Refinery & Chemical Plant Turnarounds
NOOTER provides a diversity of turnaround services, from routine maintenance and emergency repairs to major shutdowns and new capital projects.
Refinery & Chemical Plant Turnarounds
With more than a century of experience, NOOTER has the expertise to safely and successfully execute routine maintenance and emergency repairs, critical shutdowns and new capital projects. Our project teams follow a methodical framework to plan, schedule, staff, and execute turnarounds ranging from 10,000 to 500,000 workhours.
Our comprehensive turnaround planning services include:
- General Contracting / Construction Management – full capability to act as a general contractor or manage owner-supplied subcontractors and resources
Constructability Reviews – to reduce turnaround duration, we collaborate with engineering to maximize pre-turnaround construction
Estimating and Scheduling – full capability to estimate and provide detailed sequencing of all work activities
Execution Planning – develop hiring plans and equipment schedules, alleviate stacking of trades, and coordinate with Plant Operations to expedite permitting processes
Logistics Planning – evaluate and develop plans to address support facilities, laydown yards, heavy-haul traffic flow, and material transport
Safety Planning – evaluate and develop ventilation and rescue plans, confined space requirements, hexavalent chromium procedures, and lock-out / tag-out compliance
Quality Planning – identify welding procedures and welder qualifications to ensure that resources are available
Manpower Planning – identify number and type of trades required and facilitate hiring plans with local union halls
