July 15, 2022
Finish your work


If you work for one of those companies that close out their small capital projects every calendar year, time is getting tight to finish your work.

It may seem like it is only August, but trust old Jim, December 31st is just around the corner. If you have much construction to complete, you are likely already in a time crunch.

Wrapping up construction, completing checkout and startup, cleaning up punch lists, all take an extraordinary amount of time, almost always more than is budgeted. Get in a hurry and mistakes will be made.

Deliveries will need to be expedited, too. Know where every shipment is right now.

Then, there is safety. A rush to complete raises the chance of a near miss or an accident exponentially.

It is August. Act like it is December 1st and you'll do just fine,.

What is your opinion? Drop me a line at jim.thompson@ipulpmedia.com. I would like to hear from you.


 
Young Engineering Manager of the Year, call for nominations

We are looking for an individual who has done an extraordinary project, one that almost defies belief. Its extraordinary features can be schedule, technology, cost or all three. There is an age limit on the manager eligible for this award: they must be under 35 years old when they completed the project.
 
We have often gotten nominees that go something like this, "I nominate Joe because he has done a great job of running our engineering department for the last fifteen years." Quite frankly, we are not interested in such nominees.
 
However, if you know someone who has led a very exceptional project in the recent past (the last two or three years) and meets our age requirement, we want to know about it. We want to honor them and hold them up as an example for Engineering Managers in every pulp and paper mill around the world.
 
Just send your nomination, with as much details as you can provide, to jim.thompson@ipulpmedia.com. We will seriously consider it.
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