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  1. BHI Energy

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    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    BHI Energy is a leading provider of project management and staffing solutions to the power generation industry. We have more than 30 years of experience providing professional and technical engineering

  2. New software tools tackle risks from automation changes

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    Sat, 1 Oct 2011

    it seems excessive and is overlooked. This is particularly true in the power industry, where plant engineer and technician staffing levels have been reduced by 50–70 per cent while management's expectations for safe and reliable generation remain unchanged

  1. Back-up power for renewables: Rentals versus purchases

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    Sun, 1 May 2011

    However, these skilled people are hard to find and even harder to hire if the power plant is in a remote location. This staffing problem is solved with a power rentals company that supplies operations and maintenance services for the duration of the hire

  2. Delivering desalinated water to the UAE

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    Sun, 1 Mar 2009

    to be completed for all three plants by fourth quarter 2009. “We were able to successfully deliver these EPC projects by staffing lean, skilled, and efficient delivery teams at each site during final installation and commissioning works, and maintaining

  3. Weathering the perfect storm

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    Mon, 1 Dec 2008

    Utility executives also depend on technology-based BPM to improve processes for managing assets. This allows them to reduce staffing levels without affecting worker safety, system reliability or customer satisfaction. These processes, when standardized

  4. Independent Power & Water Plants: Serving up success

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    Thu, 1 Mar 2007

    HPC was making a profit. Hadfield said: “We reduced staffing levels by 70 per cent, from 155 to below 100. We did that ..... reducing the costs of operating the plant.” Driving down staffing and other operating costs has been key to the success of Al

  5. Top tips for specifying a combined heat and power system

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    Mon, 1 Oct 2007

    contract Do this at the same time as the installation. This will guarantee the system’s performance, reduce risk and staffing costs, and can remove the need to budget for servicing, maintenance and overhauls. Such contracts can be rolled up into

  6. Operation & Maintenance: Transforming plant asset management

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    Sun, 1 Apr 2007

    South Island. Meridian’s entire plant is now remotely managed from a single location, a solution that partially addressed staffing and accessibility issues, but has raised new challenges. A consequence of moving staff away from generation sites and into

  7. Making the most of what you’ve got

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    Wed, 1 Jun 2005

    technical competence to provide the efficiencies required, plus the numbers of staff employed must be economically viable. The staffing problems caused by operational fluctuations can be affected by many factors such as new technologies being introduced by equipment

  8. Online Training: Learning through the Web

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    Tue, 1 May 2007

    development plan for the role of production coordinator. Since classroom training was becoming more challenging to conduct due to staffing levels and scheduling issues, John investigated the potential benefits associated with web-based training (WBT) to help