Scorecard

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JE Dunn wins exactly one competitive visibility metric against Turner Construction. The scorecard makes the gap visceral.

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Metrics JE Dunn Wins
ENR #3 semiconductor — the one bright spot
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Metrics Turner Wins
Across every dimension of findability
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Emerging Threats
Skanska Advanced Technology entering the race
The Evidence

18 metrics. One winner.

Every measurable dimension of LLM visibility, benchmarked head-to-head. Green means JE Dunn wins. Red means Turner does. Yellow flags an emerging competitor.

#
Metric
JE Dunn
Turner
Result
1
ENR Semiconductor Ranking
#3 — strongest credential
Not top 3 in semiconductors
✓ Win
2
ENR Overall Ranking
#18 (2025 Top 400)
#1 (2025 Top 400)
✗ Loss
3
Annual Revenue
~$6.5B
~$28B (4.3× larger)
✗ Loss
4
Project Backlog
Not disclosed
$40.3B (publicly reported)
✗ Loss
5
Unprompted LLM Mentions
—
25.7% (180 of 700)
✗ Loss
6
Framed as Benchmark
0%
19.1% (134 responses)
✗ Loss
7
Emerging Competitor
Skanska at 4.6% — launched SAT with 285 professionals in 2025
⚠ Threat
8
Clean Positive Responses
3.0% (21 of 700)
—
✗ Loss
9
Hedging Language Rate
37.3% of responses
—
✗ Loss
10
Confidentiality Friction
57.6% of responses
Minimal
✗ Loss
11
First-Party Source Dependence
36.1% of citations
~5%
✗ Loss
12
Unique Third-Party Sources
8 domains
15+ domains
✗ Loss
13
Trade Media Coverage
~1 article
6+ articles in 2024–2025
✗ Loss
14
Named Client References
0 public
Multiple public
✗ Loss
15
Conference / Speaking
0 found
Active in industry events
✗ Loss
16
Wikipedia Presence
Minimal, no semiconductor
Detailed with projects
✗ Loss
17
Wire Service Releases
0 semiconductor-specific
Regular (BW, PRNewswire)
✗ Loss
18
LinkedIn Thought Leadership
1 post (AFG formation)
Active exec presence
✗ Loss
The pattern isn't random. Turner's 16 wins cluster around one capability JE Dunn lacks: the ability to generate independent, citable content that LLMs can reference. Turner's PR machine creates the training data that makes them the default.
Deep Dive

The five metrics that hurt most

Not all 18 metrics carry equal weight. These five create the most direct damage to JE Dunn's position in buyer conversations.

1

Unprompted Turner Mentions (25.7%)

We never asked about Turner. The AI introduced them in 180 of 700 responses — including "Turner has broader name recognition" (58 instances) and "compared to Turner" (76 instances). Turner is the yardstick the AI measures JE Dunn against, unprompted.

2

Confidentiality Friction (57.6%)

"Confidential client" appeared 116 times. "Unnamed client" appeared 47 times. Turner points to publicly reported projects; JE Dunn's best work is locked behind NDAs. The LLM treats this as a verification discount.

3

Named Client References (0 public)

JE Dunn references "Fab 8.1 S19 expansion" and "Boise semiconductor cleanroom" without naming clients. The LLM treats unnamed projects as unverifiable — and it says so in 57.6% of responses.

4

Trade Media Coverage (~1 article)

Turner had 6+ stories in 2024–2025: Dornan acquisition, Q3 record results, $39B backlog, CoreWeave data center. JE Dunn's semiconductor-specific coverage: one $224M DOE project mention. This is the content gap that feeds every other metric.

5

First-Party Source Dependence (36.1%)

838 of 2,319 citations point back to jedunn.com. When Turner gets cited, the sources are Construction Dive, ENR, DCD, BusinessWire, Yahoo Finance. JE Dunn is citing itself. Turner is being cited by others.

Emerging Threat

The Skanska factor

It's not just Turner. Skanska Advanced Technology is entering the semiconductor market — and they're doing exactly what JE Dunn isn't.

What Skanska Did

Launched Skanska Advanced Technology (SAT) in February 2025. Expanded in September 2025 with a GlobeNewsWire press release. 285 dedicated professionals. Named leaders (Anita Nelson, Katie Coulson). Coverage in Construction Dive, Cleanroom Technology, and ConstructionOwners.com.

What It Means

Skanska already appears in 4.6% of LLM responses — and they haven't even completed a major US fab yet. Their visibility is growing from content, not credentials. If JE Dunn doesn't act, they'll face pressure from both above (Turner) and below (Skanska).

The Skanska lesson: A wire service press release, named leaders, and a dedicated unit page generated more LLM visibility than JE Dunn's decade of actual semiconductor project delivery. Content creates visibility. Credentials alone don't.
The Data