EXTERNAL PARTNERS

Become an
innovation partner
with Turner.

Working to solve one of construction’s big problems?
Turner Labs helps bring together the people and
resources to make real change happen now.

Working together we build better solutions.

We want to partner with companies that offer top-notch solutions,
a superb team, and resources to deliver.

Do you have an evidence-based hypothesis for product-market fit? Is your solution ready to be tested in the wild?
Ready to be scaled in a large company? Are you deeply committed to understanding real customer
pain points — and responding to them? If yes, let’s talk.

Click Start Your Innovation Statement below to tell us about yourself. We commit to being in touch within a few days.

Start Your Solution Statement
Are you a Turner Employee? Click Here.

Deploy your solution
with greater impact.

Through a structured process, we offer you direct access to customer projects. After collecting sufficient customer data to support your solution’s value proposition and product-market fit, you will be able to propose a pilot to Turner and gain access to the many advantages of Turner Construction’s expertise and market access.

Access to #1 Builder in the United States,
with 5% of the Construction Market.
Access to real customers and live projects.
Ability to confirm your product-market fit.
Support of a defined process and innovation support
team to get things done.

Solution Submission

Solution Scan

Prioritization

Problem-Solution Fit

Go / No-Go

Solution Test

Implementation

Internal Innovation Process

Solution Submission

Turner Labs reviews each External Partner submission and schedules a follow-up call to review any remaining questions. Our goal is to quickly learn about your team, your solution, and what big customer problem you are trying to solve.

Internal Innovation Process

Solution Scan

Turner Labs searches across Turner’s employee network to determine if this exact solution, or a different solution that solves the same problem, already exists within Turner. We will proceed to the next step, unless we learn the same solution was tested previously and did not demonstrate sufficient value.

Internal Innovation Process

Prioritization

Turner Labs reviews and prioritizes each Solution with executive leadership. Each Solution must align with Turner’s strategic goals and have specific functionality that can be tested in less than 3 months. Preference will be given to solutions with the greatest impact.

Internal Innovation Process

Problem-Solution Fit

External Partners with selected solutions meet with Turner employees to collect unbiased information on the problem’s current condition, scale, and root cause, as well as the solution’s potential fit and impact. The result is a Solution Proposal: a report documenting discoveries and learning, as well as specific recommendations for a path forward.

For the submission to proceed, Turner employees must sign-up as the Problem Champion and Problem Sponsor, and commit to participate in the Go / No-Go and Solution Pilot phases.

If Turner Labs finds a Turner employee who is actively using the proposed solution and validates its Problem-Solution Fit, this step may be bypassed.

Internal Innovation Process

Go / No-Go

The Problem Champion, with support of the External Partner, presents the Solution Proposal to executive leadership and the Problem Sponsor. Each proposal is evaluated for a Go/No-Go decision.

Internal Innovation Process

Solution Test

External Partners, with collaboration from the Problem Champion and Problem Sponsor, pilot the solution with Turner’s users. Pilot data is compiled into a report that is shared with headquarters and other Turner business units.

External Partners must be equipped and ready to support all technical and management needs of the pilot.

Internal Innovation Process

Implementation

If results of the Solution Test are successful, Turner NorCal will scale-up the solution as a standard practice. We will also assist headquarters and other business units if they are interested in deploying the solution.