Dow Chemical Awards

Starcon

By Anthony Falcon, Senior HSSE Manager

The Dow Chemical Company - Texas Operations held their 2021 Awards and Recognition Ceremony for Contractor Safety Performance on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at the Dow Academic Center in Freeport, Texas. At this annual event, Dow shows their appreciation to contractors for their hard work and safe performance with a formal ceremony and dinner.

Starcon supervisors John Brooks and Julian Reeves kicked off the evening for the company by receiving the Supervisor Safety Excellence Award. To be considered for this honor, contractor supervisors must be top performers in site safety processes, including iCare observations, near miss reporting, low injury rates, and a low percentage of unacceptable safety observations within their crews.

Later in the evening, Starcon became one of 32 contractors to receive the Safety Sustainability Award. The award recognizes contractors who have worked over 20,000 hours in 2021, were involved in site safety processes, and maintained an injury rate less than that of the overall TXO site. Starcon exceeded the requirements for this honor, having finished 2021 with approximately 90,000 hours.

Starcon was then one of only 12 contractors to earn the Dow Safety Excellence Award. To achieve this, a contractor must be a top performer in site safety processes, have zero recordable injuries, have been on-site for more than one year, and have worked over 50,000 hours.

Five finalists competed for the prestigious Dow Eagle Award to cap off the night. To be considered for the Eagle Award, a contractor must have the following:

• Multiple years of presence on site with sustained safe performance.

• Be a top performer in site safety processes.

• Have zero recordable injuries.

• Be an active member of the Texas Operations Contractor Alliance for Safety (TOCAS).

• Have received both the Safety Sustainability and Safety Excellence Awards.

Though Starcon was not ultimately selected as this year’s Eagle Award winner, achieving these criteria to be in the running is an honor that takes sustained performance and commitment from the entire team.

The Starcon team at Dow TXO in Freeport, Texas, has been on-site since 2014 and has worked over 1.1 million hours without a recordable injury. The team has proven to be a valuable resource for Dow in various sectors including turnaround, construction, capital and maintenance projects.

Starcon Celebrates 20 Years at Marathon Canton

n By Mike Quintus, Senior Project Manager

In 2022, Starcon marked its 20th year on-site at Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s refinery in Canton, Ohio. Starcon got its start at the facility, which was then owned by Marathon Ashland Petroleum, on what was called “the crude blending project” in 2002. The crew of approximately 15 team members played a key role in acquiring the maintenance contract, and many of those team members are still with Starcon today.

Over those 20 years, the team on-site has grown tremendously, performing mechanical, tank, insulation, scaffold, civil, HVAC, and support work like planning and operating in routine maintenance, capital projects, and turnarounds. The Starcon team in Canton is looking forward to another 20 years at the refinery!