Half a century ago, President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation with the following admonishment: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a [...]
At Onpoint we’re sticklers for safety. On top of the human cost of accidents and injuries, the profits lost from small safety mistakes can be huge. So how do you ensure the safety of your [...]
The new era of supersized turnarounds brings with it new complexities and liabilities as plant facilities accommodate a headcount well beyond normal capacity. Despite this dramatic growth, many contractors still handle the responsibility of transporting [...]
Plant turnarounds demand huge manpower from internal and external sources on a temporary basis. A ramped-up workforce is essential to successfully perform the extensive work to be carried out in a compressed time frame. This [...]
At Onpoint, we know the importance of hiring the right people. Successful project outcomes are determined by the teams responsible for executing the work, and mistakenly hiring unqualified or inexperienced personnel is not a risk [...]
Taking a bird’s-eye view of the macroeconomic environment, we’ve seen mass consolidation through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across a variety of industries. For those of us who occupy space in the refining, petrochemical and plant-based [...]
