Starcon Continues Successful Partnership with Dow Texas Operations
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By Ryne Elfstrom
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n 2014, Starcon began building a relationship with Dow Texas Operations to provide turnaround services at their Freeport, Texas site - the largest integrated chemical manufacturing complex in the Western Hemisphere. Over time, Starcon’s success has led to more and more work beyond turnarounds and into capital, measure and sketch, construction, and other divisions within the Dow Chemical Complex. After the successful completion of several projects, Starcon had the opportunity to assemble and grow a core team at Dow’s Freeport facility, comprised of local professionals and Starcon team members from other sites who wished to continue their tenure at the Freeport facility and build upon the region’s success. We are proud of the Freeport team today. We believe they are poised for future success, project after project. With repeated awards of work, such as the annual Picloram Turnaround, the team has clearly demonstrated that Dow can trust Starcon to get the job done safely and efficiently, time and time again. In 2016, Starcon opened a new fabrication shop in Freeport, Texas making them even more versatile as a contractor resource; not only for Dow, but for other clients for whom our team would build. Starcon’s largest project to date at the Freeport site is taking part in the Dow Chemical Mosaic Project, located in Clute, Texas. This is part of Dow’s worldwide effort to double their ethylene production capacity. Starcon was selected as the construction contractor to work under Wood Group. Major scopes of
