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Sable energy project off coast of Nova Scotia to undergo maintenance
Andre Voshart | October 06, 2011
The Sable Offshore Energy Project off the coast of Nova Scotia will undergo planned maintenance starting Oct. 5, according to a Reuters news report, decreasing production from the natural gas...
Read moreHowell Pipe & Supply opens new branch in London, Ont.
Andre Voshart | September 06, 2011
Howell Pipe & Supply has expanded and has opened a new branch in London, Ont. This new branch will allow Howell to more efficiently service their customers in the Southwestern...
Read moreBruce Power plans nuclear-reactor maintenance shutdown
Andre Voshart | August 18, 2011
Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd. has been awarded a contract worth approximately $40 million from Bruce Power to perform fuel channel maintenance on its Unit 3 nuclear reactor during a...
Read moreOops: Wires severed during sewer maintenance in Ottawa
Andre Voshart | August 08, 2011
Hydro Ottawa appealed to its customers in the Carling Avenue, Carlington Park and Hampton Park areas to reduce their electricity consumption late last week. Crews continue to make repairs to underground...
Read moreNexen oil output dips slightly due to maintenance outages
Andre Voshart | March 20, 2011
Nexen Inc. announced that for the month of February 2011, production from its Long Lake project averaged approximately 23,100 bbls/d gross (15,000 bbls/d net to Nexen). January production averaged 27,000...
Read moreigus offers free plant shutdown inspections this summer
Andre Voshart | June 18, 2010
igus has announced that its engineers are once again available to examine cable carriers and continuous-flex cables free of charge during plant shutdowns this summer. Those involved with maintenance or production...
Read moreShutdowns - Turnarounds - Outages Conference dates announced
Rob Colman | January 11, 2010
Is your company running the most productive and reliable shutdown it can? If you answered no, then save the date for STO 2010, North America's leading conference dedicated to the full...
Read moreModicon Advance Program helps out Alcan facility
| December 17, 2008
TORONTO-Schneider Electric says Alcan's Grande Baie, QC, primary aluminum production facility recently migrated from the Modicon 800 series to Quantum PLCs, through its Modicon Advance Program (MAP). Designed to support...
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Into the Groove: Grooved mechanical piping systems improve turnaround time
Andre Voshart | August 25, 2010
The single biggest burden plant owners face in terms of maintenance is plant shutdowns. When operations fully stop at a site, the plant isn’t profitable. The longer the shutdown, the...
Read moreHydro staff power up when equipment goes down
Andre Voshart | June 17, 2010
Taltson Hydro is back in service. Located 64 kilometers north of Fort Smith on the Taltson River in the Northwest Territories, the 18-MW plant with the Northwest Territories Power Corp....
Read moreLean Shutdowns: Cut waste wisely from your outages
Andre Voshart | March 16, 2010
For companies that run continuously, shutdowns and outages consume a lion’s share of maintenance and capital budgets. By its very nature, the shutdown is “fat.” The reason for this is...
Read moreShutdowns happen every day
Rob Colman | October 09, 2009
For some companies and their maintenance departments, implementing best practices is more about the journey rather than the destination itself. With many years of experience, James V. Reyes-Picknell will help...
Read moreSmart Shutdowns: Strive to improve your next turnaround
Rob Colman | October 09, 2009
Historically, maintenance texts have defined a shutdown as "an unplanned equipment failure event that causes an operational production line, process, area or section of a plant to be temporarily turned...
Read moreIn This Corner: Revenue versus expense in STO battle
Rob Colman | October 09, 2009
Properly balancing shutdown, turnaround and outage (STO) strategies requires a company to have a complete view of its entire asset base. This means being able to balance the demands for...
Read moreMaking your final report on the shutdown
Administrator | December 14, 2001
The end of a shutdown or project is often accompanied by a sense of relief and disengagement. The project end should also mark a time for reflection and constructive criticism...
Read moreManaging the execution of the shutdown
Administrator | December 14, 2001
The execution phase of the project or shutdown is, of course, the most important phase. If the plan was laid out well, all the allocated resources will be pulled together...
Read moreOccupational health and safety considerations during shutdowns
Administrator | December 14, 2001
Scheduled plant shutdowns have very specific goals and targets for safety, quality, schedule, and cost. Safety performance is typically measured by the number of injury incidents (fatality + lost time...
Read moreAn examination of risk management in plant shutdowns
Administrator | December 14, 2001
All projects include some element of risk. It's natural to be optimistic that you will overcome any unplanned event during the execution of a project. It's also normal to be...
Read moreNavigating the shutdown approval process
Administrator | December 14, 2001
A shutdown is often described as "an orchestrated logistical exercise in which workers perform their assigned duties around the clock so as to meet a predetermined start-up deadline". The logistics...
Read moreShutdown Work: What's needed, why and when?
Administrator | December 14, 2001
Major cost items come in three flavours — capital investments, catastrophic failures and deliberate plant shutdowns. The first is subject to intense scrutiny/justification and, with the exception of the patchy...
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Glen Murray, Ontario's Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, was at the FLO Components Ltd. Mississauga head office on Jan. 30 to launch the 2012 annual Minister's Awards for Apprenticeship Training. This award celebrates employers that show leadership in training apprentices and promote careers in skilled trades. - Fabtech Canada 2012 (March 20.03)
- 6th Annual Canadian Network of Asset Managers Workshop (May 06.05)
- Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show (May 14.05)
- PTDA Canadian Conference (June 07.06)
