Can apprenticeships and internships refine the workforce pipeline?
Sixteen years ago, Spencer Coxe started as a machinist in ExxonMobil’s apprenticeship program. For four years, Coxe balanced classroom work with on-the-job training. When...
As cost overruns plague Gulf Coast projects, owners look for answers
Anyone in industry will tell you cost overruns are the norm rather than the exception in the dynamic world of refinery and chemical plant...
Insight: Cracking down on misclassification, payroll fraud
The year 2017 presents a rare opportunity for the Fraud Unit of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration and the Office of Unemployment Insurance,...
Mental health programs for employees are becoming commonplace in the industrial workplace
For an industrial contractor like Turner Industries, safety is paramount. But ensuring safety takes more than sound equipment and well-trained workers.
People with mental health...
Insiders identify critical issues for Louisiana industry
To identify and discuss issues they feel will be most impactful, a four-member panel convened last fall at L’Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge during...
Amid intense capital expansion, industry braces for a surge of another kind in 2017—turnarounds
An expected surge in planned maintenance turnarounds across south Louisiana and the Gulf Coast in 2017 could have a minimal impact on manpower needs—or...
Corridor industrial plants faced ‘epic’ challenges after the storm of 2016
It didn’t take long for the record-breaking August deluge of 30-plus inches of rain in and around Baton Rouge—and the flooding that followed—to escalate...
Insight: Tax changes take aim at industry
So I’m a Dow baby. That’s right. Like so many in Louisiana, my dad spent three decades “at the plant,” joining the multinational manufacturer...
SWAT assembles an elite turnaround team and raises the productivity threshold
By 2014, Johnny Holifield and Jimmy Quick had several years of experience under their belts, along with some clearly defined notions about what it...
A lost generation of oil workers leaves few options for next boom
The oil industry is fighting a generation gap.
Already contending with a global price slump, U.S. explorers are also grappling with the demographic hangover of...
