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Definitive Service to the Chemical, Petrochemical and Refining Industries
May 2013
Infinity Maintenance Services at Johann Haltermann
Achieves Nine Years of OSHA Recordable-Free Service
Infinity Maintenance Service’s crew at
Johann Haltermann was recognized
at a safety breakfast for achieving nine
years OSHA Recordable Free Service.
Representatives from Haltermann and
Infinity’s La Porte and Corporate offices
were present to give the crew the
accolades they deserved.
Stacy Johnson, Safety and Health
Manager for Haltermann asked the crew
what they attributed their success to.
Everyone responded that safety is not
about the individual, it’s about everyone
looking out for each other.
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Infinity’s Regional Safety Manager, Rick
Voyles stated “We’ve achieved this goal by
maintaining heightened safety awareness
all day, every day. Safety recognition is
nice, but don’t let your guard down. Let’s
come back next year and celebrate ten
years recordable free.”
Issue
2 HBR Safety Excellence
Awards Process
3 The Infinity Group and
WorleyParsons Offer EPC
Capabilities
3 Brazos M&E Concrete Batch
Plant
4 Doing The Right Thing:
Management Recognition
Program
6 Employee Recognition
7 Letters We Like
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HBR Safety Excellence Awards Process
Infinity Construction Services, Brazos M&E, and United
Electrical & Instrumentation Selected as Finalists for the
26th Annual HBR Safety Excellence Awards
The Houston Business Roundtable and the
Houston Area Safety Council announced
the finalists for the 26th Annual Safety
Excellence Awards at the Network
Tailgate Event on Friday, February 5th.
Infinity Construction Services and Brazos
M&E were announced as finalists in the
General Contractor category, and United
Electrical & Instrumentation as a finalist in
Specialty Contractor Hard Crafts.
Since 1988, the Houston Business
Roundtable (HBR) has been recognizing
Greater
Houston
Area
Industrial
Contractors for their outstanding safety
performance. This award process has
brought Owner Companies in the Gulf
Coast together with their Contractors
in a cooperative effort to improve onsite safety, eliminate accidents, and
most importantly, reduce injuries to
employees.
The HBR Safety Excellence Award process
is a six month long effort and involves
hundreds of volunteers and participants.
It begins with a request for nominations,.
This award is unique in that contractors
must be nominated by their clients, the
users of their services and there are no
self-nominations. Contractor work sites
are nominated where the client had
verifiable safety performance data for the
past calendar year.
Nominated contractors are put into award
categories based on the type of work
they do and in some cases by company
size based on total U.S. work hours
reported for the previous year. Mentors
from the Contractors that achieved “Best
in Category” the previous year provide
assistance to Contractors in preparing for
the submission of information and field
audits. Mentors also assist in selecting
Contractors to be audited and serve as
Co-leaders of the field audit teams.
Each nominee submits their OSHA
required safety data regarding fatalities,
lost
workday
cases,
recordable
injuries and illnesses, copies of their
safety policies and procedures and
documentation of their “best practices”.
The initial evaluation is based on total
US data and the information submitted
is evaluated and scored by a group of
Owner representatives and Mentors to
determine the Contractors that will be
further evaluated in the field. Typically,
three or four Contractors in each of seven
categories are identified for field auditing.
Mentoring Companies do not compete
for award recognition while assisting
other Contractors in the award process.
They will be eligible again the following
year. This allows for more Contractors to
be recognized and Mentors are fulfilling
a significant purpose of the awards
program by sharing their best practices
and experience with others.
Safety audits are conducted by teams of
owner and contractor representatives
at the Contractor’s work site. Site
management and field employees are
interviewed to verify that the written
safety policies and procedures have
been implemented at the work site.
This provides an opportunity for team
members to see what others are doing
to improve safety performance and take
the good ideas back to their respective
companies and work sites. The audit
team leaders with assistance from the
Mentors and team members compile
the audit scores and determine the level
of achievement for each Contractor and
identify the Best in each Category.
A unique feature of this award process
is the requirement that the “Best in
Category” Contractors come to a “Best
Practices” seminar and present their
best practices that led to their excellent
achievement. All other companies are
encouraged to take these ideas back to
their own companies to improve their
own performance. Through the sharing
of best practices the entire industry
improves its safety performance. There is
an attitude that is prevalent among the
owners and contractors that outstanding
safety is not proprietary and must be
shared with others. Many of the volunteers
that participate in the award program
are safety professionals with many years
of experience and many have been
involved in the HBR Safety Excellence
Award process for several years. This is a
win-win process for everyone involved.
This award process was developed and
is maintained by the HBR Safety, Health
& Environmental Resource Committee
that meets monthly. HBR believes that
the Greater Houston Area Contractors
involved in this award process have
developed world class safety programs
and have produced significantly
better safety records than any other
group of contractors in the world.
The 26th Annual Safety Excellence Awards
Banquet will take place at Moody Gardens
in Galveston on Friday, May 17, 2013.
We’ve Expanded Our Capabilities
The Infinity Group and WorleyParsons Offer EPC
Capabilities
In 2010 Infinity Construction Services
successfully executed a low BTU
project for WorleyParsons in Odessa,
Texas. The project earned high praises
from WorleyParsons and the idea of
putting together WorleyParsons’ EPCM
capabilities and Infinity’s construction
capabilities was born.
Since both Infinity and WorleyParsons had
many clients in common the formation
of a joint marketing effort in 2012 was
relatively painless. To date the reception
has been very positive. Several clients
have shown serious interest and the first
joint project for ChevronPhillips Chemical
Company is deemed a success.
Please direct any questions regarding this
proven new service to Peter Gebhardt at
(281) 476-3121 or pgebhardt@inf-grp.
com.
Brazos M&E Begins Concrete Batch Plant Operations
Brazos M&E began selling concrete to
the public in August 2012. Our priority
is to serve Brazos M&E civil construction
projects.
Our business plan is to start with pours
that are smaller in size – less than several
hundred yards. This will allow us to refine
our raw material supply chain, ordering
process, dispatching and overall plant
operation without risk to ourselves or our
customers. Ultimately, our capacity will
be determined by raw material supply,
number of trucks/drivers and distance to
the pour (turnaround time).
We got into the concrete redi-mix
business primarily as a way to solidify
our position as a civil contractor. We
view this as a natural extension of our
existing businesses. This allows us to be
more responsive on our civil construction
projects that are schedule driven.
We also believe that there is a need in
the area for additional concrete batch
capacity. Currently we have 7 concrete
mixer trucks. With this number of trucks
we should be able to batch 70-100 cubic
yards per hour depending on total
turnaround time. We can provide any
of the industry “standard” mix designs
at this time. With notice we can obtain
the necessary aggregates or admixtures
to provide any mix design the customer
requires. Our business plan is to start
by providing “standard” mix designs and
add to those as we gain proficiency in our
processes and operation.
For more information about Brazos M&E’s
Concrete Batch Plant Operations, please
contact Daryl Dauer or Benny Dunn at
(979) 233-2841.
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Management Recognition Program
Doing The Right Thing
The Safety Management Team recognizes front line supervisors and employees for their
performance and efforts in demonstrating, performing and promoting safe work practices.
Whether it’s leading their crews, a member of the crew recognizing a hazard and making an
intervention, or going above and beyond their normal job duties, we want to recognize those
individual’s for their initiative and commitment. When the individual or group of employees is
nominated they are invited to a recognition lunch that is attended by corporate management,
safety management, employees’ supervisors and the nominated employees. The employees are
presented with an award for their contribution and commitment towards safety on the jobsite.
Pictured: (L to R) Bobby Gibson, Jose Tijerina, Luis Saucedo, Mike Rachunek, David
Rodriguez, Mike Roach, Mark Coffee, Valentin Rodriguez, Ty Jeffers, Arnold Trevino, and
Mark Smith
Jose Tijerina has worked 36 years with the company and most of his crew has worked 5
or more years together. As I observe this crew on a daily basis I see good communication
between each other and a drive to help each other out by intervening. Most of them
know something about each other’s family, which makes it more personal if someone is
involved in an event. Jose has earned the respect from his crew and they will listen and
take care of any issues that might come up. This crew has gone many months without
any significant non-compliance issues or incident and show patience with rules and
changes that come up. Any comments or issues that I give to the group is taken with
respect to our safety department. Jose and his crew represent The Infinity Group with
respect. Thanks for your support and dedication to providing a safe work environment.
Mark Smith – Project Safety Director, Infinity Construction Services,
Pictured: (L to R) Bennie Mikel (Scaffolding
Manager) and Adolph Estrada
Adolf Estrada was recognized by the
Infinity Group Management Team for his
efforts while working at the Dow Chemical
Freeport site. Adolf’s crew consisting of
two supervisors had no non-compliance
observations in the past year. They were
also recognized by Dow Chemical at a
supervisor’s training session. Thanks
Adolf for your commitment to safety!
Frank Mejia – Safety Director, Infinity
Construction Services & John Crowley –
Regional Safety Manager,
The Infinity Group
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Tim Burch’s crew was working on
installing a blind on an existing line
at a 3-way when David Simpson and
John Wade noticed the line was not
setting on its supports. After further
investigation they found that the process
line supports were cracked and the welds
were breaking off. If the condition of
the pipe was not noticed soon it could
have resulted in a significant event in
time and possibly injured someone. We
appreciate the employees for being
observant and paying close attention to
their surroundings.
Scott Martin – Assistant Superintendent,
Infinity Construction Services
Pictured: (L to R) David Simpson, John Wade and Grady Crawford
Pictured: (L to R) Jerry Lancon (QA/QC
Manager) and Jon Campbell
I wanted to let you guys know that I
really appreciate Jon Campbell’s level
of dedication and professionalism that
I have personally witnessed on my jobs
(B-4400, B-4900, B-3300 to name a few).
Since being here at Dow I have seen
Jon often in the field doing what he is
supposed to, checking over job details,
ensuring that the job is installed properly
and to a high degree of craftsmanship. I
also appreciate his knowledge; he helps
out troubleshooting items when such
occasions have occurred.
Jared Jenkins – Kelly Services, The Dow
Chemical Company, Freeport
Pictured: (L to R) Jack Kennon, Dean Mezger, and Jimmy Moon
Jimmy Moon and his crew did a great job installing Jumbo EDC’s new intercom
system. We were very impressed by their obsession with cleaning up, not just after,
but during every task of the job. All of the UEI employees were respectful of Dow
personnel, and other contractor employees. We needed the intercom system fully
operational before turnaround started and UEI did what it took to make that happen
for us. Jimmy Moon also self-initiated work to eliminate a “hum” in the system that he
noticed after it was installed that could have just been written off as “normal”. This was
especially impressive. His obsession with making sure the job was finished right has
provided Jumbo EDC with an outstanding intercom system.
Carlos Garza – The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport
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Employee Recognition
Doing The Right Thing
Osiel “Fonzy” Elicerio identified a safety
hazard on the grated decking above the
E-150 exchangers. His crew was preparing
to work in the area where the grating
was not properly clipped down and
presented a trip hazard. He also identified
a suspected problem with an uncovered
vertical fin-fan shaft (E-153’s) adjacent
to a maintenance walkway. The safety
concerns were reported to Operations
and fixed prior to working in the area.
Thanks Fonzy for your commitment to
safety!
JoAnn Zimmerman – BASF, Freeport
Pictured: (L to R) Joe Gonzales (Supervisor), Osiel Elicerio, and Christie Ramirez
(Safety)
UEI Hosts
Overhead Crane
Inspection
Training Program
In February, the Crane and Elevator
Group of UEI hosted an Overhead Crane
Inspection Training Program conducted
by Crane Tech in the Corporate Training
Center. The program consisted of two 10hour days of comprehensive information
about the process of overhead crane
inspection and maintenance.
The program provided knowledge of the
regulations, specifications and inspection
of various types of overhead cranes and
a hands-on inspection of the overhead
cranes in the company shop facilities.
The program also contained the process
of ensuring safety and compliance of the
crane operations.
The UEI participants were Richard Parker,
Cody Case, Travis Timaeus, William
Harris, David James and Rudy Silvas.
Letters We Like
Tony Lewis & Scott Vestal (UEI):
What makes a project successful is having
individuals like Silvestre Garcia that will
take that step forward to stop some of his
colleagues from getting injured. During
a permit walk through with Silvestre he
noticed some liquid on the ground in an
area where they and many others would
be working or walking through. After an
investigation, we found that we had a
tube leak on E-101D2 (fan B). Because of
Silvestre’s willingness to question what
the liquid was (PACE) we were able to tape
off area and work on isolating/stopping
leak without anyone getting exposed.
We appreciate workers like Silvestre who
look out for others and are willing to
take ownership of his work environment.
This could have been a bad situation
had Silvestre not took action. From the
Construction Group, Jumbo EDC thank
you to Silvestre. That is the way Drive to
Zero & PACE is successful.
Dave Matthews & Philip Deville
Dow Chemical, Freeport
Tony Lewis (UEI):
We did a “Because I Care” Safety audit at
OC-479 and talked to Albert Helms and
Mike Corsten. As always we were well
received and your UEI team had all the
proper safety equipment, knowledge
and attitude. Please give my thanks to all
the UEI team for working with us to make
sure no one gets hurt.
Charlie Condon
Dow Chemical, Freeport
Pete Valenzuela (UEI):
James Moon and crew have done an
outstanding job installing new intercom
system in A-7001 EDC. They have shown
a great sense of urgency in completing
the project safely and on time. Interaction
by the crew with operations by showing
flexibility in their work has been
exceptional. Safety observations and
concerns were addressed promptly by
escalating issues found in execution of
their work. Great PACE fundamentals by
the crew were shown on a daily basis.
Gary Mills, Murphy Watson &
Ross Koepke
Dow Chemical, Freeport
Mark Mahurin (UEI):
I wanted to let you guys know that really
I appreciate Jon Campbell’s level of
dedication and professionalism that I
have personally witnessed on my jobs (B4400, B-4900, B-3300 to name a few). Since
being here at Kelly I have seen him often
in the field doing what he is supposed
to—checking over job details and
ensuring that the job is installed properly
and to a high degree of craftsmanship. I
also appreciate his knowledge—he helps
out troubleshooting items when such
occasions have risen.
Jared Jenkins
Kelly Services at Dow Chemical, Freeport
Speedy Wells (IMS):
Today a bleach truck arrived to pick up
a load of 12.5% bleach, but the Bill of
Lading incorrectly had his load listed as
10.5%. Instead of simply loading what
was on the paperwork, Richard Arriaga
questioned the driver and determined the
Bill of Lading was incorrect, preventing
the costly mistake of Chlor/Alkali sending
one of our customers an incorrect load of
bleach. This is not the first time Richard’s
efforts have come to our attention, and he
is considered a valuable asset to our unit
and has earned the respect from many
of the FPC employees he works with. We
think his efforts reflect positively not only
on himself, but on Infinity was a whole,
and we are glad to have him working in
our unit.
Scott Vick
Formosa Plastics, Point Comfort
James Anderson (UEI):
We are wrapping up the second week
of Pre-Commissioning a day early. We
are 90 loops ahead of schedule and the
he remainder will easily be completed
in October. There have been very few
items punch-listed, and all issues to
date have been resolved. It has been a
pleasure working with John Reans and
his crew from UEI. Thank you guys for
your hard work, professionalism, and for
maintaining a serious commitment to
safety.
Randy Winnegar
Dow Chemical, Freeport
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Wayne Cromis (UEI):
I just wanted to pass on what a great job
Mike Gregory and his crew did for us at
a very recent Air Liquide Turn-Around
at our La Porte SMR. From their pre TAR
preparation through the final loop check
everything went as smooth I could have
ask for. Craftsmanship to communication
was excellent from all the hands and
supervisors. Thanks for providing us
with such great people to work with
under what can sometimes be a stressful
working environment. It was my pleasure
& I look forward to working with great
people within UEI again soon.
Kevin Meismer
Air Liquide, La Porte
Tony Lewis (UEI):
Great job by Scott Vestal and his team
with the live migration of the 1702
instruments to date along with all of the
prep work leading up to these migrations.
Keep up the good work and lets complete
this contract safely and move on to the
next. It takes a great amount of planning
and communication to accomplish what
you have done with this migration work
and I do appreciate the effort your team
has put into this work.
Tom Closs
Kelly Services at Dow Chemical, Freeport
Kenny McClellan (ICS):
I just wanted to send an email in reference
to the PSM and 1150 work that was
completed last week. Infinity has been
working with BASF production to make a
schedule that can be used for both teams
to help remove downtime and increase
efficiency. I feel that the effort put in by
Erik Chitwood, Cody Vollbaum, and
Harold (Tiny) Barnes was very beneficial
in getting the plant back up and running
with minimal lost time. The schedule
set by us was very aggressive and had
been reviewed (SMED) several times to
eliminate any waste that we could find.
Cody and Tiny helped us review all tasks
from clearing to start up. Above all, this
work was accomplished without any
safety incidents. Great job by everyone
involved.
Robert Massey
BASF, Freeport
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Letters We Like
Tony Lewis (UEI):
Just wanted to inform you that Jonathan
Baggett has done a great job here during
the Epoxy2 TA. He has helped out when
we needed him, while maintaining a
great attitude.
Michael Gutierrez
Dow Chemical, Freeport
Jim Mobley (ICS):
I want to say thank you to Milton Lopez
for a job well done on the piping in
Utilities last week. It was a very congested
area with additional workers in the same
area for a different project. Despite all
these challenges, Infinity completed the
job on time, and most importantly it was
completed Safely. I appreciate the extra
effort and team work.
Joey Fountain
Bayer MaterialScience, Baytown
James Anderson (UEI):
Albert Garcia and his crew did an
outstanding job on the WK3140 Project
in terms of quality and getting the
project completed in a timely manner
that pleased the block. The project team
is very pleased with their performance
and that all work was executed in a safe
manner.
Jared Jenkins
Kelly Services at Dow Chemical, Freeport
Chris Seymour (ICS):
Thank you to Charlie Ovesny for his work
on PM-3804 CBF Transfer Line Project.
We are impressed with his good quality
and hard work. Unfortunately we had
at least one day rain per a week and lost
almost 10 days for raining in January but
we think this project had good progress.
We appreciate your good work for this
project.
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Shin-Etsu Chemical, Louisiana
Chris Seymour (ICS):
Charlie Ovesny and his crew are doing
a great job out here. We look forward to
doing upcoming projects with Infinity.
Dwain Boullard & James Bullard
Goodyear, Houston
Jim Mobley (ICS):
I have been asked by the Project Manager
to pass on to you our appreciation for a
job well done on the 6” Instrument Air
Header. Our Shift Technical Lead on Days
reported that Milton Lopez had a well
thought out work plan and applied the
right crew mix. This good combination
allowed your crew to finish the job Safely,
and sooner than was anticipated.
Steve Turner
Bayer MaterialScience, Baytown
Chris Seymour (ICS):
I appreciate the job Yancey Marshall and
his crew did and their patience with the
project.
John Taulbee
AAF International, Kentucky