of the full service A/E firm, Turner Group Design-CT, LLC, a division of The H.L. Turner Group Inc.  In addition, the students and faculty will enjoy a multi-purpose room with planned future expansion capabilities, centrally located library, music, art, science, and support spaces.

The project will be awarded with an approximately $8,000 grant from the Capital Improvements Program for its healthy and environmentally responsible design features.  The Turner Group has completed over 80 school projects throughout New England

July 2010

TTG Environmental Consultants, LLC (TEC) - The White Rock Cooperative Estates in Tilton, NH is a non-profit, cooperatively owned, 28-unit manufactured housing park constructed in the 1960s.  Presently, wastewater is disposed of in a series of leach fields constructed between the units and potable water is distributed through a series of 2-inch diameter plastic pipes also running between, and in some cases under, the units.  Through a study performed by TEC, it was determined that the wastewater and water supply infrastructure should be replaced.  The leaching systems will be abandoned and new sewers and a pumping station installed to connect into the recently constructed municipal sewer in Route 3.  The existing water lines will also be abandoned and new ductile iron piping installed in the roadway.

Following the study, the Cooperative obtained $1.37 million in federal funding to construct the project.  TEC prepared bid and construction drawings and solicited bids on behalf of the Cooperative.  The project is currently under construction, on schedule, and under budget, with TEC providing construction administration and observation services with the construction to be completed in the fall of 2010.

Major project elements include:

  • 1,270 linear feet of 8-inch diameter sewer.
  • 2,670 linear feet of sewer service connections.
  • A 150 gallon per minute wastewater pumping station.
  • 2,010 linear feet of new ductile iron water main.
  • Sewer and water services to units.
  • Drainage improvements.
  • Reconstruction of the road network.

June 2010

Harold Turner Jr., PE, President and CEO of The H.L. Turner Group Inc. of Concord, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC, representing the State of New Hampshire.  Additionally, he was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Elliot Health System and Board of Trustees of the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, NH.  Mr. Turner founded the Turner Group in 1990 and has served on numerous industry and non-profit boards during his 35 year professional career.  He is entering his 20th and final year of serving on the Board of Directors of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, where he served as Chairman from 2001-2004, and is currently co-chairing the Ovide Lamontagne for Senate finance committee.