Turner Construction releases free AI-powered safety tool

Turner Construction has released SafeT Coach, an AI-powered tool that is accessible from any mobile device on the jobsite.

Available to any company free of charge, the tool “answers plain-language safety questions with responses grounded in Turner’s Environmental Health & Safety standards—not generic internet sources,” according to a Turner news release.

The tool is designed to support a coaching approach, enabling supervisors and craft professionals to engage in real-time discussions about safer ways to work—focused on learning and improvement, not enforcement. Outputs are framed as potential hazards and are designed to support professional judgment.

SafeT Coach was advanced through a collaborative design exercise and field pilots with more than 80 stakeholders. The tool was further validated through extended jobsite use and independent external review by a risk partner prior to public release.

Since its initial pilot, SafeT Coach has logged more than 25,000 interactions across Turner staff, trade partners, and field teams. Darren Dreas, a superintendent for Turner on a higher-education lab project, used SafeT Coach to determine whether a vertical shaft qualified as a permit-required confined space.

The tool produced a decision flow chart, a start-of-day permit checklist, and policy citations—all enabling an informed conversation with the trade partner’s safety manager within minutes.

“Using SafeT Coach saved hours of research and analysis, helping us to quickly make informed decisions,” Dreas said.