Boilermakers: Getting the Job Done Together

September 27, 2012

Boilermakers: Getting the Job Done Together

[Click to Enlarge] Denis Lafleur Local 146, Syncrude Coordinator Alwyn Reese, Mike Queen Local 128, Michael Shelton Local 263, Gary Joy Local 667, John Eagle Local 73, Anthony Carlton Local 128, Mike Bragg Local 667, Steve Myers Local 83, Ulysse Godin Local 73, Fred Davis Local 11, Bill Wallace Local 359, Jason Forman Local 105, Brent Bell Local 105, Brent Bernosky Local 359, Larry Brown local 191, Diandra Tompkins Local 128, Ryan Woods Local 110, Allard Lanteine Local 73, John Allen Local 263, Darren Robicheau Local 73, Greg McCarthy Local 146, Robert Laursen local 112, Nathan Janis local 263, john Thurnbull Local 73, Jean Pierre Chiason Local 73, Doug Niemeyer Local 744, Seth Massey Local 263, Robert Godin Local 73, Jeremy Lamb Local 263, John Hess Local 242, Joey Losier Local 73, Ryan MacDonald Local 146, Rusty Cronin Local 667, Tommy McIntosh Local 263, Christ Haller local 455, David Chiason local 146, Ryan Mink Local 263, Bruce Grissom Local 263, Roger Dwelsdorf Local 146, and Gabriel Landry Local 359. Missing from picture above is, Dwayne Poitras Local 146, Jean-Pierre Russell Local 73, Jean-Claude Moraie Local 73, Yvon Richard local 146, and Fernard Gauvin Local 73.

[Click to Enlarge] (left to right) Mike Bragg L-667, Michael L-263, Darren Robicheau L-73, Brent Bell L-105, Larry Brown L-191, Denis Lafleur L-146, and John Thurnbull L-73.

Brother Denis Lafleur, Local 146, reports that fifteen (15) different Boilermaker Lodges from across the USA and Canada came together on the 2012 Syncrude spring shutdown (Plant 37-1), one of the biggest outages in history, in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Boilermakers brought their trade skills to work on furnaces F-1 and F-2 in the 37-1 plant. The Boilermakers worked on one of the world's biggest Vacuum Towers, known as C-1, 256 feet to the top of this Vessel. Brother Lafleur said "We all had the opportunity to climb, some several times a night."

Brother Lafleur said "In all my years as a Boilermaker and being in the Construction trades for over 20 something years, never have I seen a group of professional tradesman come together and work as a team. Everyone, from our 1st year apprentices to our Journeymen/Journeywomen with 5 to 15 years of experience, as well as some of our retired members (with up to 40 years of experience) working together, teaching and learning from one another with such professionalism and respect. It was a pleasure having this opportunity to work with this great group of men and women."

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Over 300 US members have been dispatched to work in Canada this year.