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Franklin has personally been
working in the construction in-
dustry from a very early age.
He started next to his father,
Turner Bowser, who operated a
successful flooring business in
Virginia Beach for many years.
From him, Franklin learned the
value of hard work, tenacity, and
the importance of maintaining
a reliable reputation. He also
learned professionalism from
his father-in-law, Mark Biagas,
who has been an electrician for
over 40 years and has worked
on major projects all over the
country.
Prior to starting his own com-
pany, Franklin was also formally
educated at Virginia Tech, and
spent 16 years with a larger
builder in the area. When he
founded Mark Turner Construc-
tion, he named the business af-
ter his two mentors.
“The company’s a tribute to
those two guys,” he says.
“They’re both blue-collar, hard-
working guys who believe that
if you do good work and treat
people right, then everything
else takes care of itself. They set
the tone for what I wanted to do
on my own.”
Today, Mark Turner Construc-
tions works across a variety
of sectors, on everything from
government buildings, to cultur-
al, educational, and healthcare
facilities, multi-family residen-
tial projects, student housing,
senior living, commercial, retail,
and more. Their contracts can
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