How to Complete a Successful O&M Assessment in a Developing Country: Part 1 by Andrew Markle, PE and Sanjeev Jolly, PE – Senior Engineers, NAES Engineering Services In the global marketplace, decision-makers must transcend borders and cultural differences. In this...
Eight Things You Need to Know About Your CMMS by Megan Matthews – Project Manager, CMMS Services and Don Felgar – Software Development Engineer, CMMS Services We all expect to open our computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) in the morning and find it ready...
At 1:34 am on Thanksgiving Day 2016, NAES staff at a power plant in Kentucky were rudely awakened by an alarm. On first inspection, Plant Manager Steve Holbrook found that the transformer for Combustion Turbine #5 had caught fire and shut down. Holbrook established...
by Dave Righthouse – Senior Project Manager, Plant Operations, NAES Corporation As plant operators, we often initiate projects aimed at improving performance – but when the results appear to show more improvement than we expected, it’s time to look that gift horse in...
A Tale of Two Transformers The catastrophic loss of a large component yields some hard-earned insight by Dave Righthouse – Senior Project Manager, Plant Operations, NAES Corporation Public agencies are generally assumed to exist for the public good. Regardless of how...
