2010 Spring Shutdowns/Turnarounds

Quick Facts

Three of the major oil sands Owners will be conducting significant shutdown/turnaround maintenance at their facilities in Alberta. The main projects (along with other sites) that will be shutdown in the spring of 2010 are:

Shell Scotford Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

Shell Albian Fort McMurray, Alberta

Suncor Fort McMurray, Alberta

Syncrude Fort McMurray, Alberta (shutdown was ahead of schedule, started January 25th due to plant failures)

These shutdowns/turnarounds, are approximately 45 to 55 days duration (include pre and post work). They will commence in mid March and are expected to continue well into early June 2010.

The above-mentioned owners have partnered with our contractors and the key unions of the Alberta Building Trades Council (which includes the Boilermakers) to form an organization called the Alberta Council of Turnaround Industry Maintenance Stakeholders (“ACTIMS”).

ACTIMS main focus is to identify skills shortages and to work with the contractors and the unions to ensure that the turnarounds will be fully staffed with Canadian trades people first and then skilled, qualified workers from outside the country.

All manpower requests for Boilermakers are dispatched through the Edmonton office. Dispatching of these jobs will start 1st week of March.

The following links are information needed to work on these projects:

*Travel cards interested in being dispatched click here to review dispatch protocol

*Non members interested in being dispatched click here to review dispatch protocol

 
 
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