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Get the Buzz ... Ed Deitman Wins Safety Professional of the Year and APM Boiler Earns TAUC Thomas J. Reynolds Award

We are excited and proud to share that APM Boiler has been recognized by The Association of Union Constructors (“TAUC”) for their dedication to safety. Edward (“Ed”) Deitman, APM EHS Manager, was crowned the first ever TAUC Safety Professional of the Year (“SPOTY”) and the APM Boiler division was honored with the Thomas J. Reynolds award!

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Get the Buzz... APM Boiler Delivers Dependable Excellence

Our APM teams are the face our customers see every day. APM Boiler has been providing continuous service to East Kentucky Power (EKP) in Kentucky, Xcel Energy in Colorado, and for the Entergy White Bluff, Independence & Nelson (WIN) Pulverizer program in Arkansas and Louisiana for decades. This reliable presence encourages a sense of unity and partnership amongst the APM crews, the GE team, and ultimately our customers.

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Get The Buzz... APM Canada Boiler Delivered Safety and Quality for an Emergent TransAlta Outage

On October 28, 2022, APM Canada Boiler mobilized to support a forced outage for TransAlta in Keephills Alberta, Canada. By demobilization on November 3rd, 653 manhours were completed with 100% safety and quality. The eighteen total craftspeople on site and two superintendents, Matt Johnson and Rob Robertson, executed this outage with tremendous success on short notice during peak season!

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Get The Buzz... APM Steam Fossil Division Demonstrates Safety and Generosity at Entergy Independence

In Newark Arkansas, Steam Fossil mobilized on August 28, 2022 for two LP majors, valves major, and two turbine upgrades. To prepare, there was an onsite pre-outage planning meeting and APM meetings with the GE and the customer. These preparations paid off when Steam Fossil completed the project by December 19, 2022 with zero incidents or injuries!

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Get The Buzz... APM Steam Fossil Shows Resilience and Teamwork for Entergy Little Gypsy Outage

In LaPlace, Louisiana on February 28th, 2022, APM Steam Fossil began the Entergy Little Gypsy Outage. To prepare for the job scope of a High Pressure (HP) major inspection and a boiler feed turbine major inspection, there were pre-job discussions, online training, and several conference calls with superintendents, GE representatives, and craft professionals. By the time the job concluded on July 28th, there was a grand total of 27,100 manhours worked and ZERO safety incidents. Wow!

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Get The Buzz... APM Steam Fossil's Vigilance Ensures Safety and Excellence in Spring Outage

On April 29, 2022, Millwrights were tasked with completing a fine mesh screen change outage. While disassembling one of the MSV bonnets, a millwright apprentice noticed a strange sound in the work area. Using a questioning attitude, the apprentice stopped work and raised the concern with his work partners.

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Get The Buzz... APM Steam Fossil Prioritizes Safety to Deliver Excellence at Gavin Turbine Outage

In March of 2022, APM Steam Fossil arrived at the Gavin Turbine Outage in Chesire, OH. They originally mobilized to perform upgrades on a cross compound LG Alstom re-heat line. However, the scope of the outage grew tremendously with added LPs on the HP Line, Generator Field pull and inspection, and all LPs from an additional unit.

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Get the Buzz ... APM Boiler Delivers a Giant Success for a Large-scale Outage!

We take pride at APM in our ability to deliver safe, productive outages. APM Boiler, in conjunction with GE, did just that this Spring. We were asked to plan and execute a large-scale inspection and repair outage for TransAlta Centralia. This type of outage presented schedule and resource challenges as the scope is not clearly defined prior to the outage.

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APM Achieves TAUC's 2021 Thomas J. Reynolds Safety Awards!

We are incredibly proud to share that multiple APM divisions have been recognized by The Association of Union Constructors (“TAUC”) for their dedication towards safety during the working year of 2020. This year’s achievement leaves a deeper impression due to the elevated challenge in remaining safe and healthy while simultaneously navigating COVID-19 protocols at customer sites.

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APM Boiler U.S. Sets Strategies that Lead to Success

During the Lean Week that occurred globally back in January, teams joined in activities to identify and improve current standard work procedures. APM participated in approximately five kaizens that week to create improvement in efficiency within the standards in place. The teams kept safety at the forefront with every lean initiative they sought while retaining the quality of work performance. To allow for greater productivity and cost savings, team members encouraged each other to think outside of the box.

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APM’s Tri-force Team Fulfills TVA’s Work Scope with Safety and Quality Win

APM Gas, Boiler, and Specialty Services brought full force craft-power to TVA Paradise Combined Cycle Plant back in April. The heavy-hitter APM craft team consisting of Superintendents, Operating Engineers, Boilermakers and Millwrights, knocked out multiple extensive work scopes across three units and a Toshiba steam turbine generator.

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APM Boiler U.S. Delivers Outage with Lean Gains

As a component of the One GE Field Service Solution, APM Boiler U.S., along with FieldCore, executed a highly successful outage for our customer. The anticipated 9-day outage began in late August 2020 and was completed in just seven days. Multiple lean and productivity initiatives were implemented which resulted in shaving two days off schedule and reaching cost-saving wins.

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APM Boiler Canada Displays Perseverance to Deliver on our Promises

APM Boiler shines with fulfillment as we recognize their team who illuminated leadership and excellent work during the 2019 Mackay River Outage. The team’s performance during execution was "best in class”

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