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APM Steam in the South Leads Outage with Safety and Quality Excellence for Our Returning Customer

APM Steam in the South Leads Outage with Safety and Quality Excellence for Our Returning Customer

During the outage that began in September 2020, our APM Steam Team had 11 craftspeople conducting the day shift and 10 working the night shift. Our group of experts maneuvered around many schedule changes while remaining cohesive in communication. Lead by APM Superintendent David Baker Jr., the team utilized tools such as Safety Task Analysis cards, pre-job discussions, and refocus meetings to keep safety at the forefront of all tasks, delivering APM's standard of excellence for our customer.

Communications TeamJanuary 21, 2021Steam, Safety, quality, Excellence, D-6 Steam Turbine MajorComment

Reflections ... Holiday Break

Reflections ... Holiday Break

Hopefully over the holidays you got time to relax, connect with family and friends, and enjoy some holiday traditions. One of our traditions is watching great Christmas movies like It’s A Wonderful Life and Die Hard and The Christmas Story. If you have seen the last one, you know exactly the context of the above exclamation from the hero, Ralphie. When asked by his saint of a mother, “Where did you hear that word?”, Ralphie’s inner voice responds, “Now I had heard that word at least 10 times a day from my old man.”

Communications TeamJanuary 8, 2021Holiday, reflections, leadership, The Practice of LeadershipComment

Reflections ... 2020 Year-end & Thank You

Reflections ... 2020 Year-end & Thank You

As we finish out this year, I wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your dedication and hard work throughout the year.

Communications TeamDecember 22, 2020Thankful, Holidays, Rest, ReflectionsComment

Reflections ... 2020 Closeout

Reflections ... 2020 Closeout

As we close this unprecedented year, we reflect on many things. Together, we have overcome many challenges in 2020, and we should be proud of the effort and results we have delivered. THANK YOU!

Communications TeamDecember 14, 2020Holiday, Reflections, FP&L Upgrade, SuperintendentsComment

APM Restoration Efforts Bring Power Back to Entergy Louisiana Sites Following Major Hurricanes

APM Restoration Efforts Bring Power Back to Entergy Louisiana Sites Following Major Hurricanes

Following the major hurricanes, Laura and Delta, teams were called to repair three Entergy Louisiana sites, and bring power back to communities. GE, FieldCore, and APM reported to the sites to begin storm restoration efforts and get power up and running for our neighbors in Louisiana.

Communications TeamDecember 3, 2020Louisiana, Hurricane, Restoration, Customer WinComment

Reflections ... Turkey Hand + COVID Guidance

Reflections ... Turkey Hand + COVID Guidance

As a team we have adapted and overcome the obstacles of COVID so far. However, COVID does not take a break when we do. I encourage you to enjoy this Thanksgiving, and stay safe in doing so. If you do choose to go out and enjoy the company of others, please protect and respect those around you, both in your Thanksgiving gatherings and when you return to APM. Thus, I have 2 asks of everyone.

Communications TeamNovember 23, 2020Thanksgiving, Turkey Hand, Resilience, CommitmentsComment

Reflections ... Jobsite Visit

Reflections ... Jobsite Visit

Thank You! We continue to perform important work at significant volumes. Yes, we had a rough few days with injuries – not acceptable. Yet we rallied to refocus and keep delivering.

Your good work is noticed. Below are a couple of snapshots from the GE Gas Power Operations Quarterly Update. I always have pride when I see the APM brand being recognized at a high level. We all should be proud of the work we are doing this fall and this year.

Communications TeamNovember 13, 2020GE Gas Power, Recognition, Jobsite, H3Comment

APM Canada Brightens Customer Site with Safety Success

APM Canada Brightens Customer Site with Safety Success

APM Canada completed an installation for our new customer in July 2020. Their commitment to providing a safe outage with quality excellence at the forefront brought shining recognition from our customer.

Communications TeamNovember 12, 2020APM Canada, Alberta, Refinery, Safety, Quality, ExcellenceComment

Reflections ... Safe Lifting, Integrity/EEO, and Lean

Reflections ... Safe Lifting, Integrity/EEO, and Lean

Thank you for your good work during this busy fall outage season, as we continue to have over 2K employees working over 100K hours on over 100 jobsites across North America (and beyond), doing what we do best and what our communities and customers need us to do – keeping power generating equipment running to keep the lights (and heaters) on.

Communications TeamOctober 30, 2020reflections, Safe lifting, Integrity, LeanComment

APM Gas Team in the West Delivers 100% Safety & Quality at Rathdrum Power

APM Gas Team in the West Delivers 100% Safety & Quality at Rathdrum Power

Our APM Gas Team in the west, as an integral part of the One GE Field Service Solution, contributed in delivering fulfillment excellence, exceeding the expectations of our customer. APM, FieldCore, and GE completed the scheduled RIMI (Rotor-In Major Inspection) in less than the expected 28 days. Our craft delivered safety and quality while remaining on time and on budget!

Communications TeamOctober 29, 2020APM Gas, RIMI, Safety, Quality, One GE Field Service SolutionComment

Reflections ... Election Season

Reflections ... Election Season

How meaningful for you is having a workplace culture that expects empathy and respect for all?

I am thankful for each of you, and I am thankful for the collective performance we are delivering in these challenging times. Last week we had over 2900 employees working over 140,000 hours on over 200 sites across North America and beyond, and we are executing that work with minimal disruption despite the COVID challenges. Even more, we continue to see improvement in our culture, in our safety and quality outcomes, in the experiences we are delivering for our employees and customers. We do essential work – we keep the lights on – and we are doing it well. Thank you!

Communications TeamOctober 16, 2020Reflections, Election Season, Empathy, Respect, HonorComment

APM Boiler U.S. Delivers Outage with Lean Gains

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.

Communications TeamOctober 15, 2020APM Boiler, LEAN, Cost-savings, Customer Win, Collaboration, One GE Field Service Solution, Airheater Tubes Comments

Reflections ... Resilience

Reflections ... Resilience

Resilience is the ability to quickly recover from difficulties, it is the ability to get up quickly after you are knocked down, it is being tough throughout hardships. We must be resilient and be able to get up after any difficulties we face.

Communications TeamOctober 3, 2020Resilience, Discipline, Vigiilance, Stand down, ReflectionsComment

APM Steam Services Excels in Safety and Productivity for Our Customer

APM Steam Services Excels in Safety and Productivity for Our Customer

APM Steam Services U.S. successfully completed two outages in sequence and ahead of schedule during the 2020 Spring outage season. Both projects were critical components within a total of five LP steam path replacements listed for the customer.

Communications TeamOctober 1, 2020APM Steam, Safety Success, Productivity, Customer FocusComment

Reflections... CBS

Reflections... CBS

Last October 2019 was a first for APM. We were invited to the table to sit with GE Chairman Larry Culp, alongside GE Gas Power leadership, to present a vision and strategy for renewing the safety culture at GE. To kick off the meeting, I was asked to present the safety moment, which was a highlight of a safety workout in September between GE-FC-APM & Entergy, one of our customers, hosted at the APM LDC.

Communications TeamSeptember 21, 2020Reflections, CBS, Meaningful Conversations, Commitment CurveComment

APM Steam Services Crosses the Atlantic to Deliver Excellence at Cernavoda in Romania

APM Steam Services Crosses the Atlantic to Deliver Excellence at Cernavoda in Romania

Congratulations to APM Steam Services for a successful outage in Romania! APM, as part of the One GE Service solution, was originally scheduled to start preparation and work at Cernavoda in November 2020. Due to time requirements from the site, our crafts experts were needed on the job by June – five months sooner than originally expected.

Communications TeamSeptember 10, 2020APM Steam, Cernovoda, Romania, One GE Service SolutionComment

Reflections ... Labor Day

Reflections ... Labor Day

Today is Labor Day. The U.S. Department of Labor states that Labor Day “constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.” APM especially values …

Communications TeamSeptember 7, 2020labor day, fall 2020, fall focuses, outage preparation, holidayComment

APM South Radiates with Excellence at Florida Power & Light

APM South Radiates with Excellence at Florida Power & Light

Transcending empowerment across our craftspeople to drive leadership at their work site fosters ideas and strengthens paths to execute a procedure or plan. Gabrial Stevenson and Stephen Shook Jr. utilized their empowerment and delivered expertise during a block outage at Florida Power & Light (FP&L) Okeechobee Clean Energy Center in March 2020.

Communications TeamAugust 27, 2020APM South, Excellence, Empowerment, DiscussionsComment

Reflections.... Radical Candor

Reflections.... Radical Candor

What is Radical Candor?

In our recent Q3 Leadership Meeting, our Marc Campo delivered a culture moment on one of our culture pillars, Candor. He leveraged concepts from the book Radical Candor by Kim Scott.

Marc first helped us understand the difference between candor -v- radical candor.

Candor is the quality of being open and honest in expression.

Communications TeamAugust 21, 2020Radical, Candor, HIPComment

Reflections ... FLEET, Relationships, Lean, and Superintendent Franchise

Reflections ... FLEET, Relationships, Lean, and Superintendent Franchise

APM Team,

Our APM Leadership Team held our Q3 Leadership Meeting two weeks ago. We took this opportunity to reflect on our business performance through the spring and early summer. A few highlights: we delivered improved field execution (especially in safety and quality), and we experienced challenges with volume and structure in the current reality (due to COVID and market dynamics within the Coal – Gas – Renewables mix).

Communications TeamAugust 7, 2020Relationships, Lean, Superintendent Franchise Model, Open Forum Session, Fleet RefinementComment