Annual report 2008 - Aker Solutions
Annual report 2008 - Aker Solutions
Annual report 2008 - Aker Solutions
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Our business<br />
Health, safety and environment<br />
Just Care awards<br />
To recognise outstanding achievements within HSE and to reinforce the<br />
behaviours that led to them, every year our President &CEO presents<br />
four Just Care awards: the President’s HSE award for the best overall<br />
HSE achievement, and one award each for achievements in health, safety<br />
and the environment.<br />
President’s HSE award<br />
The Kashagan epF project received the President’s HSE award for their fabrication and<br />
assembly of seven process and utility modules, spanning over 12 million worked hours<br />
with 35 nationalities at locations in Norway, Poland, Romania and Russia. Through<br />
extensive efforts in training, communication and management visibility, coupled with the<br />
right performance incentives, the project successfully exported <strong>Aker</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong>’ HSE<br />
mindset and standards to sites that historically had aless mature HSE culture, achieving<br />
zero serious injuries over the project’s five years and leaving apositive legacy at all<br />
subcontractor sites.<br />
Health award<br />
<strong>Aker</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong> in Verdal, Norway received<br />
the Health award for their ’Multivago’<br />
welding automation. Developed by welders<br />
in Verdal, the Multivago system enables<br />
the automated welding of long and large<br />
tubular weld seams, avoiding static<br />
and unfavourable welding positions while<br />
achieving increased efficiency and reduced<br />
health risks. Multivago was initiated for the<br />
production of a series of tripod wind<br />
turbine foundations, and has now been<br />
shared and is in use on other projects.<br />
Safety award<br />
Our drilling equipment business received<br />
the Safety award for their drilling equipment<br />
simulator. The simulator has been<br />
developed by First Interactive AS (60 percent<br />
owned by <strong>Aker</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong>) and the<br />
safety training is organised and facilitated<br />
by our drilling equipment unit. The training<br />
enables safe and cost efficient training<br />
of drilling crews, improved safety for<br />
operators on the historically dangerous<br />
drill floor and, ultimately, improved and<br />
safer drilling operations. The drilling equipment<br />
simulator has introduced a step<br />
change, bringing to the drilling industry<br />
what the flight simulator has brought to the<br />
aviation industry.<br />
Environmental award<br />
The Ekofisk tank cell cleaning project<br />
received the Environmental award. Through<br />
the use of aspecially developed, remote<br />
operated cleaning tool, 99% of the oil and<br />
wax layer was removed from nine tank<br />
cells and re-injected into the Ekofisk reservoir.<br />
The project was executed within the<br />
agreed time frame, exceeding the customer’s<br />
requirement for oil and wax removal,<br />
and with an excellent HSE cultureresulting<br />
in zero spills to the environment and zero<br />
injuries.<br />
<strong>Aker</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong> annual <strong>report</strong> <strong>2008</strong> 47
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