Reflections ... A Wrap on 2025
I pray all of us enjoyed a safe, healthy, blessed holiday season with the family and friends we love.
We are two days into 2026. As we turn the page, it’s good to reflect on 2025. What did we do well? What can we do better? How can we improve? (Think Well-Better-How as our friend Zach Sorenson says.) …
& Celebrate our success. We asked our Operations Leadership to reflect on what we did well in 2025. Below is what they share.
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We delivered. Safely. With quality. At scale. Through discipline, planning, craftsmanship, … and culture.
We executed complex outages and improved our SQDC excellence.
We are building customer trust, strengthening our reputation, and positioning our teams for a strong 2026 and beyond.
There is a lot to be proud of.
Our top wins by division …
Gas Power Highlights
Arkansas: Investigative 7F turbine rebuild during triple-digit heat, earned 4.5/5 customer rating.
Florida & Idaho & Indiana: Three outages with top-tier safety and quality, 3,200+ manhours with no setbacks.
Five-outage campaign (8,338 hours): Upgrades and a synchronous condenser conversion completed safely; a STOP moment prevented future rework.
South Region: 650K+ manhours with zero significant injuries for the first time in company history.
North Region: Surpassed 1 million manhours for the first time in company history.
Trend: Mastered high-complexity outages while raising customer satisfaction.
Canada Highlights
Ontario: Every safe day triggered a donation, $30,000 raised (with matching) and 100% safety and quality.
Frame 5: First MI since install (2021) with zero injuries or quality events.
7FA: Four successful Platinum outages – two HGP+DLN and two MI.
Trend: Delivered safety in a way that benefited outages and entire communities.
Steam Nuclear Highlights
Georgia: 125-person crew, 55,520 manhours, multiple rotor installs and major turbine work, zero significant injuries, high-risk lifts executed flawlessly, hands-on apprentice training.
Pennsylvania: 52,578 manhours, 194 craft, zero injuries or quality issues, three LP major inspections completed on time, strong questioning attitude, and STOP work authority exercised.
Trend: Solved manpower challenges by building the next generation of nuclear craftsmen.
Steam Fossil Highlight
Mississippi: 10-person team, generator and valve major, 4,000 manhours, STOP moment on cribbing led to a safer lift and successful execution.
Trend: Demonstrated that safety leadership isn’t about crew size … it’s about crew mindset.
Steam Boiler Highlights
Ohio: Duct burner, baffle replacement, and tube repairs across two outages, ~10% improvement in hours on the second outage with zero recordable incidents.
Alberta: Economizer changeout with multi-contractor coordination, challenging weld access and critical lifts, 23,761 manhours, zero safety and quality events.
Trend: Proved that fulfillment focus and lessons learned drive consistency and excellence in Safety and Quality … our customer’s words.
Specialty Highlight
Specialty Welding: 19,000 hours supporting significant outages, identified and overcame process and parts issues, customer advanced one outage and specifically requested the same team, then returned to complete the second.
Trend: Culture and commitment exemplify our value to the customer.
Renewables / Aero / O&G Highlights
Aero: 11-month project kicking off in Dec 2024, multiple/varied scope and challenges commissioning LM6000 new installs, customer praise for excellence.
Renewables: Second job at a hydro site, success is leading to expanded opportunities with GEV Hydro in 2026, customer vocalized their strong evaluation of our site leadership.
Trend: Gained customer appreciation and confidence through demonstrated expertise.
What all these wins have in common …
Safety First: STOP moments, disciplined life-saving rules adherence, prevention over pressure.
Core Crews and Expertise: Experience customers can feel and measure.
Planning and Partnership: Weeks and months of prep mean fewer surprises onsite.
Learning Culture: Mentors, lessons learned, and feedback loops.
Impact Beyond Outages: Customer trust, community charity, schedule savings.
Cost competitiveness: Fewer incidents, fewer surprises, and less rework improve productivity and total cost to serve.
We didn’t just have a good year … we showed who we are and expect to be: craftspeople who deliver safely with quality, leaders who protect their teams, partners that our customers can trust, and a culture that is always chasing improvement.
Thank you …
To every APM employee: Your dedication and ethic made this year possible.
To our customers: Thank you for trusting us with your assets that produce power for life.
To our shareholders: These results reflect a business that is performing and improving.
Looking ahead to 2026 …
Keep leading with safety and quality.
Plan the work, work the plan, and capture lessons learned.
Build core crews and apprentices to meet the rising demand.
Eliminate rework and follow standards to sharpen delivery and competitiveness.
This is an exciting time for our business, our industry, and our world. Together let’s deliver!
- Jake