Get the Buzz ... APM Gas Power Achieves Safety Streak and 5 Star Jobs!
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On an outage from September 10th to November 14th, 2024, APM Gas Power achieved 100% safety and quality! They’ve maintained this streak of no recordable injuries or quality issues at this site for the past 3+ years! Incredible!
As a strong foundation for success, there were months of weekly planning calls and coordination between the site team, APM, and GE Vernova leading up to the start of the outage.
Under the leadership of APM Superintendent, Barry Burroughs, a main crew of eight APM craftspeople worked on a Generator Major/Rewind and Hot Gas Path. A nightshift crew of six led by APM Superintendent, Barry Hall, assisted the beginning and end of the job as well. This team was able to achieve the first 5-star rating given out by the customer in a Spring 2024 outage! And then performed another 5-star job in this Fall 2024 outage! Congratulations!
The crew attributes their success in safety, quality, and customer satisfaction to keeping a strong core team for every Spring and Fall outage at this site. Working with the same people built experience and expertise and enhanced trust, communication, and synergy among the team. Having everyone on the crew understand and champion the APM practices and standards was also pivotal to their success.
On theme with the Gas crew’s commitment high performance is their same dedication to continuous learning and growth. This site was a Live Outage for Hot Gas Path, and the team was able to update several Live Outage practices with new best practices learned on this job. Several improvements were accepted and adapted into the Live Outage system, enabling better future outages for the 6FA machine. The team also utilized the Life Saving Rules like Line of Fire and Mechanical Lifting while operating the crane to ensure the safety of everyone on site.
We’d like to recognize the entire crew for your continued hard work and commitment to safe, quality work! Thank you to:
Sam Price
Matt McComas
Juan Perez
Chris Gill
Jordan Merritt
And a special thank you to Andrew Carlisle, a Gas Power SME and Foreman, for your 15 years with the crew and the pivotal guidance you provide to every outage. Kudos to the crew and thank you all for the excellent work!