Studon Scoop Summer 2014

Internal magazine | Summer | 2014
the
STudon
Scoop
Feature
victory motorcycle winner
Mike Walker Interview | Pg 6
Find out the latest awards offered
through Studon’s ‘Rev Up Your
Career’ promotion | Pg 8
Bike ride from
Jasper to Banff
STudon Employees bike the
Banff to Jasper Highway
as means of touring
Canada | Pg 12
Ryan Mccullagh:
Electrician
turned safety guy
Learn about Arc Flash Training at STUDON | Pg 21
Coalition
for a Safer
63/881
Studon’s active role in a program that
makes safety and awareness the main
concern for our roads | Pg 2
A word from
the editor
Paul Lesley
Director of Sales & Marketing
Summer after summer we watch on TV, read in the newspaper, and hear on the radio about the
same terrible stories involving vehicle accidents. They are never good because I have never heard
anyone describe an accident as a good accident. They are always bad and sometimes they have
very tragic consequences for our family, our friends or our coworkers. We are told over and over at
the start of every summer that more fatalities occur on Canadian roads during the summer months
than at any other time of year.
O
kay, so summer’s finally here and you’re itching to dip your toe into a swimming pool, go camping, lounge around at
the lake, and let your worries fall by the wayside. But don’t let the long, lazy days of summer cause you to become too
complacent while driving.
My family travels eight hours to a lake in central Saskatchewan every summer and I have made a list with five really basic
driving tips that I review each year to remind myself of the hazards I can expect to encounter on my travels. I hope they
remain on your radar during the summer months ahead.
1Hitting a wild animal
Many more motorized vehicles travel the highways
during summer and seriously increase the risk of hitting
a deer, moose, or other wild animals. It is important to be
aware of your surroundings at all times.
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Fast changing weather
Many accidents are the result of simply failing to adjust
your driving behaviour to the conditions at hand. A
little extra caution is bound to slow you down but being
involved in a crash could end your trip entirely - or worse.
3Snoozing at the wheel
Don’t let the excitement of reaching your cabin tempt
you to drive when you are drowsy. Fatigue is a form of
impairment; so don’t give in to that temptation to push
on. Leave home early and take the time to stop and
rest along your route!
4Share the Road
It is easy to keep an eye on other cars while driving
but bicycles, motorcycles, road construction crews,
and farmers moving their equipment typically become
afterthoughts and tend to appear out of nowhere!
Always be on the lookout for - and yield to - vulnerable
road users.
5Speeding
We have all heard it many times: Speeding is one of
the greatest contributors to accidents at any time of
year. We tend to focus on getting to our destination as
fast as we can rather than getting to our destination
safely. Instead, take your time. A summer trip is
something to savour and, as we all know, winter will
be back soon enough.
Please remember, whether you’re out for a day trip,
travelling to the lake, or on a cross-country holiday
to relax and put safety first when you set out on your
summer travels.
Paul Lesley
Director of Sales & Marketing
Studon Electric & Controls Inc.
Content
Features
victory Motorcycle Winner Mike Walker
6
‘Rev up your Career’ at Studon
8
Bike Ride from Jasper to Banff
12
Regular
Coalition for a Safer 63 / 881
2
Teamwork makes a computer
system switch work at studon
5
Kaley Johnson, Why you can call
her a journeyman electrician
10
studon 2013 purchases Infographic
20
Ryan Mccullagh: Electrician
turned safety guy
21
studon safety poster initiative
25
Electrical Current News
damian zapisocky receives
distinguished service award
4
Scott springinatic’s adventures
as a construction Manager
16
Summer update from
Construction Services
18
contributing writers
jim sutherland
jerry Sutherland
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Summer 2014
Coalition for a Safer
63 / 881
Donald Sutherland
Chief Executive Officer
E
veryone is well aware of how dangerous and
deadly these two roads can be when someone
makes a mistake behind the wheel. We do not
want that kind of tragedy to happen to our people, or
any other driver on these roads, so Studon is eager to
participate in the 63/881 program.
We want every person to be safer on these roads and
Studon will take an active role in any program that
makes safety and awareness the main concern while
travelling on 63 or 881. The grim toll of tragedy along
these routes is too big a price to pay so Studon wants
to be actively involved in the war against bad driving
decisions on 63 and 881.
We all want to get home to our family and friends at
the end of every work day. We do not want to let a
driver mistake take that goal away from us if we can
prevent that mistake before it happens with an effective
awareness and education campaign. Studon is very
proud to be a partner in this campaign.
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It is difficult not to think about Highways 63 and 881 because
they are a vital link to the oil sands development in the
Fort McMurray region and our Studon staff share these
busy roads with thousands of other drivers.
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left to right
Don Sutherland, Damian Zapisocky,
and Andy Metzger
DAMIAN ZAPISOCKY
RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE AWARD
Jim and Jerry Sutherland
Summer 2014
STUDON is proud to announce that Damian Zapisocky was recently awarded a Distinguished
Service Award by the Chartered Accountants of Alberta on June 20, 2014 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Damian is the Executive VP/CFO and he’s been with STUDON since October 2006.
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T
he Distinguished Service Award is awarded to
CA’s or supporters of the CA profession who have
rendered exemplary service in the last three years.
Damian’s list of community service is impressive. He was
elected onto the Westerner Park Board of Directors in
2012. He’s an Advisory Board Member for the Donald
School of Business, an Executive Committee Member
for the Central Alberta CA Club, and was on the Board
of Directors as Vice Chair and Treasurer for United Way
of Central Alberta. Damian was also chair of the ICAA’s
Early Career CA Working Group, and was a member of
the ICAA’s Recognition Committee.
Damian was quick to point out why he is so focused
on community service, “Don Sutherland has been a
tremendous influence because he pointed out how
important community service is and he was right.”
The payback has been very obvious to Damian, “It
doesn’t seem like a lot of work because the last few
years have been so productive.”
Congratulations Damian for making STUDON a strong
community partner!
Damian Zapisocky
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Damian Zapisocky CA, CIA, MBA is STUDON’s
Executive VP & CFO. He was asked to describe
his own experiences within the team concept
at STUDON. He chose to explain how various
departments worked together to implement a
new computer system.
N
ew systems are tricky because they are
complicated and untested. They can cause some
doubt because they replace an existing system
that is very familiar to the users, but Damian explained
the basis for the switch, “The Board of Directors
approved moving ahead with a new ERP in January 2011.
We had outgrown our previous system. Our planned
growth required a system that we could grow into and
that was scalable.”
Damian recalled that the team concept kicked in
immediately, “We had a committee put together to
review and assess various alternatives – included
Finance, IT, SCMS, HR, Operations, Project Controls, etc.”
He emphasized how roles were defined from the outset
to set the plan in motion: “Lori Cherniak, IT Manager was
appointed Project Manager for the Implementation and I
was the Executive Sponsor.”
He explained how the new system was mapped out for
various units within STUDON,
“A tremendous amount of planning and teamwork went
into the implementation and required commitment
primarily from three groups:
IT [Lori Cherniak] (new software, servers, Penta
Support, Training, Database Administration, etc.)
Finance [Craig O’Neill – new in December 2011 – trial
by fire] (re-design of systems and processes, reporting
setup, financial database cleanup, etc.)
SCMS [Don Morrical] (cleanup of Parts and Inventory
database, new purchasing and receiving processes).”
The system was finally in place almost a year later
as Damian recalled, “We went live with our ERP
January 1st, 2012 (Penta).”
Damian was happy to list the positives from the
changeover, “The implementation was on schedule and
on budget thanks to the dedicated individuals that saw
this through. Now we have more complete and accurate
reporting in a much timelier manner (confidence in the
system & numbers). We gained efficiencies through
Onbase, our document management system, which is
integrated with Penta.”
He went on to explain how the key to success was
cooperation between different departments at STUDON:
“These three groups collaborated to ensure that each
group’s needs were met and that bottlenecks were
systematically removed.”
This is a complicated system so it is still a work in
progress, Damian admitted, “As of today, we’re still
working to tweak various processes and create further
efficiencies and have a few initiatives to further
streamline our Accounts Payable process, implement an
electronic LEM within the system, and also implement an
HR Recruitment and Onboarding process.”
Future tweaks in the system will not be a problem
because Damian’s experience is a great example of how
teamwork is clearly a factor on every job at STUDON.
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TEAMWORK
MAKES A
COMPUTER
SYSTEM SWITCH
WORK AT
STUDON
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Left to Right
Damian Zapisocky, Andy Metzger, mike walker,
Louie McCullagh, and Don Sutherland
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Feature
OUR ‘REV UP YOUR CAREER’
VICTORY MOTORCYCLE WINNER IS…
MIKE WALKER!
Jim and Jerry Sutherland
One of the most exciting highlights of the past year was our ‘Rev Up Your Career’
promotion, where we gave away a beautiful 2013 Victory motorcycle to Mike
Walker, a loyal and lucky member of our Studon family. Rumours that HR Director
Louie McCullagh had become very attached to the stylish bike and would ride off into the
sunset on it proved to be unfounded because he did, indeed, hand over the keys to Mike.
Mike said there were four or five father and son teams at
Studon when he started his apprenticeship in 1999. He
was not sure he wanted to become an electrician until he
was about 18 and got a chance to watch his dad work on
a job with other electricians. This experience sold Mike
on his career choice and the rest is history. During his
time at STUDON, Mike has really revved up his career,
even before he won the Victory motorcycle.
Now he has a decision to make about his current
Suzuki Boulevard motorcycle because the new Victory
motorcycle is so much better in all aspects, including
looks. At least we know Mike can handle his new ride and
enjoy the bike to its fullest extent.
Mike labels himself as a big sports guy and has played
Australian Rules football for the past 10 years. It should
be noted Aussie football is one of the toughest team
sports in the world and Mike is a team player on and off
the job.
Congratulations Mike!
Rest assured we are already excited about the holiday
trailer and quad prizes for next year’s ‘Rev Up Your
Career’ contest. Good luck to everyone and remember:
One more year at Studon is one more chance to win.
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M
ike is a second generation electrician who
feels very fortunate that he was able to learn
the trade from his dad and fellow Studon
employee, Rick Walker. In fact the two of them have
worked together on several jobs and Mike has even run
jobs where he has directed his father. Mike said he put
in a request for some “good guys” for a project and
wanted Rick on that list.
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2015 promises to be
TWICE AS MUCH FUN!
Summer 2014
Jim and Jerry Sutherland
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Photo right page: left to right
Mike Holitski, Leanne Colby, Don Morical, Mike Walker, Mel MacKenzie
Don Angelstad, Stuart Carson, Louie McCullagh, and Darren Garbe
Feature
Studon HR Director, Louie McCullagh, is excited
about the newest ‘Rev Up Your Career’ promotion
at Studon because there are now twice as many
reasons to participate in the draw.
T
he next draw will take place in late April or early
May 2015 - just in time for winners to enjoy their
prizes on the May Long weekend. We are giving
away a holiday trailer from Uncle Ben’s and a Polaris
quad from Parkland Sled & ATV.
The big ticket item is the $25,000 holiday trailer but an
$8,000 quad is also a highly desirable award for loyalty.
Louie would like to congratulate long time Studon
employee Mike Walker for his Victory motorcycle win
this past spring and let Studon people know that Mike’s
good fortune will make him ineligible for this draw.
We will have two new winners in the 2015 draw and
one of them might be you!
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Louie prefers to call them awards rather than prizes
because they are reward recognition for employee loyalty
with Studon. Separate draws will be held for the trailer
and quad, so Studon staff will have two chances to win.
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KALEY JOHNSON:
WHY YOU CAN
CALL HER A
JOURNEYMAN
ELECTRICIAN
Some things were tough, but I was not afraid to
ask for help during my apprenticeship and I felt
accepted in the field by the Studon staff. In fact,
I consider Studon people to be like family for me.
Jim and Jerry Sutherland
Q: Are you a journeyman or a journey person?
W
Q: e interviewed Kaley about her life as
an electrician and got some surprising
answers from her.
What made you choose the electrical trade?
Kaley: I was in a ‘Women in Trades’ pre-employment
program where women could sharpen up their
academic skills while gaining a basic look at the
different trades available to us. I had a friend at
Studon who recommended the company as
a potential employer, plus I had a friend in the
electrical trade who suggested a career as an
electrician. In a sense, I was always geared
toward the electrical field.
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What was your first year like in the trade?
Kaley: I was lucky because I started my career with the
Service Department at Studon. I was able to work
one-on-one with a journeyman electrician in many
cases. Also I was lucky enough to work with many
different electricians, so I got a broad base of
mentorship during my early days in the trade.
Kaley Johnson is a great example of women
in the skilled trades and a new world where
opportunity awaits any woman who wants to
choose a career in this field. The demand for good
skilled tradespeople is very high and Kaley has
proven that she can thrive in a trade traditionally
dominated by men in the past.
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Q: Leanne Colby from HR gave a presentation to
our WIT group and later indentured me as an
apprentice at Studon.
The other factor is the money because I have an
independent side and this career gives me an
opportunity to earn a very good wage where I
don’t have to rely on anybody.
Kaley: I like to be called a journeyman. I am a woman
and a human, so why not a journeyman? It’s just a
prefix change in my opinion and I don’t make it a
big deal.
Q: What is your current job at Studon?
Kaley: Right now I am lead hand at Foster Creek.
Q: What is your role as lead hand?
Kaley: I supervise as many as 14 electricians and some of
them are first or second year apprentices who are
eager to learn the trade, so I am called the “Boss
Lady” on the job. I enjoy my opportunity to teach
the trade to apprentices because I was one of them
only six years ago.
Q: How do you like out of town work?
Kaley: Working out of town has advantages for me. I
like the nine-days-on and five-days-off schedule
because it gives me enough days to enjoy leisure
time with my boyfriend. He also works out of town
and has a fairly similar schedule.
Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?
Kaley: Lots of outdoor stuff, things like dirt bikes,
motorcycles and kayaks; I use my free time to
enjoy any or all of the three on my days off.
Q: What does the future hold for women in the
trades?
Kaley: Every year there are more girls in school because
there are so many more opportunities for them in
the trades and I see even more women in the future
because of the demand.
Final Question: Why did you stay at Studon?
Kaley: Because I have never had a reason to leave
Studon. I am part of the family.
Above Right
Kaley Johnson dirt biking with a friend
Summer 2014
Above Left
Kaley Johnson on the job site
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STUDON EMPLOYEES TEAM UP
FOR A JASPER-BANFF BIKE RIDE
Jim and Jerry Sutherland
Daragh Brennan and Deidre Markey had a great idea to see a part of Canada in a very unique way so
they asked five other coworkers to jump on bicycles and hit the Banff-Jasper highway. Albertans are
very familiar with this area but Daragh and Deidre are from Ireland, so this was uncharted territory.
They both wanted to combine adventure with tourism and this excursion was a natural fit.
Daragh explained the trip this way, “We wanted to see
Canada and we wanted to do it a different way. There
were seven of us and we’re all STUDON employees on
the Pembina Resthaven B shift: Daragh Brennan Foreman,
Declan Reilly Lead Hand, Barry Holland Lead Hand, Deirdre
Markey Electrical Journey Person, James Walsh Electrical Journey
Person, Keri Kiley Electrical Apprentice (2nd year), Leslie King
Electrical Apprentice (2nd year).”
He was pragmatic about the wildlife on the trip, “We
didn’t see any grizzlies at the front but the guys at the
back of the line saw at least ten black bears. I think it was
because we were making so much noise at the front.”
Daragh detailed the trip, “We had a number of hurdles to
overcome along the way including bike chain breaking,
wild life activity, bad weather, and someone broke the
windshield wipers off all of our vehicles parked at Hinton
before we began. Highlights of the trip included the
scenery, the achievement of getting to the top of some
of the hills, swimming in glacial lakes and waterfalls.
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Deidre was clear on her motivation for the ride, “We
were sitting in camp and we got together and decided
we’d like to do something that’s a lifetime experience plus
we’d get to see a part of Canada that we’d never see.”
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She was realistic about the training side of the ride, “We
worked out in the gym but as far as bikes go, no we didn’t
train at all. None of us had been on a bike in eight years.”
Deidre was brutally honest about the lack of time on the
bike when she described the first few days, “It was uphill
all the way for four or five hills so it was pretty rough but
we flew downhill, we were going so fast one of the guys
had a problem with his bike.”
This happened in the middle of nowhere but luck was on
their side as Deidre explained, “We may have been stuck
there but two women stopped around 9 PM. They were
on their way to a race in Canmore and they were taking
the long way there. They had all the tools to fix the bike.”
Deidre listed the distances over the duration, “We did
47 km the first day, the next was 55 km then 80 km on the
third, 60 km on the fourth and we finished it on the fifth.”
She admitted that she might not have done it without her
teammates, “It was tough because we didn’t train and
when I felt like I couldn’t do it, my teammates pushed me
to finish the ride. It was great.”
Daragh also stressed the team aspect of this challenge,
“On Friday the 13th (full moon) we attempted a midnight
hike to Glacier Lake at the Saskatchewan Crossing. The
hike was a 12 km hike and en route a girl in the hiking
party, but not with us, fell and dislocated her knee.
We made a splint and carried her three km back to the
roadside where a car took her hospital and carried on
to complete the hike - true story.”
The team started as a team and ended as one, so clearly
a permanent bond was formed. Deidre summed up the
experience with these words, “It was positive, very positive,
it was one of the best things I’ve done in my life.”
Cycling Team on the Job Site
Back row: left to right.
Declan Reilly, Daragh Brennan, Leslie King, Barry Holland
Front row: left to right
James Walsh, Keri Kiley, Deirdre Markey
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Feature continued
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The people
involved in the cycle
Daragh Brennan
Foreman, Canadian resident
Dublin, Ireland
Declan Reilly
Lead Hand
Meath, Ireland
Barry Hollan
Lead Hand
Dublin, Ireland
Deirdre Markey
Electrical Journey Person
James Walsh
Electrical Journey Person
Keri Kiley
Electrical Apprentice (2nd year)
Nova Scotia, canada
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Leslie King
Electrical Apprentice (2nd year)
newfoundland, canada
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SCOTT SPRINGINATIC’S
ADVENTURES AS A
Construction MANAGER
Jim and Jerry Sutherland
A construction manager’s career is not for the faint of heart in
today’s fast-paced world of tight deadlines and extra demands
required to complete an initial bid process. It is a good thing Studon
Construction Manager Scott Springinatic learned about hard work
and tough deadlines a long time ago on his family’s farm because
that experience has come in handy at Studon.
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S
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cott fired up Studon’s participation in the Kinosis
SAGD 1A project for Nexen on February 12, 2014 and
completed the job by the end of June. Experienced
people like Scott learn to expect the unexpected and adapt
to an ever-changing workplace. In Scott’s case, the Kinosis
job started out as a project requiring about 27,000 man
hours but, when the dust settled, the actual number was
closer to 70,000 man hours.
The initial project called for three shifts totalling 90
Studon staff, with 60 staff on site at all times and 30
rotated out on 14/7 shifts. Scott was quickly forced to
adapt to a very tight client schedule and brought in
more people, including 60 sub-contractors out of a peak
workforce of 225 people needed by Studon to complete
the project on time.
Suddenly Scott had three shifts operating 24 hours a
day and seven days a week. He needed to meet tight
deadlines and maintain a high quality standard along the
way. Such is the life of a construction manager in today’s
workplace and it caused some sleepless nights for Scott.
Scott clearly loves the challenges presented by his job as
a construction manager and has now been with Studon
for 13 years. Scott’s reasons to stay with Studon are
pretty straight-forward; “Studon has been very good to
work for and has always kept me busy. Lots of guys jump
from company to company, but not me. We have a great
head office and I am not just a number at Studon.”
Loyalty still means a great deal to the former farm kid
from Saskatchewan.
Photo Right: left to right
Johnny Willis - General Foreman, Scott Springinatic
- Construction Manager and Brandon Hill - Foreman
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Photo Left
Nexen Kinosis 1A construction team
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Summer update from
Construction Services
Rick Dezutter director of construction services
2014 has been another strong year for us and we
are currently planning our fall and winter 2014
project schedule while we have a little time to
breathe during the summer.
Current and Future Projects
We started Enbridge E2H Project in June which should run
until February 2015 with a peak of 30 people on site. IPL
CLX3 RTU Building and Block Valves started in August and
will have about 10-15 members of our Studon team on the
project. Our Phoenix Industrial Edmonton Mod Yard Millar
Western module project also kicked off in August and will
run to November with about 10 Studon workers on site.
F
Things can really begin to heat up for us again in the cooler
irst of all, I want to thank all of the Studon
days of Fall 2014; Studon has several projects pending.
staff who worked on the Polaris PX6 pumping
The list includes a Fort McKay project for Brion Energy
station project for Stantec/IPL which began in
in November that will require about 120 people. Work on
January 2014 and is now completed, except for a few
Cenovus Christina Lake F Phase starts in September and will
clean-up items. Studon’s team was recognized by IPL’s
run until May 2015. We expect to put about 85 workers on
management team for quality work, safety and, their
this job.
ability to complete the job under a tight schedule.
We are very proud of them.
The Cenovus Foster Creek Well Pad starts in September
and runs into December 2014 with about 25 people on the
Our work with Stantec/IPL led to two smaller projects,
project. Enbridge E2H also kicks off in September and will
including the Canexus blend station and ten block valve
require about 15 people on this Hardisty worksite.
stations running between Industrial Heartland and the
Christina Lake area. Both projects are near completion The pending Keyera project in Rimbey starts in September
with some minor cleanup work left in a few locations.
and will need about 35 workers in order to complete it by
March 2015.
Pembina Resthaven is near completion after nine months
and we met both key milestones on the project. The first
In addition, we will send about 35 people in September to
was the Genset building in April and the second was the
the pending Carbonyls Filter & DRU project for Nexen. This
shut-down tie-in for the chilling train in July. Our Studon
job will run until November 2015.
team received many compliments for their planning, safety
and production on this project.
My final project announcement is three compressor and meter
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stations for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Facilities
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MEG Christina Lake peaked last fall at 325 people and now
Construction project that we are now in the process of
has about 42 Studon staff on site. Next year we will see
finalizing a very strong bid package. The job will require about
the number jump back up to over 200 with eight well pads
35 people and we await our impending start date for this job.
and several infill projects on the schedule.
In closing, I would like to sincerely thank everybody at Team
Cenovus Foster Creek F Phase continues to be a busy place
Studon for their vital role in our success. My days in the
for us and we still have 100 people on the project as we
field were very different because the project really did not
move into the commissioning and start-up phase. I would
start until we had boots on the ground. Studon is ready
like to thank F Phase construction manager Derek Chabot
long before we reach the jobsite and our preparation is
for his many years of dedicated service and wish him well as
second to none in the industry. We really are a team, right
he moves over to client side with Cenovus at Christina Lake.
from the office to the field, and I am very glad to be a part
We are going to miss you “No Show”!
of the Studon team.
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Summer 2014
Quick facts: Studon construction services
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALBERTA AND
PROJECTS SASKATCHEWAN
FORT NELSON
FORT MCMURRAY
British
Columbia
CONKLIN
GRAND PRAIRIE
Alberta
BRUDERHEIM
FORT SASKATCHEWAN
EDMONTON
COLD LAKE
ONION LAKE
HARDISTY
BOWDEN
KERROBERT
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RED DEER
Saskatchewan
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NEXEN
DURATION
7 MONTHS
DEVON ENERGY
MEG ENERGY
DURATION
DURATION
12 MONTHS
6 MONTHS
CENOVUS
INTERPIPELINE
DURATION
DURATION
12 MONTHS
5 MONTHS
PEMBINA
PEAK MANPOWER
DURATION
10 MONTHS
FIELD PERSONNEL
ARC Flash and Low Voltage Awareness Training June 24, 2014
- Cenovus Foster Creek
left to right
Jaspal Sohi, Kevin Atkinson, Tony Watmough, Gabriel Howley,
Daryl Dracass, Kenneth Meunier, Stephen Hall, Ryan McCullagh, Dave Smyth,
Michael Cumming, Darren Wolfe, Bruce Whyte, Adam Armstrong
RYAN MCCULLAGH: ELECTRICIAN
TURNED SAFETY GUY
Jim and Jerry Sutherland
R
Ryan is a good fit for the position because he knows
the life of an electrician in the field and has built a
relationship with the Studon tradespeople. He has firsthand knowledge of the hazards faced by the electrical
trades and wanted to ensure the risks to Studon staff
were minimized in the field.
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Ryan McCullagh began his career as an
electrician about 10 years ago and switched
horses to safety four years ago at Studon.
Studon wanted an electrician to bridge the
gap between safety and electrical in the field,
so Ryan applied for the new position.
yan wanted to use his electrical training as a
route to a new challenge and was thrilled when
he learned he won the competition for the safety
position. Ryan has a sense of humour passed down from
his father Louie and was willing to confess that he found
out later he was the only candidate for the job.
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Ryan has become an expert in Arc Flash Hazard, one
of the most dangerous aspects of electrical work. Ryan
teaches a course to all field workers about the risks of
live electricity and includes a round table session where
participants are encouraged to share their experiences.
He also uses a PowerPoint presentation, complete with
graphic illustration of people who suffered serious
physical injuries from a massive electrical arc when they
became human conductivity rods on a job site.
Ryan’s presentation also mixes in science that illustrates
how giant jolts of electricity super-heat metals and cause
explosions with potential shrapnel hazards. He wants his
people to be as safe as possible on a job and encourages
them to report anything that seems even remotely
hazardous on a job site.
Studon is one of the few companies that have an
in-house Arc Flash Hazard program. Most companies
provide the course as an online program or through an
outside safety contractor.
Summer 2014
Ryan believes the live electricity dangers at events like
project start-ups require a powerful education message
and he is proud to make his Arc Flash Hazard course one
of the best in the industry. It is a good thing he also has a
hereditary gift of the gab when he teaches the course.
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Summer 2014
Live demonstration during
Ryan’s Arc Flash & low Voltage
Awareness Course.
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Summer 2014
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Studon Staff at the bLbc
ipl lamont jobsite.
STUDON
SAFETY
POSTER
INITIATIVE
Stuart carson
Director of HSE and quality services
Stuart Carson is the Director of HSE and Quality
Services at STUDON who naturally lives and
breathes safety but he looks at the process
as many parts of a whole. He believes there
“isn’t an off-the-shelf” solution for safety so
he has set up a series of posters to reflect
the personal side of STUDON employees.
S
tuart sees STUDON as a family that keeps growing.
He wants these safety posters to define who
the builders are and why they practice safety on
and off the job. He explained, “They set the culture at
STUDON because they worked safe, built the foundation
of a STUDON family, and now our challenge is to
maintain that family.”
These posters will focus on the “why” side of safety.
Stuart explained, “We’ve gone from a get ‘er done world
to a world where safety is the foundation of a company.”
This personal side is the “why” behind why safety is very
important at STUDON. Stuart wants these posters to focus
on how these foundation builders continue to enjoy life off
the job because they practice safety on and off the job.
Stuart summed it up this way, “These people built the
foundation and we want to keep it going. We need to
show what they built.”
Summer 2014
Stuart wants these posters to reflect the values behind the
employees who laid the foundation so they’ll emphasize
off the job activities over textbook safety practices. The
STUDON founders golf, play hockey, snowmobile, fish,
hunt, work on cars, and spend time with family and friends.
That’s what you’ll see in the posters.
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Contact
“Safe work practices
always come home
with me because all
the people at work and
at home matter to me.
Darcy Jarvis, STUDON - Project supervisor
”
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CONKLIN OFFICE
P.O. Box 111
Conklin, AB T0P 1H0
DARCY JARVIS, STUDON - PROJECT SUPERVISOR
Main Line: 403.203.2218
[email protected]
My biggest reasons to get home tonight are my wife
Laurie, my children Nicole and Chase, along with my
donkeys Abe and Jake. I look for peace and serenity
when I get home to my acreage from a large, busy and
noisy jobsite, but I never leave safety back on the job.
Safe work practices always come home with me because
all the people at work and at home matter to me.”
Toll-Free: 1.800.825.1646
[email protected]
“ I have been in the electrical trade since 1980 and I
have seen safety grow into the most important part of
my job over the years. We talk, live and breathe safety
on the job because we all have good reasons to go
home after a day’s work.