Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Safety Awards Conferred on Valdes Engineering Company

On Monday, April 28, 2008 at the annual awards dinner of the Three Rivers Manufacturers’ Association (TRMA), Valdes Engineering Company received two prestigious safety awards. The first was the “Gold” Award for having a 25% or greater reduction in OSHA recordable rate compared to the previous 3-year company average and the second was the “Meritorious” Award for having no OSHA recordable injuries in 2007.

Valdes Engineering Company is a member of TRMA and one of the 700 or so contractor companies serving clients such as CITGO Petroleum, ExxonMobil, Corn Products, Aux Sable Liquid Products, Flint Hills Resources, Midwest Generation, and Forbo among many others. Only 33 of the 700 active contractor companies received awards. Since awards such as these factor the safety performance of field and office personnel equally, these awards are indicative of the outstanding safety performance of all Valdes employees. Congratulations, everyone!

Amy Gibson, CSP
Manager of Safety
Valdes Engineering Company
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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Shoot For A's in Math & Science

Valdes Engineering is again pleased to sponsor and participate in the "Shoot For A's" trap shooting event on Saturday June 7, 2008 and defend the Contractors Cup traveling trophy. This ExxonMobil organized event aims to surpass the $30,000 raised last year for Math and Science education within the Channahon, Minooka and Troy school districts.

"Shoot for the A's in Math and Science" is a fundraising event organized to help math and science teachers through company sponsorships and participation in clay target shotgun sports. Scott Miller, Dan Green, and Eddie Webster return to the competition this year with the goal of once more claiming victory and going home with the Contractor's Cup. Good luck guys!!
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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Amy Gibson's Safety Update 4-24-08

As Valdes Engineering Company’s Safety Manager, I thought it would be great to post some timely information for our employees and others. At Valdes we are focused not only on the safety of our employees while working in oil refineries, petrochemical plants, power plants, heavy industrial manufacturing, etc., but on total well-being. Since tornado season is upon us and we experienced recent earthquakes in Illinois, the following information might be helpful. Enjoy! If you cannot follow the link for the answers to the tornado crossword puzzle, email me: agibson@valdeseng.com

Tornado Safety

Tornadoes in DuPage & Will County

Tornado Safety Crossword Puzzle

Earthquake Safety

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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Welcome New Employees!

Valdes Engineering Company warmly welcomes the newest additions to our team!
  • Randy Silzer
  • Heather Maier
  • Dick Humalainen
  • Willie Wajvoda
  • Amy Gibson
  • Steven Moser

VEC's success is directly attributed to our staff of highly-trained, talented professionals. VEC offers its employees a unique, challenging and rewarding work environment. We are proud to add these new faces to our staff!

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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.

Monday, April 7, 2008

VEC Basketball Season Recap

The VEC Basketball inaugural season came to an end on March 31st 2008 with a loss to Sungard. VEC battled hard despite the absence of some of their key contributors at the guard and center positions. With a halftime lead that was later built on in the first five minutes of the second half, VEC was riding high on momentum. Sungard, however, battled back, getting themselves to the foul line and regaining the lead. Sungard sank key free throws in the final minutes to clinch the game. VEC's team greatly appreciates all of the employee and family fan support throughout the season. The team looks forward to building on the late season momentum during next years season, where they will look to improve upon this years successes and increase involvement in the program with more employees that express interest.
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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

VEC Dodgeball Update, Week of 3-28

The VEC Dodgeball's of Fire suffered a setback with a loss to Hellman Law on Wednesday, March 26th. VEC put up a good fight, even though the team was plagued by injuries and a shortage of players. This loss brings VEC into a tie for second place with a record of 5-3. The next dodgeball match is at 8 pm on April 9th at the River Woods School in Naperville.

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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.