Posts tagged 2014
APM Fossil North Team Receives Appreciation for Success on a Challenging Outage

When you need your job completed on schedule with precision despite challenges and obstacles, APM delivers. Our APM Fossil North Team recently received recognition from our customer for executing a D11 Major at Calpine Westbrook. A customer representative, Arthur Hamilton, commented, “Please accept my most sincere appreciation for a job well done. We have worked a lot of hours, with our goals met of safety, quality and schedule. You have again exceeded my expectations, and I am proud to have supported such a professional team..."

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GSSI Safety Focus Keeps Jobsite Hazards In Check

When safety is your priority, APM delivers. APM’s affiliate, Global Safety Sources, Inc. (GSSI), guarantees an innovative crew dedicated to ensuring safe job environments for site visitors and workers. One of our GSSI Safety Specialists, Steve Conrad, recently partnered with team members and jobsite personnel to extinguish fall hazards in their work area...

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APM Fossil North Team Receives Appreciation for Commitment to Safety and Quality

When you set priorities for safety and quality on the job, APM delivers. Our APM Fossil North Team recently received appreciation for their successful completion of a job at Dynegy Kendall. Thomas E. Reed, GE Senior Contract Performance Manager, commented, “I want to express my appreciation for the fantastic performance and professionalism of Barry Burroughs and his APM crew during the outages this spring at Dynegy Kendall..."

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Forging Full Speed Ahead After Our Conference in Orlando

This year we return to the edge of our Fall outage season after a great 2014 Superintendent Conference in Orlando, Florida. We had over 400 in attendance, including APM Superintendents, GETSCO Superintendents, GSSI Safety Specialists and APM Corporate management and personnel. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the event to gear up for the upcoming outage seasons...

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APM 7FA.03 Gas Turbine Outage Simulator Event

Top expert teams from craft labor affiliate APM, as well as PGS North America Field Services, PGS Global Services Excellence and Customer Outage Engineering spent a week in Greenville, SC at the new 7FA.03 Gas Turbine Outage Simulator (GTOS) focused on reducing the number of craft labor man hours associated with a 7FA Major Inspection. Prior to working on the GTOS, the teams spent a day in Mooresville, NC (Race City, USA) learning the inner workings of motorsports pit crews and the critical essence of speed and productivity in that industry...

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APM Fossil Proves Their Dedication to Innovation and Simplification Through a Cool Tool Creation

When you want innovative techniques, APM delivers. A member of our APM Fossil West Team, Art Diaz, recently helped to design and implement a tool that produced tremendous cost savings for our customer. During the job, the customer requested replacement of the 3rd stage aft wheel discourager seal...

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GSSI Safety Focus Keeps Safety in Plain Sight

When safety is your priority, APM delivers. APM’s affiliate, Global Safety Sources, Inc. (GSSI), guarantees an innovative crew working to improve safety programs and ensure safe job environments for site visitors and workers. One of our GSSI Safety Specialists, Steve Conrad, recently partnered with GE South Region EHS Manager, Steve Davis, to implement a new program for labeling secondary chemical containers...

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APM is Committed to FME Monitoring and Quality Performance

When you need quality and accountability on your jobsite, APM delivers. Our APM Fossil Team in the West region was recently recognized for their vigilance and dedication to FME (Foreign Material Exclusion) awareness. During a job, two of our APM crew members, Jorge Jimenez and Martin Horenburg, were assisting the Generator Specialist and discovered two pieces of tie wire in the turbine end generator directly under the location where the UT flow scaffolding was tied into the generator axial gussets...

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