Danos wins multiple contracts with Shell Exploration
Danos has been awarded multiple contracts with Shell Exploration and Production Company to provide integrated operations on its Enchilada platform.
Danos’ production, construction, scaffolding and...
Supreme Court: State wage laws don’t apply to oil platform workers
Workers on offshore oil drilling platforms are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act—not state overtime and wage laws—and are not entitled to be...
Toolbox Talks: Human performance and behavior-based safety—how to spot imposters
This is a complicated and nuanced debate. Over the next few articles, I will try to boil-down to a few key concepts to start...
174 graduating from ABC Pelican Baton Rouge Training Center
Some 174 students will graduate this week from the Pelican Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. Baton Rouge Training Center after completing...
Toolbox Talks: Compliance does not equal safe
As crazy as this picture looks, if we are just focusing on compliance, this guy is in pretty good shape. He has his gloves,...
LOGA, LMOGA launch the Southern Energy Conference
A new oil and gas conference hosted jointly by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association and the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association is...
Louisiana industrial contractors expanding nationwide
Where others see a roadblock, Johnny Holifield sees an opportunity. That’s why his troupe of Southern-born turnaround specialists can be found in some unusual...
Toolbox Talks: The downside of experience
We’ve heard it said a thousand times: “There’s no substitute for experience.”
Wouldn’t it be great if our workforce was comprised of seasoned veterans that...
Toolbox Talks: A human performance post-job review of Memorial Day
Memorial Day is an important holiday in America. It is a day for us to remember those who have fallen in the service of...
Toolbox Talks: What can a cowboy teach you?
If you’ve been around industrial workers for even a short amount of time you’ve likely heard people or groups referred to as “cowboys.”
You’re probably...
