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Waste categorization reclassification – Facility Remediation

A previous owner of the client’s facility had placed a large pile of a process by-product or waste on the property approximately 40 years ago, containing a small amount of material equivalent to Agricultural Lime. Over the period between the 1970s and 2005 different owners of the facility either ignored the presence of the material or promised to clean up …

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Gap analysis and corrective actions – Laboratory testing facility Start-up

SWSI personnel were contracted to help with the startup of a new laboratory in South Eastern US. The facility would include a formulation laboratory to prepare small quantities of materials for testing as possible consumer products and an analytical laboratory to determine the composition of the samples shipped for testing. The laboratory was under construction at the time of contract …

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GIPEX 2018: The Exclusive Convention into Guyana’s Petroleum Sector

SWSI attended GIPEX 2018 to meet key stakeholders associated with this new market including Ministries, Government Organizations, Associations, Industry Experts, private sector. It was an important initiative to promote Guyana’s emerging petroleum industry The event will lay the foundation to establish a dynamic relationship between the Ministry of Natural Resources, Guyana and the Private sector with full co-operation from other …

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Safety Training Norway – Falck Safety / Statoil

SWSI personnel were retained to provide safety training in jurisdictionally specific confined space and fall protection. This project was a joint operation with Falck Canada with almost 200 client personnel from Seadrill and Statoil and was conducted in Stavanger Norway.

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HSEQ Coordinator for Industrial Contractor

A large industrial contractor was awarded a project as general contractor for a project where the owner of the site required very stringent safety criteria with respect to contractors and subcontractors. The scope of the project required numerous sub-trades and resulted in the hiring of eight to ten subcontractors. Virtually all the subcontractors intended to for this project were rejected …

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Interior Column Cleaning of Wind Turbines for SkyPower

SWSI provided work-at-height professionals to complete internal cleaning of residual smoke damage due to an electrical fire, resulting from a suspected arson situation, in a remote wind turbine. Fall Protection plans were developed prior to the start of work and effective fall protection was employed to ensure safety of the crew and timely, safe, productive completion of the project.

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Safety Training to KBAC Joint Venture During Construction of Vale Facility

SWSI personnel had provided assistance with meeting the regulated requirement for workers to be trained in jurisdictionally certified Fall Protection and certified Confined Space programs. These programs provided training to over 6000 personnel at one of North America’s largest industrial construction sites. These training programs were later augmented with additional programs including Aerial Work Platform, Respiratory Protection and Gas Detection.

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Gas Monitoring, Hazard Assessment, Permitting and Response to ABB

SWSI personnel provided an on-site team for confined space entry and standby rescue services during the pre-commissioning of the main transformer substation at a large construction site. Responsibilities included pre-entry & continuous confined space gas testing, set-up and inspection of fall protection/confined space entry/rescue equipment.

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Emergency Response and Safety Systems Support – Suncor FPSO Refit.

During Suncor’s FPSO vessel refit SWSI personnel were required to provide onsite emergency response coverage as a result of work conducted at height and within a confined space. SWSI team members provided around the clock emergency response coverage to the client during the full project of an FPSO vessel refit. Members provided all aspects of the Emergency Response System with …