Turnaround and Construction Support Services
At SEQUOIA, we understand plant turnarounds are one of the most anticipated and time sensitive events in a plants cycle. If executed correctly, it can lead to increased facility productivity and output. Turnarounds provide an vital window of opportunity for essential maintenance tasks, and they also allow equipment to safely and efficiently be replaced or serviced. However, turnarounds are also extremely costly events If the right contractors are not selected. SEQUOIA is capable if providing essential services support your turnaround.
Stand by Rescue
Unlike traditional stand-by services, our teams are experts not only in providing a safe, timely rescue response but also in Environmental, Health, and Safety. When not performing high angle or confined space rescue in the field, they are providing OSHA 1910, 1926, and other regulatory training and program management. With 24/7/365 availability, SEQUOIA can provide your facility the rescue expertise along with an industry leading level of EHS support.
Our rescue capabilities consist of:
- Confined Space Rescue
- High-Angle and Horizontal Rescue
- Swift Water Rescue, and Trench and
- Excavation Rescue.
EHS Staffing
We understand turnarounds presents unique inherent hazards. SEQUOIA's environmental, health and safety professionals can support your team during all phases of the TAR process.
Our EHS professionals capabilities consist of:
- Project Planning
- Industrial Hygiene Evaluations and Sampling
- EHS Audits and Inspections
- EHS Training
- Tool box meeting evaluations and facilitation
- Turnaround EHS continuous improvement evaluations
Confined Space Attendants / Hole Watch
If your facility has an established rescue team, our trained and equipped Confined Space Attendants will play a key role in the event of a confined space emergency. The CSA's ensures a safe working environment, conducts non-entry rescues, summons the facility rescue team, among many other critical responsibilities.
Our CSA's capabilities consist of:
- Retrieval equipment set up and inspection.
- Atmospheric monitor calibration, testing, and troubleshooting.
- Two way radios
- Confined Space ventilation planning and install
Permit Writers
We provide our clients with Permit Writers with a background in EHS, for a wide range of industries including chemical, construction, manufacturing, mining, petrochemical, nuclear, and pulp & paper to name a few. We understand that each facility possesses its own unique requirements and our customized integration and training program provides the highest level of professional staff to meet with these demands.
Typical permits include but not limited to:
- LOTO / Hazardous Energy
- Confined Space
- Safe Work
- Hot Work
- Live Electrical
- Excavation
Fire Watch
Continually inspect and evaluate hot work hot work operations and the adjacent area for unsafe conditions. Our Fire Watch
Typical hot work attended:
- Welding
- Cutting
- Grinding
- Heat treating operations
Portable Restrooms
Full service specialty welding and quality inspectors to handle turnarounds and maintenance.
Welding capabilities include:
- Pipe
- Tube
- Vessel internals
- Boilers
- Weld overlay
- Vessel repair
- Corrosion recovery
- GTAW (TIG)
- SMAW (Stick Rod)
- GMAW (Mig)
Workforce Transportation
SEQUOIA's Transportation service delivers higher efficiency and measurable cost savings, while ensuring the safe transport of all workers throughout your turnaround or capital project. Our experienced drivers are fully insured, commercially licensed, and thoroughly vetted and trained. Our commercial fleet is meticulously maintained and ready to shuttle your workforce to and from the worksite.
- Full insurance coverage for every passenger in every seat
- Commercially-licensed, professional drivers, with clear DMV records
- Optimized traffic flows, reduced vehicles & minimized traffic congestion
- Parking lot layout design
- Coordinated early-outs
- Single point of contact for all worker transport logistics
- Coordinated, predictable billing