Our Start, Curt and Alice Blevins

“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler

With much gratitude, a special thank you goes out to Curt and Alice Blevins who co-founded and co-funded Turn-Key Tunneling Inc. from the beginning, in August 2005. Their 110% dedication and commitment have been invaluable to the continued growth and prosperity of the company, impacting the lives of all Turn-Key families with two decades of admirable milestones and achievements. The Blevins’ leadership, contributions and unwavering commitment have been a guiding light and driving force behind our success. They will always hold a special Key to the heartbeat of the Turn-Key Tunneling Family.

Our Meaning
By definition Turn-Key illustrates “ready for immediate use” as we strive to complete every project to our customer’s satisfaction.

Lay the Groundwork
Rewinding back, a list of equipment at the end of Turn-Key’s first tax year of December 2005 included the following:

1. 8×15 Storage Container 
2. Little Giant Crane – Crab Pot 
3. Little Giant Crane – Ms. Marie 
4. Little Giant Crane – Sassy 
5. 8×40 Storage Container 
6. Grouter / Airplaco 
7. Solaris Gas Detector 
8. American Augers 42” Machine 
9. 42” Boring Head 
10. 42” Boring Head

Yep – That’s it!! – Ten inauguration items totaled all the equipment possible to purchase from the limited amount of borrowed money authorized to get approved from the bank. The downcast part about this list, one of the cranes – Sassy – would not travel under its own power. All that great equipment really prepared us for an extremely tough market in 2007-2009, in which we saw several great companies go out of business due to the downturn in the economy. We survived, have completed over 700 contracts since startup and excited for many more projects in the ripple to hook onto.

Our Reputation
Brian Froehlich, an experienced professional engineer and tunneling expert, realized that our designs and methods would fill a niche in the ever advancing tunneling industry.

For over 20-years Turn-Key has evolved and grown to become a reputation leader willing to take on work throughout the U.S. We love a challenge and are known for our ability to solve complex tunneling issues.

Our Future

Since January 1, 2019, all employees share in the financial and operational success as an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) allowing all vested employees to benefit as owners and shareholders.

The ESOP complements our core belief that people are our most important asset. As employee owners, we all benefit even more now from our commitment to customer service and providing quality work that meets and exceeds customer expectations.