Feb

21

Premier Helps Television’s “American Chopper” Deliver 811 Safety Message to Call Before You Dig

Damage Prevention / Utility Transmission & Distribution

At Premier, a Willbros Company, we are always supportive of educating the public about utility safety. So when One Call Concepts, Inc. asked for our help in staging a safety segment for the Discovery Channel’s TV show “American Chopper,” we immediately responded.

One Call Concepts (OCC) outsources one-call notification centers across the country. In celebration of its 30 years in business, the company commissioned an elite custom motorcycle by Paul Jr. Designs, one of the featured designers of the hit television program “American Chopper.”Dubbed the 811 Damage Prevention Bike, it will be featured on the program’s Feb. 20 and Feb. 27 episodes. The motorcycle will then tour the country as a public service reminder to Call 811 before you dig and avoid possible utility damage.

The television program features a staged segment when its stars are using excavating equipment to simulate the damage that could happen if a utility line is struck during the process. Premier provided the equipment and its expertise in staging the segment.

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Feb

14

White Paper Available from the PPIM Conference: Pipeline Regulation and Direct Assessment

Pipeline Integrity

Due to an increase in regulations regarding pipeline integrity management of aging infrastructures, it is becoming more apparent that operators must utilize existing databases to identify potential areas of threat at an increased frequency and with additional considerations.

At the 24th International Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Management (PPIM) Conference this week, we teamed up with NiSource Gas Transmission and Storage to provide project histories of GIS as a tool to be used during implementation of direct-assessment programs for pipeline integrity compliance. The audience learned how the GIS system saved considerable time and costs.

A copy of the presentation white paper “Pipeline Regulation and Overview of Direct Assessment” is available for download.

The paper focuses not only on GIS integration of the direct-assessment results, but also provides a real account from NiSource and Willbros Engineering, showing how, at each step of the direct-assessment process, the team worked to determine the best, cost-effective, and compliant approach to each forward step

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Jan

10

Willbros clicks with safety: Click on this video to view our commitment to safety

Safety Performance / Willbros News

Willbros is a company firmly committed to longstanding core values, one of the most important being our persistent commitment to safety. As Willbros president and CEO Randy Harl discusses in this Willbros Safety Vision video, our safety values give guidance as to what “good” looks like in regards to high performance safety across Willbros.

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Dec

13

Helping Operators Meet PHMSA Requirements through Pipeline Data Validation

Pipeline Integrity

One of the biggest challenges faced by pipeline operators is having the manpower to capture all the spatial information required to comply with the rules and regulations set by PHMSA. They must interpret and implement the rules and regulations on a day-to-day basis and do so in an effective and economical way. It can be overwhelming when combined with daily business operations.

Yet its importance cannot be overstated.

Watch Amy Jo McKean, project manager, explain how Willbros provides well-developed audit assistance to interpret regulations and calculate GIS data mining to document and validate both upstream and downstream pipeline. As a full-service one-stop pipeline integrity management provider, Willbros is capable of design, engineering, construction and maintenance.

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Dec

08

Highlights from the GITA Conference: GIS-Based Risk Analysis Offers Key Benefits for Pipeline Operators

Pipeline Integrity / Willbros News

Willbros’ John Beets, Principal GIS Technologist, delivered an insightful presentation in October titled “GIS-Based Risk Analysis: Simplifying the Risk Assessment Process” at the 20th Annual GIS for Oil & Gas Pipelines Conference held in Houston.

The presentation highlighted these key benefits of GIS-based risk assessment:

  • Simplified data access
  • Powerful spatial analysis tools
  • Flexible map presentation tools
  • Flexibility to recognize and adapt to a changing environment

Read more for additional highlights from his presentation.

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