XXV Owner and Contractor Magazine 2012

CategoryWinnersAudit Teams and Mentors

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ISSUE 4 SUMMER 2012

Special XXV Safety

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Articles

FEATURES

cATEGORY WINNERS AND AUDIT TEAMS

5 THE SILVERBOWL LINING”HBR and HASC have come together once again to celebrate safety...”

6 THEIR MOMENT IN TIMEThe story of the Houston Business Roundtable Safety Excellence Award

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7 TWENTY FIVEBut Who’s Counting?

12 MENTORS RECOGNITION“Mentors are seasoned professionals at Safety Excellence...”

26 OWNER RECOGNITIONWhere Would We Be Without You?

2 PROGRAM

5 THE SILVERBOWL LINING

6 THEIR MOMENT IN TIME

7 TWENTY FIVE

12 MENTORS RECOGNITION

26 OWNER RECOGNITION

8 HARD CRAFTS

14 SOFT CRAFTS

20 CRANE AND RIGGING

22 TECHNICAL SUPPORT

28 GENERAL CONTRACTOR

PUBLISHER

Stanley [email protected]

EDITOR

Amanda A. [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS

Bennett GhormleyRussell KlinegardnerCami Siewers

PLANNING

Paola CoelloVanessa Marie-Flores

3D GRAPHICS

Adrían GuerraSamantha HernándezJohny Amador

graphic design

Jhosselin MejíaDaniela CastroRigoberto Paredes

video production

Cesar HernándezAllan Sierra

AUDIO PRODUCTION

Juan José MoralesLuis Fernando López

PHOTOGRAPHY

Pedro Gonzalez

APP DEVELOPERS

Johny AmadorJunior GuillénJuan Carlos HernándezAxel TáboraDiana Espinal

Special collaboration

Allan AlcantaraRafael RiveraAlejandra LaínezCharlie Martino

HOW TO REACH US

Xybera Productions1113 Vine Street, Suit 140A 77002 Houston, TX

Phone (832) 868 7673http://xxv.ownerandcontractor.comhttp://www.xybera.com

Owner & Contractor Magazine isa Xybera Productions publication.

All contents © 2012 by Xybera Productions unless otherwise noted on specific articles. All rights reserved.

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5EDITORIAL

The Silverbowl Lining

Every year is different, but this one is special. HBR and HASC have come together once

again to celebrate safety in a way that no one else does, and it has been an honor for Xybera to have produced the event. This is by far the most ambitious Safety Excellence event to date. Here are some interesting facts about the production.

This year’s sports oriented theme takes place inside a futuristic industrial warehouse space featuring a central element (the shirka) that hangs from the center of the room. It resembles a spaceship with four mechanical arms with monitors attached to it. The arms extend as they rotate to display the finalists’ categories.

A floating catwalk leads to the Silverbowl sign under the shirka, connecting the main stage and the data room, which is in the back. Monitor cluster machines hover about the room, ready to reveal the bronze category awards when the virtual camera pans towards them.

The 3D model was custom built in Tegucigalpa, Kiev and Punjab under the supervision of Adrian Guerra whom we share with Dreamworks. The scenes were rendered in Cologne, Germany on a 6000 core supercomputer. It took three

months to model the scenes and over one week to render.

Director Cesar Hernandez captured the chroma key overlays in our Downtown Houston studio, where, for the last four weeks, audit team leaders have been rapping about the audit process in front of green screens.

Audio was recorded digitally in our offshore music studio. The music was arranged, composed and performed by our in-house audio engineer, Majo Morales and his team, who gathered inspiration from various football themed soundtracks.

All the music and sound effects were recorded in Dolby Pro Logic using five audio channels to produce a cinematic experience which

will be reproduced in the venue using strategically placed speakers throughout the room.

The graphic design team, led by XXV veteran Jhosselin Mejia, artfully crafted the beer bottle labels used in the commercials. She’s also responsible for the event web site (http://xxv.ownerandcontractor.

com), the Owner and Contractor magazine and the category videos.

Five Locstatt programmers developed the Silverbowl mobile application which can be viewed from any iPhone or Android device at: http://silverbowl.mobi.

The Silverbowl iPad challenge (http://360.silverbowl.mobi) is a virtual tradeshow with a booth for each of the finalists. It was designed by E-Binder programmer Johny Amador.

Over 30 people were involved in the technical production of this year’s Houston Safety Excellence awards. It is by far the most ambitious Safety Excellence production to date. We just hope you have as much fun watching it as we did producing it. Enjoy.

bY sTANLEY MARRDER

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26 CONTRIBUTOR

it’s not just 15 minutes of fame that you’d see in a media event or for a Hollywood star touting a new movie. It’s even greater than that: their

short-lived fame has lasted for 25 years. That’s right, this year the Houston Business Roundtable Safety Excellence Award Program is celebrating the Silver Anniversary-25 years of saving and preserving the lives of industrial workers.

Even the HBR leaders of the day in 1987 did not envision that the process would last. Regardless, they gave birth to a movement; one that the naysayers said was just a ‘flash in the pan’, something that could not be sustained. Surely there were false starts, mistakes made and with some disappointments, but in retrospect, thousands of workers can thank the forefathers for their diligence, perseverance and vision.

What they didThe HBR leaders wanted to determine which contractor employers were the best of the best. In 1987 many of the Greater Houston construction employers were at or near the BLS national averages for worker injury. For every 100 workers the constructors of that day were having 14.7 recordable injuries. That was 14.7% of the workers! In those days it was pretty much accepted that for construction work, a company was just going to sustain injury.

By seeking the best safety records among Houston area constructors, little did the HBR realize, but they were empowering and equipping contractors to be better than average; to overcome the ‘small’ mentality that workers are just going to be injured. With the zero injury thinking of today, the old mentality seems preposterous. It is our timeIn the 1987 safety award season, one contractor: Win-way, of Freeport came away with the grand award trophy. They accomplished nearly 4 million hours without a lost work day injury. Everybody wondered: “How did they do that”? Over time in the Houston/Gulf Coast area, having zero lost time injuries became common place. The new target was eliminating all recordable injury.

With the advent of the safety awards program, the HBR process of nominating, evaluating and auditing the best category nominees, the foundation of something great was set in place. It wasn’t like a landslide initially because the fledgling process took time and within a few years the process gained national prominence. The grand

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winners in Houston were also winning the National Business Roundtable Safety awards. Ultimately, the Construction Users Roundtable took over the process and still today, Houston safety winners are the nation’s safety winners.

Destiny at our doorstepsIt takes just a little rocket science to figure out that one day the contractors in the chemical and petrochemical manufacturing facilities in the Houston area will be nominated because they reached zero injury on their projects. Then the next major accomplishment is that contractors will reach zero injury for their corporations for a whole year. Then wouldn’t it be expected that a company could go many years with no recordable injuries? After all, the definition of zero injury is not that a company will never have another injury; it’s that a company does not want another injury and will do whatever it takes to prevent the next one. Companies nowadays are going for long periods of time without recordable injury. With zero injury, companies are reaping the rewards of returns on investments in training, efficiency in productivity and greater morale among the workers. Who would have dreamed that safety could be a profit center and that EMR’s could be reduced so low? The answer is, the visionaries of the Houston Business Roundtable.

What changed?In a nutshell, the thing that changed was ‘change’. Corporate mindsets have changed. Since the competition for project work has become so keen, prudent construction executives know that zero injury is the only way to go to be cost effective. No longer can a company have the belief that injury just happens. On the contrary, injury does not happen, it is caused. And the one root cause of injury has been discovered. For the faint of heart and the conspiracy believers, here it is: The root cause of all injury is at-risk behavior. And it is not always on the part of the task worker. Management also makes at-risk decisions and behaviors. When at-risk action is eliminated, so is injury.

It is with the prevention mentality that the awards process has become such a great accomplishment. It has turned an industry thought process to one where most believe that a manufacturing facility and construction employers do not have inherent rights to harm people or to allow harm to come to people. Knowing this, we are becoming the industry that

we were destined to be: one where the hard work of the past is producing the rewards for today. Although workers are enjoying better lives at work and at home, we still have some things to accomplish. When we no longer need the first aid kit, you’ll know we’ve reached the next plateau.

Bennett ghormleyAltair Strickland

The story of the Houston Business Roundtable Safety Excellence Award

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7CONTRIBUTOR

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Houston Business Roundtable Contractor Safety Excellence Awards Program. To be

more accurate, it is the 25th anniversary of a very unique process of recognizing the outstanding efforts of industrial contractor companies that provide services and resources to our many petrochemical, refining and energy production sites in the Greater Houston area. These companies and their owner clients have compiled consistent, impressive performance standards that illustrate our industry’s total commitment to providing the safest and healthiest work environments for all employees.

One important feature that makes this program so unique is the well established partnership between HBR and The Houston Area Safety Council. HBR created the Houston Area Safety Council in the early 90’s. HASC is now the largest safety council in the U.S. and provides over 600,000 units of safety training a year. Most Owners and Contractors use HASC as their primary source of basic safety orientation and for site-specific training. HASC has developed over 1,000 different training modules and testing programs and continues to enhance and add to their curriculum.

For the past four years, HASC has invested heavily in the HBR Contractor Safety Excellence Awards Program by equipping and assigning staff from the Houston Area Safety Council (HASC) to accompany field audit teams to capture video footage of contractors working in the field, as well as

Twenty-Five

(But Who’s Counting?)

interviews with contractor and owner employees. Video clips from these audits are then compiled into an impressive program that has become an integral and very popular feature, as attendees get to view the material during the annual awards banquet. The very special awards banquet program is led by the very capable and talented Amanda A. Allred, Vice President of HASC, who currently serves as the program’s Mistress of Ceremonies.

We are eagerly anticipating this 25th anniversary Contractor Safety Excellence Awards celebration and we congratulate all of the participating contractor companies. We also express our sincere thanks to the many contractor and owner volunteers that have made this program a very unique and successful endeavor over the years, and we look forward to even greater achievements in workplace safety in the years to come.

Wayne OswaldExecutive Director

Houston Business Roundtable

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hard CRAFTS SMALL

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Steve “Stick” Guidry

David Bourdon

Will Wilson

Tracie Motal

Timothy Siemek

Jeremy Williams

Kenneth Allen

Bruce Whatley Cindy Whitman

Koch Speciality Plant Services

McGill Maintenance Mourik LP

Network Cabling Services Tray Tec

Hard Crafts include

mechanical, instrument

and electrical, and

HVAC. In most

cases the craft skills

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crafts” require a greater

degree of formal,

technical training

and apprenticeship to

acquire the required

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completed by hard

crafts in general terms

is directly associated

with the mechanical

workings of a specific

client process.

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Maintenance Enterprises was formed in 1967 as a contractor with general expertise in different aspects of industrial construction and maintenance. As we continue to execute successful projects, our base of experience within the company has grown, as has the diversity of our capabilities.

Nominated By: ExxonMobil

Parfab Industries Inc. is an ASME Code fabrication shop that has been in business since 2001. Our facility offers complete turn-key products in the Oil and Natural Gas Industry. Our experience and attention to detail allows us to consistently supply the petrochemical and energy industry with top of the line production services.We are an independently owned corporation with a highly experienced management team. From project inception to completion, we pride ourselves in maintaining a level of excellence rarely achieved in this industry. Our customers can expect clear and open communication throughout each project, as we stay on budget and on time.

ParFab Industries, Inc. excels in providing their customers with the highest quality ASME code fabrication, state-of-the-art industrial coatings, and expedited delivery at competitive prices.

We foresee our customers goals and strive to efficiently exceed their expectations while maintaining low cost.

Nominated By: BP

Concentrating on the principles of safety, service and pride in a job well done, Wolfenson Electric, began operations in 1959 with only three employees. Today, Wolfenson Electric,

Inc. continues to focus on those principles by employing over 300 individuals dedicated to providing exceptional service to our customers. With over 50 years of experience in industrial electrical contracting, Wolfenson Electric possesses the skills, man power and knowledge to deliver quality work in a time efficient, cost effective and safe manner. With our main office in Houston as well as sites in Texas City, Clute and Beaumont, we have the ability to handle your industrial and commercial electrical projects. Our unyielding commitment to safety and our continuing reputation for superior craftsmanship and customer service have formed the bedrock for our company to build upon and prosper. Contact us to find out more about how Wolfenson Electric can help you.

Nominated By: ChevronPhillips Chemical Co.

Maintenance Enterprises http://www.crownmei.com/

Parfab Field Serviceshttp://www.parfabindustries.com/

Universal Plant Services http://www.universalplant.com

Founded in 1986, Universal Plant Services (UPS) is the leading provider of rotating and reciprocating machinery services in the industry, delivering more than 1.3 million man-hours of service annually. Customers trust UPS with the care of their business critical turbines, pumps, compressors and components because of our commitment to safety, quality, the in-depth knowledge of our expert craftsmen, and innovative solutions to their repair or maintenance needs. Headquartered in Deer Park, Texas, UPS has seven full-service facilities throughout the Gulf Coast and West Coast regions. Family owned, privately held and customer focused, UPS stands ready to assist you – with innovative solutions to your maintenance needs and the personal attention of a trusted business ally. When the success of a project hinges on split second answers, you’re never more than a phone call away from a top UPS decision maker.


Wolfenson Electric http://www.wolfenson.com/

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I tell you what I enjoyed the most was the Owner Representatives coming in and speaking on their behalf. That shows you that those teams have made their relationships and have brought their game.

DEANNA LAMBERTtnt cRANE & rIGGING

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HARD CRAFTS LARGE

HARD CRAFTS LARGEaudit tEAm:

Stephanie Nappier

Kevin Androski

David Coleman

Gilbert Jackson

Joe Vasquez

Gerald Baldwin

Danny Earp

Deanna Lambert

Cathy Biggs

Sergio Garza

Tony Sattler

First Vehicle Services SPX Cooling

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It was a close race. These top two competitors were 0.001 of a point difference between them. Great contenders this year!

Categories

HARD CRAFTS LARGE HARD CRAFTS LARGE FINALISTS

Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries.

Our 162,000 employees create quality products, services and solutions to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings; lead-acid automotive batteries and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles; and interior systems for automobiles.

Our commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat. Through our growth strategies and by increasing market share we are committed to delivering value to shareholders and making our customers successful.

In 2011, Corporate Responsibility Magazine recognized Johnson Controls as the #1 company in its annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list.


JV Industrial Companies (JVIC) is a specialty contracting company that offers the industrial process plant community a variety of services to build, refurbish, expand and manage plant assets. Providing Turnaround, Construction and Fabrication Services, our steadfast focus on safety means a better workforce and better outcomes for our customers.


Team is a world-class service company! We provide an array of specialty services related to the maintenance, inspection and construction of mechanical and piping systems. Our success depends on skilled and committed Team colleagues throughout our organization supported by the industry’s best training, equipment, technology, and technical support. We recognize that our success ultimately is a result of our customers’ trust and confidence, which is earned through continuing outstanding service.

Nominated By: BP

For more than a century, Ohmstede has been one of the most trusted names in American manufacturing. German immigrant August Ohmstede founded the company in 1905 as a small auto repair and job shop in Beaumont, Texas.

Discovery of oil at Spindletop in 1904 placed Beaumont at the epicenter of the East Texas oil boom. Ohmstede quickly adapted by offering metal fabrication services to the fledgling, but rapidly growing, oil industry. The result was the extraordinary expansion of Ohmstede’s business. By the 1940s, Ohmstede was building and repairing shell and tube heat exchangers for the thriving local oil refining industry.

By the mid-1980s, Ohmstede was the market leader for manufacturing shell and tube heat exchangers in the U.S. Throughout the ‘80s, the company continued to grow and expand into multiple locations around the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.

In 2003, Ohmstede made a bold, innovative move, purchasing United Industrial Services, the leader in bundle extraction services for the refining industry, forming the basis of Ohmstede Industrial Services (OIS). We are able to offer a single point of responsibility for heat exchanger maintenance, repair, and manufacturing. OIS has grown to include many related services including bolt torquing, bundle extraction/insertion, and more. Ohmstede expanded to the West Coast with the purchase of Redman Equipment & Manufacturing Co. in 2008.

Today, with more than 1,000 employees working out of eight locations, Ohmstede quickly responds to turnarounds and specialty maintenance, fabrication and repair needs for heat exchangers and other related equipment anywhere in North America.

Nominated By: Pasadena Refining System, BP, and ExxonMobil

Johnson Controlshttp://www.johnsoncontrols.com

JV Industrial Companieshttp://www.jvic.com/

Ohmstede Industrial Servicehttp://www.ohmstede.com/

TEAM Industrial Serviceshttp://www.teamindustrialservices.com/

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Mentor RECOGNITION

It seems only fitting that a SuperBowl themed evening include at least one reference to the great Vince Lombardi.

Lombardi was quoted as saying, “Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to pay the price to win and you have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible. Most important, you must pay the price to stay there.”

So what, exactly, is the price of winning a Houston Safety Excellence Award? It’s pretty steep, I must warn you.

First of all, you must be committed. You have to be in it to win it. Translation: You must prepare. You must be willing to admit that you don’t have all the answers. You must take advantage of the tools provided.

Being named ‘The Best of the Best’ in your category is no simple task. You are competing against the safest contractors in the country and perhaps the world, so how do you get a leg up on the competition? You utilize the services of your mentor.

Mentors are seasoned professionals at Safety Excellence. They are individuals from the previous year’s slate of winners that have been generously donated to assist this year’s contenders.

In February, the mentors conducted a group session to educate and inspire our finalists. Many of these pros were sought out for their individual counsel, often asked to review programs and best practices and provide feedback.

In addition to assisting finalists prepare for their field audits, Safety Excellence awards winners co-captain audit teams and are required to share their best practices in an annual seminar devoted to contractor safety. The winners of the XXV SilverBowl will give away their secrets at the TCC/ACIT Symposium on June 5th at Moody Gardens.

Please join the Houston Area Safety Council and Houston Business Roundtable in thanking our 2012 Mentors for their service and commitment to safety excellence!

Amanda A. Allred, CAEHouston Area Safety COUNCIL

gENERAL CONTRACTOR LARGE

gENERAL CONTRACTOR medium

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SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR

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CRANE AND RIGGING SUPPORT

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audit tEAm:

Bryan Thompson Bennett Ghormley

Jonathan Dyer

Douglas Houston

Daniel Erwin

Luis LealJacob Johanson

Anthony Falcon

Sean Bates

Byron Jackson

Willie WellsCharles Osborne

William Gonzales Kathy Hefele

Phillip Arroyo

Industrial Gunite Munoz Enterprises

The Soft Craft category

includes services such

as scaffold building,

insulation, painting,

hydroblasting, facilities

maintenance, and

emission monitoring.

Soft crafts require

training specific to

the required skill level

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support the exterior

portion of a client’s

process.

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SOFT crafts small finalists

Since its founding in 2000, DBG Services has established itself as a premier facilities maintenance provider. DBG Services was created to address the continual concerns associated with facilities maintenance – multiple contractors, high turnover personnel, poor performance, inconsistent pricing, low morale, and poor safety practices.

In an effort to eliminate these issues, DBG Services provides a quality On-Site service by offering multiple service lines, competent personnel, cross training and rotation of job functions, safety and performance incentives, lump sum consolidated billing, and a continuous improvement process to insure that best practices are being utilized.

These services are supported by our team of certified technical applicators, safety professionals, operations professionals, and staff who provide a quality on-site service in all facets of our business.

Nominated By: Eastman Chemicals

Evergreen offers a comprehensive range of industrial services for oil refineries, petrochemical plants, power generation plants, manufacturing sites, mills and disposal sites. Our highly experienced personnel provide services ranging from tank cleaning, waste transportation, waste treatment, chemical cleaning, hydroblasting, and large project turnarounds. We are setting the standard for safety and reliability in every aspect of our business.

Evergreen is setting the standard for industrial service by delivering the best safety, service and savings to our clients.

Our “high energy” employees are a vital part of our cost-effective line of solutions. They are committed to leading the industry by delivering a comprehensive range of industrial services to meet the various requirements of our customers, all while upholding the highest safety values and implementing continuous improvement processes.

Nominated By: Marathon Petroleum Co., OxyChem, and Eastman Chemicals

The USIS family provides a diverse industrial cleaning service offering across all the Texas and Louisiana gulf coast. Core services include but are not limited to hydroblasting, vacuum services, high temperature catalyst removal, ultra high pressure services, chemical cleaning, tank cleaning, and a patented IRIS cleaning technology. USIS has provided the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast areas “Best in Class” safety and qualilty services. USIS brings to your company the benefits of efficient operations and the resources required to meet all your service requirements.

Nominated By: Shell

From its humble beginning in 1979 to becoming one of the most well respected Multi-Service Specialty Contractors that it is today, Mobley has developed an impressive reputation for Safety, Quality and Cost-Effective methods for getting the job done right, regardless of size or complexity.

We believe in standing behind our work and responding to the customer’s needs. Mobley’s top management is always available to answer any question and explain every aspect of our service, how we intend to implement our recommendations and the affect it will ultimately have on your facility, before costly decisions are made. And as your needs and priorities change, we are flexible enough to change with you.


DBG Serviceshttp://www.dbgservices.com/

Evergreen Industrial http://www.evergreenes.com/

Mobley Industrial Serviceshttp://www.mobleyservices.com/

United States Industrial Serviceshttp://www.usesgroup.com/

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SOFT CRAFTS LARGEaudit tEAm:

Richard Lay

Blackie German

Tommy Reed

Steve Derbyshire

Russell Nolte Kevin Robinson

Tom Faircloth

Performance Contracting

audit tEAM Leader:

We learn so much when we go in to do these audits. It gives us an opportunity to learn what other people are doing.

Richard LayLyondellBasell

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SOFT CRAFTS LARGE SOFT CRAFTS LARGE FINALISTSAquilex Hydrochem

http://www.aquilex.com/Atlantic Industrial

http://www.atlanticscaffolding.com

Brand Energy Solutions http://www.beis.com/

Brock Services LTD.http://www.brockgroup.com/

Aquilex HydroChem is the world leader in industrial cleaning, providing routine, daily and turnaround cleaning and maintenance services, including hydroblasting, vacuuming, and chemical and tank cleaning. Our custom-designed tooling, combined with one of the newest and largest equipment fleets in the industry, enable Aquilex HydroChem to deliver unmatched speed, effectiveness and safety.

Nominated By: The Dow Chemical Company, LyondellBasell, ExxonMobil, and DuPont

Atlantic Scaffolding is a subsidiary of Atlantic Industrial providing scaffolding, insulation and surface protection. Whether the need is maintenance, new construction or turnarounds/ outages, our mission is to provide the safest and most innovative industrial services to refineries, chemical producers, power generation facilities and various other industries. In all operations, we honor our foundation commitments to Safety, Customer Satisfaction, Financial Performance and Personnel Development.

Nominated By: Shell Deer Park

Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services is the leading diversified provider of specialty multi-craft services to the North American downstream energy market. Its extensive portfolio of service offerings includes work access, specialty coatings, abrasive blasting, insulation, refractory, corrosion protection, weatherproofing and other related crafts. While we have one of the most comprehensive safety programs in the industry, we believe that we are more than a company with a great safety program… we are a safe company.

Nominated By: LyondellBasell, Lubrizol, The Dow Chemical Company, and Cajun Contractors

Brock is a specialty contractor headquartered in Houston. Our company has strategic locations throughout North America, South America, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada.

Over the past 60 years, we have moved to the forefront of specialty services, having served a diversified client base of industry leaders in North America and internationally. With over 15,000 employees and a specialized menu of services in the heavy industry marketplace, our focus and strength lie with long-term relationships formed in a work environment that includes maintenance activities, turnarounds, emergency work, capital expansion, and short-term duration projects.

Our business model for success delivers value-added service to our clients by bundling services such as scaffolding, specialized shoring, paint, insulation, fireproofing, lead and asbestos abatement, along with many other specialty services such as implementing management processes, providing an engineering philosophy to work assignments, and measuring and improving performance.

We are one of the largest specialty contractors in the United States.

Nominated By: ChevronPhillips Chemical Co., Eastman Chemicals, Valero Houston Refinery, Petrologistics, NRG, and Intercontinental Terminals Co.

We had some excellent best practices... and the food was great! We absolutely had a great time doing this.

Steve DerbyshireS&B Plant Services

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Codifying OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)

History of VPP:The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational

Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) created Voluntary

Protection Programs (VPP) as an experimental program in 1979. Originating and piloted in California, it quickly became evident that the program was effective and beneficial by improving safety performance. Three short years later in 1982, OSHA formally announced the VPP and approved the first site. The intent of the program was to partner with businesses to manage workers’ safety and health while promoting effective worksite-based safety and health programs. Through the development of this program management, labor and OSHA established a worksite cooperative relationship by implementing comprehensive safety and health management systems. VPP’s value emanated from its emphasis on the continual identification and elimination of hazards beyond what was required by the OSHA’s regulatory standards.

Current programs participating in VPP were challenged to become proactive. Then all of a sudden, OSHA wasn’t the bad guy. In fact, companies were willfully inviting OSHA into their facilities, opening their books and asking for feedback. Processes and programs weren’t implemented and adhered to because it was required; compliance was simply because organizations believed in the program. At this point, VPP had shown evidence of being beneficial. In fact, through time, VPP participants achieved, on average, injury rates 52 percent lower than other companies in their industry.

Growth and Savings:Since the inception of VPP, it has grown to more than 2,500 worksites with an estimated one million employees. Furthermore, 82 percent of VPP worksites have fewer than 500 employees and 44 percent have fewer than 100 employees. The number of sites continues to rise as industries become more involved. The cost of VPP is more than recouped by the savings it generates. VPP costs federal taxpayers an estimated $3.125 million on an annual basis. In 2007, the private sector VPP participants saved more than $300 million by avoiding injuries. That same year the federal agency VPP participants saved the government more than $59 million dollars. As a result of VPP, the Department of Defense has stated that they have estimated savings of $73,000 and $8.8 million per site. Consequently, by worksites and organizations demonstrating the VPP level of commitment, it has allowed OSHA to focus its resources and attention on areas most needed.

Obtaining VPP:To qualify for VPP a facility must have the following four VPP elements:

1.Management Leadership and Employee Involvement2. Worksite Analysis3. Hazard Prevention and Control4. Safety and Health Training

Levels of Recognition:VPP is composed of three different programs:1. STAR- recognizes sites that have distinguished themselves with the highest level of safety and health excellence;2. MERIT- recognizes sites that have good safety and health programs, but must take additional steps to reach STAR quality;3. STAR DEMONSTRATION- recognizes worksites that have STAR quality safety and health programs, but require demonstration and/or testing of experimental approaches that differ from STAR requirements.

Solidifying VPP: Due to the uncertainty of the current and future administrations, action is needed to codify VPP. The VPP has never been authorized in law and was even proposed to be cut from the fiscal year 2011 budget. Although the current administration has not proposed the cut for the fiscal year 2012 budget, the prognosis is unknown and needs to be solidified. House Bill 1511 and Senate Bill S.807 Voluntary Protection Program Act (VPPA) was introduced on April 13, 2011. The bill is cosponsored by Senator Michael B. Enzi (WY) and Representative Thomas E. Petri (WI-6). Other Representatives and Senators

VPP

have showed their support from all over the nation, including House Representative Gene Green (TX-29). Understanding the criticalness of endorsing the VPPA, this legislation would put the program on a more solid foundation and would strengthen the program going forward by allocating the necessary funds to support the program.

Commitment:Recently, various organizations that are members of the Houston Business Roundtable showed their support by advocating on behalf of codifying a successful workplace Safety Program - VPPA. VPPPA National Board Members, Buddy Tucker (The Mundy Company) and Richard McConnell (Austin Industrial) along with HASC Board Member/HBR Safety and Health Committee Member Russell Klinegardner (The Brock Group) and HBR’s former Health and Safety Committee Chairperson and current Committee Member Larry McElroy (The Brock Group), showed their support by advocating codification of VPP House Bill H.R. 1511/Senate Bill S.807.

Benefits and Improvements:Similar to the HBR, VPP has shown to improve safety performance and shares the same principles by demonstrating a safety based worksite. Implementing sound programs and executing a high level of commitment towards a safety culture free of accidents and injuries is what both VPP and HBR share in common. VPP continues to improve participating worksites as they progress through implementing best practices that strive towards an incident-free workplace. A collaborative commitment, working together with organizations like HBR, HASC and VPP, will help us achieve not only a safer workforce, but a better tomorrow.

Russell KlinegardnerThe Brock Group

Russell Klinegardner, The Brock Group, and Congressman Ron Paul - Texas 14th District

Buddy Tucker, The Mundy Company, Richard McConnell,Austin Industrial.

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CRANE AND RIGGING SUPPORT

audit tEAM Leader: audit tEAm:

Roger Bruton Doug Cutsinger

Craig Simmons

James McKenzie

Luis Rodriguez

David Guillory

Buddy Tucker Oron Atkins

Corey Stoeck

Raul Luna

Mike Mathis

Walter Brumley

We’ll be needing two or three NSL (National Safety League) cheerleaders on set in cheerleading uniform at all times tending to our needs while on set. We will be happy to provide transportation for them in the same limo, or helicopter, you provide for us to be transported to the set. So the sooner you get those auditions set up for us to hand pick them, the sooner we can get the ball rolling on our end. We are ourselves excellent judges of good looks and talent as well.Have your people contact our people and we’ll get the ball flying so to speak.

ROCK “CRUSHER” CRATER aka Roger Bruton

LyondellBasell

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CRANE AND RIGGING SUPPORT FINALISTS

Founded in 1984, Bishop Lifting Products, Inc. (BLP) is a leading manufacturer and distributor of services, products and solutions for North American rigging and crane applications as well as applications worldwide.

Combined with our BLP Services and BLP Solutions divisions, our 150+ dedicated employees throughout Texas, Louisiana and the Rocky Mountains help leading companies and select resellers in heavy industries solve their lifting needs worldwide.

Nominated By: BP

Mammoet is a specialist in customer-driven and tailor-made heavy lifting and transport solutions at any onshore or offshore location.The company’s quality is founded on the wealth of technical know-how that it can apply to engineer its projects. Supported by sophisticated and often unique transport and lifting material, the company is able to carry out complicated turnkey engage- ments throughout the world.

Mammoet designs and invents new equipment, based on commercial, customer and market requirements and enriched with new technical functions, methods and standards.Mammoet considers its employees as its main asset; both standard and one-of-a-kind projects are completed with dedication and passion by all concerned.

The aim is to protect the safety of all Mammoet employees, subcontractors and clients. In addition, the program protects the valuable equipment of both Mammoet and its customers and minimizes the permanent impact of heavy lifting and transport activities on the environment.

Nominated By: Valero

For more than 80 years, Turner Bros., LLC has provided turnkey lifting and specialized transportation solutions and services to North America’s energy and industrial sector. We excel in “managing dimensions” by combining skilled personnel with an extensive fleet of specialized equipment to deliver customized solutions to satisfy your specific requirements. We primarily serve the maintenance and routine operating needs of the industrial, wind energy, power and oil and gas energy markets. Our services include crane & rigging, specialized transportation, and heavy haul transport. These services complement one another and are offered separately or on an integrated basis.

Turner Bros. operates from strategic locations throughout the Gulf Coast Energy Corridor. We also have facilities in select geographic areas that provide warehousing and inspection of OCTG and equipment.

Three well established core values, Safety, Innovation and Service, are the foundation of our work to maintain the trust and confidence of our customers. Our industry reputation is vitally important for us to win and retain this trust.

Nominated By: Styrolution America LLC

Bishop Lifting Products http://www.lifting.com/

Mammoetwww.mammoet.com

Turner Bros Crane & Rigging http://www.turnerbros.com

The Crane & Rigging

Category addresses

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transportation, matting,

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audit tEAm:

Technical Support contractors include engineering firms,

contractors that provide field support with industrial monitoring, and turnaround

and project safety and health management. Contractors falling in the Technical Support

categories generally do not have the same level of field

exposure that the other categories may have. They tend to manage projects or processes that support the client. If a contractor

does not fit into one of the other identified categories,

that contractor may be classified as ‘Technical

Support”.

Jay Tracy

Pete Donnelly Vera Ford

Jaime SanchezRamon Mora

Rick Voyles Rick Wright

Larry Miller

Jim StrattonRodney Sartor

Nathan Prilop

Karen Vick

audit tEAM Leader:

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SMALLGolden Specialty Gulf Coast Filters & Supply Holes

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CAN USA is a leading provider of engineering, inspection and maintenance solutions to the energy industry.

With more than eight years of experience, CAN USA has a proven track record in the delivery of innovative and tailored solutions, and continues to exceed client expectations and sustains the safe operation of their assets for future generations.


Scope Management Solutions is a full-service independent integrator focused on materials management for the industrial marketplace. Our scope of products and services include warehouse and materials management, technology solutions, warehouse layout and design consulting and products, inventory auditing and analysis, project materials management, professional staffing, and custom fitted trailer applications.

Our success is built on leadership, integrity, innovation, and the desire to provide the very best integration practices to our customers. We take great pride in the process improvements that make our customers more efficient while reducing costs and optimizing workflow.

At Scope our specialty is managing our customer’s inventory, vendors, and assets allowing the customer to focus on their core business and each vendor on material fulfillment. Our approach is one of tailoring our services to our clients’ needs, rather than trying to adjust our clients to fit our methods.

Nominated By: INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA, Eastman Chemicals, LyondellBasell, and BP

1971- Southern Technical Services was incorporated by Don Setisinger, Perry Hutchins, and Ken Oswald by providing NDT services to The Dow Chemical Company. 1984- Southern Technical Services was purchased by Southern Services, Inc. by Terry Forse. STS had approximately 12 employees operating as crews providing NDT for Dow. 1985- STS won the contract with Monsanto (Solutia) and we currently provide all the nesters for that site. 2003- Southern Services, ESOP purchased 100% of the shares of Southern Services, Inc. establishing the entity as an employee owned business.

Nominated By: The Dow Chemical Company

Can USA, Inc.http://www.can-usa.net/

Scope Management Solutionshttp://www.link2scope.com/

Southern Services http://www.website.com/

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TECHNICAL SUPPORT LARGE

TECHNICAL SUPPORT LARGE


Susan Harms

Jody Bench

Gary Wilson

Jacob Foote

Tod Tracy

Rodney Sartor

Jose Del Angel

Larry McElroy

Jeremy Stafford

Ed Flores

Henry Puckett

Tra Stark

Acuren Hagemeyer Technical Services

I think it is absolutely great that we got that many people involved. Being an auditor you learn, you get to see best practices, and in fact if you have ambitions of your company being in the Gold category at some point in time, you get to pick up on things that can help you get on down the road.

Larry McElroyThe Brock Group

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ENGlobal is an energy engineering and professional services firm, focused on innovative, cost-effective solutions. ENGlobal has grown into a recognized, international corporation by remaining committed to our clients with fresh ideas and professional experience. ENGlobal has expanded into several market sectors, including, but not limited to: petroleum, gas, chemical, power, and petrochemical markets, with projects ranging from single in-plant assignments to large EPCm (Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management) projects. We firmly believe that attention to detail drives the success of our projects, thus driving the success of our clients.


Total Safety U.S., Inc. is the world’s leading global provider of integrated industrial safety services, strategies and equipment necessary to keep your workers, your facility and the environment safe. We not only deliver complete, cost-effective safety service solutions to our customers as promised and without compromise, but we have the resources and the support to back it up.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with more than 70 locations worldwide, Total Safety has the people, programs and processes to deliver the industry’s best industrial safety services and equipment tailored to your specific business needs.

Nominated By: The Dow Chemical Company, LyondellBasell, ConocoPhillips, Agrifos, and Valero Houston Refinery

ENGlobalhttp://www.englobal.com/

Mistras Group http://www.mistrasgroup.com/

SNC Lavalin Engineers and Constructorshttp://www.snclavalin.com/

Total Safetyhttp://www.totalsafety.com/

Our mission is to be the leading “one source” global provider of technology enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure. We will combine our industry-leading and innovative products, systems and software technologies, expertise in mechanical integrity (MI) and nondestructive testing (NDT) services and proprietary data warehousing and expert analysis software to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customized solutions, ranging from routine inspections to complex, plant-wide asset integrity assessments and management. These mission critical solutions enhance our customers’ ability to extend the useful life of their assets, improve availability and productivity, minimize repair costs, comply with governmental safety and environmental regulations, manage risk and avoid catastrophic incidents.

We will accomplish this through the effective use of Ultrasonic, Acoustic Emission, Eddy Current, Thermography, Radiography, Vibration and other advanced proprietary products and systems, technology-enabled inspection and wireless and online monitoring services, and the collective efforts and talents of our scientists, PhD’s, other degreed engineers, highly skilled certified technicians and team members in all of our locations throughout the world focusing on safety, customer satisfaction, innovation and productivity.

Nominated By: Valero Texas City Refinery, ExxonMobil, BP, and Valero Houston Refinery

SNC-Lavalin is one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and related technical services organizations, serving selected industry sectors and geographic markets.

SNC-Lavalin achieves this through the know-how of its people, by contributing to the success of its clients through value-added services and by continuous investment in the improvement of its technical and managerial competence.

SNC-Lavalin is committed to achieving a superior financial return for its shareholders.


It was kind of like herding cats with 15 people, trying to organize 4 audits and not have too many people there or too few. It was quite a logistical challenge, but I got good cooperation from all of the audit team members.

Susan HarmsINEOS

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Where Would We Be Without You?

OWNER RECOGNITION

The Houston Safety Excellence Awards are all about contractor performance, contractor commitment, contractor excellence. But seriously, where would we be without you, the Owners?

First, and perhaps most importantly, without you we wouldn’t have the work. And without the work, we wouldn’t be able to demonstrate to you how safely we can perform it.

But you do more than just provide work and approve contracts... much more. You hold safety meetings with all of your contractors to open the lines of communication. You institute policies and procedures to keep people and the environment safe. You set high standards and expectations, yet you empower us to stop a job if we fear safety is at stake. You encourage us to strive to continuously improve our safe work processes and procedures.

The fact that you also take the time to evaluate our performance and nominate us for the prestigious Houston Safety Excellence Award makes this honor pretty special. Add to that the fact that you allow teams of volunteers to enter your facilities to validate that we are as good as we say we are is really, really special.

So tonight we want to thank the Owners that truly go above and beyond to promote contractor safety on their sites. We thank you for nominating us, for providing audit team members and leaders, for speaking on our behalf during the audit, and yes, for hosting our field audits.

This year we want to especially thank these nine Owners for their steadfast support of HBR goals and initiatives and for their commitment to contractor safety.

Amanda a. allred, caeHouston Area Safety COUNCIL

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general contractor SMALL

general contractor SMALLaudit tEAm:

Kirk Cox

Jennifer Schwaiger

Johnathan Gonzalez Leroy HawkinsGary Buchanan

Matt Hodge Richard MrozinskiBrian Hinnenkamp

Chris SmithWes Perren

Teri Smith David ThompsonJustin Tucker

Wood Group

audit tEAM Leader:

General Contractors conduct various

functions, including general plant

maintenance, and can provide a variety of skills. Construction contractors also conduct general

construction duties that may include civil, iron

work, heavy equipment, etc. Multiple skill

sets and work types provided is the key to classification of this

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Brazos M&E began in 1987 as a continuation on a civil construction and equipment company that had been in existence for over 30 years. Our capabilities expanded to include foundation construction and hazardous waste containment.

The owners take pride in this merit shop company’s ability to meet their goal of providing a varity of services at competive princes and completing each project to custome specifications within the specified time frame.

The professionals at Brazos M&E realize the importance of providing the personal service that you desire --- service that oriented. Brazos M&E is ready to meet your specific civil construction and enviromental construction needs.


ICS is an industrial general mechanical contractor that provides services for maintenance, turnarounds and small capital projects. We average around 300 employees and are approaching our 50th year in business. ICS is focused on partnering with our suppliers to provide a safe, quality service at a competitive price.


With over 45 years experience, Oates has become a leader in contractor services. We strive to provide the best industrial maintenance / construction services available. Originally known as a “roofing contractor”, our service lines have grown to meet our client’s needs. We work in numerous industrial facilities along the upper gulf coast with owners and general contractors alike. Our clients trust us to perform top notch services on time and within budget.


Brazos M&Ehttp://www.brazosm-e.com/

ICS Inc.http://www.ics.ac

Oates Industries, Inc.http://www.oatesinc.com

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GENERAL CONTRACTOR MEDIUM

GENERAL CONTRACTOR MEDIUM


Oron Atkins Ralph RileyEllis Pellerin

Greg Dooley

Nick Noble

Laurie Groth James Mook

Leroy Hawkins Lynn Sweatt Jose Tijerina

Ref-Chem

For me one of the biggest highlights this year was our team. We had some young energy and some veterans on the team. Everybody seemed to know what they were there for.

Oron AtkinsThe Dow Chemical Company

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GENERAL CONTRACTOR MEDIUM FINALISTS

We are a specialty mechanical contracting company. We have been executing turnarounds and providing emergency repair services to the refining, petrochemical, fertilizer, power industries and gas plants for over thirty years. Our record for quality, productivity, on-time/on-budget completion and safety is something that we are very proud of (in a Hydrocarbon Processing magazine survey, we were recognized as one of the best specialty contractors in the world). We try to meet or to exceed that reputation on every project in which we participate.

Nominated By: BP

Our financial stability, broad range of specialized capabilities, commitment to people and Safety, and outstanding performance record make TIC the contractor of choice for heavy industrial construction.

Strong growth through regional and market-based expansions have placed TIC consistently among the very highest of the Top 400 contractors in the United States, in both revenue and new contract awards, as reported by Engineering News-Record (ENR). We are a management-owned, merit shop contractor offering global expertise and with regionally-based offices throughout North America to best serve our clients.•Our projects range in size from small capital work to major EPC projects.•We focus on direct hire construction services for the Power, Mining/Minerals, Oil/Gas/Chemical, Maintenance and General Services, Renewable Energy, Water and Wastewater, Marine, Food and Beverage, Pulp and Paper, and other specialized Markets and Services.•Contracting methods include EPC, design/build, General Contracting and Construction Management.•TIC self-performs all major construction disciplines, including civil, structural steel, mechanical, process piping, electrical, instrumentation and controls.


Altair Strickland Holdings http://www.altairstrickland.com/

STARCON Internationalhttp://www.starconinternational.com/

Tic Energy & Chemicals http://www.ticus.com/

Wyatt Field Service Co, http://www.altairstrickland.com/

A privately held company founded in 1983, STARCON’s corporate office is located in La Porte, Texas with regional offices in Illinois, Louisiana, California and Aruba. Serving clients in the refining, chemical, food processing, metals, paper and power industries, STARCON is a full service mechanical contractor with an uncompromising commitment to safety, quality, training and innovation. With a proven track record of outstanding safety performance, cost control, planning and scheduling, STARCON strives to ensure that each and every project is completed on time, within budget and in a safe, efficient manner.

STARCON provides comprehensive industrial and mechanical contracting services to a wide variety of process industry clients. Services include capital construction, plant maintenance, turnaround execution, project management, specialty welding, insulation and scaffolding.

Nominated By: LyondellBasell

Wyatt Field Service Company is a premier heavy mechanical contractor, serving the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. Founded in 1913, Wyatt has the largest market share of FCC and Coker turnarounds of any contractor in the Gulf.

Wyatt continues to maintain its distinguished reputation and has achieved a leading position as a Heavy Mechanical Contractor serving the Refining and Petro-Chemical Industry.

We conduct our business affairs with the highest integrity while providing unequaled performance in safety, quality and productivity. With more than ninety years experience in field fabrication, maintenance and emergency repair... Wyatt offers exceptional field service capabilities from routine welding repairs to major process unit revamps and turnaround projects that demand a compressed schedule and on-time completion.


I thought the auditing process was wonderful! Everybody was very cooperative. We had no

problems getting into any of the facilities and they did an outstanding job. You could definitely tell that they used their Mentors!.

Laurie GrothPerformance Contractors

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GENERAL CONTRACTOR LARGE

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Austin Industrial Shaw Constructors Mundy Support Services

David Besinaiz

Damian Guillot Russell Klinegardner

Angela Jones Eddie Smalley

Drew Ashcraft

Paul Perkins

David Eng

Dennis HadleyJames Bergeron

I think all 3 teams did an outstanding job when it comes to community involvement. Whether it’s the HBR process or CMEF and NCCER craft skills training. They had a lot of involvement and it’s really great to see that they are out there involved in the community.

James BergeronBP

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GENERAL CONTRACTOR LARGE Finalists

Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services. Building strong, long-term relationships with our clients is the key to our success as a company. For us, safety is more than a policy manual or a training video; it’s how we do business and it’s how we live. Our people are our greatest asset and the basis for our success. We believe that we owe it to our employees to help keep them and their families, communities, our clients and our contractors healthy and happy.

Nominated By: Merichem Company and AkzoNobel

Zachry Holdings, Inc. has more than 85 years of experience in delivering on the engineering, construction and maintenance needs of the world’s most sophisticated customers in the power, refining and process sectors. Our “plan, build, renew” business model means we support our customers throughout the entire life cycle of their industrial facilities and are aligned with their goals of efficient planning, construction and operation. As a privately held company, our strategy is to develop long-term, high-trust, multi-project relationships with our customers based on the delivery of a special business experience. As an employer, we are committed to maintaining the culture of safety, respect and collaboration that enables us to be effective in environments of high complexity and uncertainty.

Nominated By: LyondellBasell-Matagorda, ChevronPhillips Chemical Co., and The Dow Chemical Company

Jacobs Field Service North America http://www.jacobs.com/

KBR http://www.kbr.com/

Zachry Industrial Inc http://www.zhi.com/

KBR is headquartered in Houston, Texas, also known as the energy capital of the world. The Company employs over 35,000 people worldwide in locations that include the U.S., Australia, Africa, the U.K., Asia and the Middle East. KBR delivers a wide range of services through its Downstream; Gas Monetization; Infrastructure and Minerals; International Government, Defense and Support Services; North American Government and Logistics; Oil and Gas; Power and Industrial; Services; Technology; and Ventures business segments, and differentiates itself as a technology-driven engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company. KBR has built a proud history and a leading market position in the government and infrastructure sectors by being a low-cost, high-efficiency and absolutely reliable service provider. Not only is KBR the largest contractor for the United States Army and a top-ten contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense, it is currently the world’s largest defense services provider.

KBR is also an industry leader in transforming hydrocarbon resources into value across all sectors of the energy and chemicals industries. By designing and constructing energy and petrochemical projects that offer the latest and best process and design technologies, we have established a solid position as a partner to oil and gas operators in meeting the ever-increasing demand for energy.

Nominated By: DuPont

When you take a look at these companies and you look at their programs specifically, they do an outstanding job! These are the best of the best!

Russell KlinegardnerThe Brock Group

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Production TeamTonight would not be possible without the tireless commitment of our Production Team! Our band of videographers and makeshift directors really pulled together to capture as many of you on film as humanly possible.

I want to especially thank Pedro Gonzalez of HASC for the glorious footage he captured of our members working in the field and partying in the parking lot.

And OK, so she is a little stalker-esque, but without the bazillion phone calls and e-mails from her, a great many of you would have missed your chance at glory. Please join me in thanking Vanessa Marie-Flores, our own Manager of Multimedia Operations, (aka “NOT Amanda”) for coordinating the video shoots and making you guys loosen up and have fun.

And then there was Cesar. We must “All Hail Cesar”! Cesar Hernandez, of the Xybera Team, has done an extraordinary job making my crazy ideas a reality. Over the past four

Let me count the ways...

How do I love thee?

months I have come to learn that there is absolutely NOTHING this man cannot do - including tolerating me 20+ hours a day! Cesar was responsible for a large portion of the filming, all of the video editing, the lighting, the sound, and communicating to the rest of the international team the overall vision. Don’t take this the wrong way, Cesar, but I love you!!

Graphics TeamHave you ever tried to get 110 people’s photographs and then completely remove the background? Or better yet, tried to find their company logos to add to their photos? I didn’t think so - and I don’t recommend it. And that’s the easy stuff...

Our Graphics Team, led by Jhosselin Mejia of Xybera, has done the impossible this year! We have a beautiful commemorative magazine, an amazing website, 3D metallic logos, and an insane virtual set designed by Adrian Guerra, Samantha Hernandez, and Johny Amador!

Stanley MarrderOh, Stanley. I cannot express my gratitude, my awe, and my exhaustion enough. You are an immensely talented soul that has surrounded himself with even more talent. It is an absolute joy to work with you and your team! I cannot believe I’m saying this, but I’m sorry it is almost over. Until next year???

HASC Humor TeamWhat would I do without you guys? I can assure you that nothing will lift your spirits more than watching footage of the HASC Cheerleaders in action! This pep squad put in countless hours creating custom posters for each of the 36 finalists, not to mention for ‘The Safest Man in the World’ commercial, and those table decorations!

If you watch carefully, you’ll see that all of the extras in the XXV Safest Man in the World commercial are HASC staffers. The talent never ends...

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SilverBowl Actors/ScreenwritersBut let’s face it, the real stars of the show are our members! Characters like Larry McElroy as ‘The Godfather’, Bennett Ghormley as ‘The Safest Man in the World’, Stick and Stump selling infamous ‘Bags of Stuff’, and the rest of our SafetyCenter Cast. And let us not forget Russell Klinegardner of The Brock Group and Ed Harrington with Polk Mechanical for writing the screenplay for our first ever Safety Excellence Awards short story.

Thank you all for playing along with us and making XXV the most memorable awards show of its kind. Especially you, Bill Shaw... Talk about giving it up for the team!

OwnersI would be remiss if I did not give a huge shout out to the Owners that graciously invited me and my camera crews inside for a sneak peek at the contractor world.

Thank you BP, Shell, DuPont, INEOS, and Valero for supporting this awards process and allowing us to film your extraordinary contractors in action.

Finalists and AuditorsAnd last, but not least, are you - our XXV Finalists and Auditors. Thank you for embracing this awards process and this goofy SilverBowl theme. I cannot tell you how much fun I have had watching you set up tailgating booths in the driving rain, performing original cheers and rap songs, and giving me your best end zone celebrations.

But more importantly than all of that, I’d like to thank you for getting it right.

Thank you for making safety your priority.

Thank you for insisting that no one gets hurt on your job sites.

Thank you for taking such good care of me and all of my newfound friends!

Amanda A. Allred, CAEHouston Area Safety COUNCIL

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Humble BeginningsWith more than 1,100 different courses in our curriculum today, it is difficult to imagine a time when the Houston Area Safety Council (HASC) did not exist. After several explosions along the Houston Ship Channel in the late 1980’s, there was a desperate need for a better way to train and educate workers in the petrochemical industry; and thus was born the Houston Area Safety Council.

Created as a 501(c)(3) non-profit association in 1990, HASC was the vision of a small group of owners from the Houston Business Roundtable (HBR). The initial purpose for HASC was to offer one generic, instructor-led safety course, Basic Safety, to educate new workers to the hazards and regulations of the industry. Basic Safety was taught by industry volunteers in the first Houston Area Safety Council location on Center Street in Deer Park, Texas. The efforts were initially focused on the ship channel and assisting owners in direct proximity. The small 800 square-foot facility housed only two employees, including Luis Aguilar, now President & CEO, and serviced four Owner and 70 Contractor companies.

The industry was quickly sold on the HASC safety training process; including more specialized courses in site- and company-specific training. The Houston Area Safety Council’s first site-specific training courses were for ChevronPhillips, Lubrizol and ExxonMobil and in 1994, HASC was swamped with trainees completing over 150,000 units of training. As the training needs increased, so did the need to track and verify data and records. As an objective third-party, HASC was now the solution to cost and time savings for Owners and Contactors.

Somewhere In the MiddleWith Aguilar’s vision and noticeably safer work environments, word quickly spread that the Houston Area Safety Council was the obvious solution to the industry’s safety training needs. Over the next several years, HASC grew beyond the capabilities of the modest Center Street office space. At this point, serving over 100 Owner and 800 Contractor companies, the Houston Area Safety Council was ready to expand to what seemed like a massive 45,000 square feet of training space to serve the industry just a few blocks from Center Street at the corner of Georgia Avenue and West 13th Street.

The demand for training was vastly growing in the direction of computer-based courses to standardize the training process and allow for self-paced progress. The new Deer Park lab housed 140 computers to train 50 site-specific courses and a handful of generic titles.

HASC: Past, Present & Future

A Few Years LaterIn the early 2000’s the Houston Area Safety Council progressed with an updated mission as an innovative leader of building safer workplaces by improving the quality and integrity of the workforce. Expanding the computer lab to 420 workstations assisted with the ever-growing need for training to accommodate the 400 courses then in the HASC curriculum.

Working closely with HBR, the Houston Area Safety Council recognized the need to create value-added services to better accommodate the industry, including substance abuse and background screening consortiums, contractor prequalification and gate entry requirement validation.

At the request of a taskforce of Owner groups, HASC with HBR launched the revolutionary North American Substance Abuse Program (NASAP) in 2004 and later the North American Back Ground Screening Consortium (NABSC) to emphasize the importance of having a safe and substance abuse-free workforce.

Today, as one of the largest substance abuse consortiums in North America, one of the key benefits of NASAP is the delivery of a consistent, comprehensive and standardized testing protocol that is applied uniformly to contractors. By utilizing NASAP, a single database managed by HASC and fed by multiple providers, substance abuse status will follow employees as they change employers and worksites while maintaining the confidentiality of test results.

With the goal to decrease the number of safety and security-related incidents, NABSC was modeled after the widely successful NASAP. The North American Background Screening Consortium facilitates a standardized screening package that will allow entry into multiple owner sites with the use of only one background screen, thus reducing costs for contractor companies. HASC created a software program that will link the background screening providers to provide owner companies the ability to manage site-security access requirements while still maintaining the confidentiality of the

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Soon realizing that both contractor and owner companies needed a simple, concise and cost-effective system for work qualification and document management, HASC partnered with HBR to develop an industry solution in the Contractor Prequalification Database, better known simply as PQF. In an effort to provide the most current technology available, the standardized, web-based form has been updated and revised multiple times since the 2004 launch to better accommodate the industry’s requests and needs.

PQF is used by thousands of Contractor companies throughout the industry to provide a thorough description of their services and qualifications, while at the same time several hundred Owners use this information to determine if contractors meet the requirements for jobs at their sites.

The Growth ContinuesDedicated to producing the most competent workforce in the world, Houston Area Safety

Council was becoming the one-stop shop for safety training and industry solutions. In completing a record-breaking year with over 300,000 units of training in multiple languages in 2005, HASC opened the 10,000 square foot NASA-Annex location to accommodate the extraordinary amount of training needs.

Additionally, HASC members demanded occupational health services including pulmonary function (PFT) and respirator (FIT) testing at both HASC locations, not to mention baseline and annual audiograms for assistance in compliance with the OSHA Occupational Noise Exposure Standard, 1910.95.

Expanding to serve NASA’s Johnson’s Space Center and outside Houston to areas such as El Paso, St. Croix and Trinidad & Tobago and beyond, the Houston Area Safety Council now has many hundreds of computer workstations worldwide. With a continued commitment to the integrity of data, and in an effort to improve the efficiency and reliability of the recordkeeping process, HASC located all of its servers, and therefore all training records and course data, to a secure data center at an off-site location protecting all information from natural and man-made disasters.

Constantly working to meet the needs of the industry and our members, requests for hands-on courses, such as Scaffold Competent Person and scenario-based Supervisor 101 training for new or potential supervisors helped shape our ever-changing library of courses. Now offering over 1,100 different courses and various occupational health services, HASC is currently serving over 360 Owners, 2,000 Contractor Members, and 9,000 Contractor Non-Members annually.

The Future for HASCThe Houston Area Safety Council has moved at a rapid pace for 22 years to create innovative solutions for the petrochemical and space industries, and as history shows, this is only just the beginning.

At the request of members, HASC will be launching a Compliance Management System (CMS) in Fall 2012. This unique program will enhance the value of current HASC services and training data, allowing contract companies to easily manage employee rosters.

Contractor companies will have the ability to customize and set-up unique requirements for each job site and craft level to track compliance. The tool will show 60-day, 30-day and non-compliant windows to accommodate scheduling. The secure and private HASC CMS will link with the Houston Area Safety Council’s database to pull all current training history for employees and will include a myriad of future add-ons, including online registration.

In addition to the new CMS, the Houston Area Safety Council is partnering with Gloucester County

College to launch Food Industry Training. At the request of food companies and manufactures, HASC will soon offer over twenty food safety courses in three languages as part of a Learning Management System (LMS) for companies in the food industry.

To accommodate the unprecedented growth, the Houston Area Safety Council will break ground on phase one of a new campus to better serve industry. The 67,000 square foot multi-building campus will be located at the corner of Center Street and Spencer Highway in Pasadena, Texas - taking HASC back to the same street of inception back in 1990.

The new HASC training facility will have 800 parking spots, house nearly 600 computers in two multi-media labs, and a separate NCCER lab and library for self-paced study of NCCER curriculum. Additionally, members will enjoy seven instructor-led classrooms for additional hands-on training and an auditorium to seat 250 guests in stadium style seating to be used by the industry for meetings and events. The Houston Area Safety Council’s new facility is scheduled for a Summer 2013 grand opening.

For more information on the Houston Area Safety Council, please visit www.hasc.com or call toll-free (877) GET-XNET.

Cami SiewersHOUSTON AREA SAFETY COUNCIL

XXV Owner and Contractor Magazine 2012

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