Life at 70 Degrees 14 minutes North Latitude Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Summer 2019 — Prudhoe Bay is known as the largest oil field in North America with ~24 billion barrels of recoverable oil present (past and future). When we tell people we work here, most people react...
Over the years, numerous themes have clearly emerged when talking to clients about Structural & Fireproofing programs. This series will cover the top 3 themes. Theme 1: How do I determine the condition our structures are in? What is the risk? Field...
A client contracted Brindley Engineering to provide construction and check-out documents related to a DCS upgrade. With many new homerun cables to be installed, project deliverables included junction box and marshaling wiring diagrams, loop drawings and all related...
By Mark Manalad, Human Resources, Brindley Engineering Clear Communication Skills are Key I was fortunate enough to participate in the Echelon Front Muster 008 leadership training in Denver Colorado – the curriculum was based on the two New York Time’s #1...
By Ronald Accomando, Major Accounts Manager, Brindley Engineering Be Accountable Leadership principles are easy to read about. Executing them is not. This was one of my big takeaways from the recent Echelon Front leadership training that the Brindley Engineering...
Being a Female Engineer in a Male Dominated Industry “You’re smarter than you look.” This was actually said to me at a work function once… According to PESA (Petroleum Equipment and Services Association), men make up 85% of employees in the oil and gas...
Brindley Engineering is often called upon to tackle fast-track (emergency) projects on a moment’s notice. One recent event at a Midwest refinery was to take-over a project that was in jeopardy of not meeting its objectives. The unit shutdown was scheduled to...
By Rick Knoll, Business Operations, Brindley Engineering Body Language and its Essential Role in Effective Communication To the Type A personality, it may be easy to shrug off “body language” as a mere soft skill that falls a distant second to technical prowess. ...
By Eduardo Jimenez, Reliability Engineer, Brindley Engineering During the Echelon Front leadership training, I wrote down many concepts and took in ideas from the program that resonated with me personally. As the conference went on, I began to understand that one...
Brindley was called upon to assist a refinery on the Gulf Coast to develop and implement a risk-weighted, statistically driven, structural & fireproofing program to replace the existing inspection process. The facility was comprised of over nearly two dozen...
BE has conducted numerous API 2218 assessments for Oil & Gas, Chemical, Petrochemical, and other industrial markets to help clients determine where fireproofing is and is not needed to ensure their facilities are protected in the event of a fire and to minimize...
Guy wires are used extensively as an economical method to provide lateral load resistance to tall and slender structures such as flare stacks, cell phone towers, radio transmission towers, and other similar structures. Loss of tension in the wires, damage to the...