Success for Our Customers, Our Employees & Our Company 12781 US Highway 41 South Gibsonton, FL 33534 • 813-241-4261• www.tti-fss.com TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEEL SPARKS & REMARKS VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4 DECEMBER 2017
Success for Our Customers, Our Employees & Our Company12781 US Highway 41 South Gibsonton, FL 33534 • 813-241-4261• www.tti-fss.com
TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEEL
SPARKS & REMARKS VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4 DECEMBER 2017
As we close another year, I would like to take the time to congratulate everyone for all your help, support and safety awareness throughout 2017. Although the year has gone by quickly, we have taken the time to improve all facets of our business. New customers and many repeat clients demon-strate our positive growth. My sincere appreciation goes out to
all our teams – everyone in Tampa and overseas, as well as our vendors and our clients. We only achieve success by working together.
Our motto is our priority: SAFETY IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE. We have improved tremendously – but even one accident is one too many. Just one injury affects our employ-ees, their families and our clients. We need to keep SAFETY in the front of our minds at all times and reach out to help and support one another. Remember: “See something, say some-thing” really can make a difference.
After a great deal of planning and effort, we have now transi-tioned our Ybor Shop and office to our Port Redwing facility. The 25 acres encompasses a much improved facility and shop,
with access to a 30’ deep water berth. Additionally, it brings our staff together for a more synergistic team effort. Thanks to all who have helped to make this big improvement a reality.
I want to wish everyone a safe, healthy, happy holiday season. Merry Christmas and high hopes for a safe and prosperous 2018!
David Hale President/CEO TTI-FSS
A Christmas Greeting FROM THE CEO
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Sammy Sullivan’s brief life is the inspira-tion behind a legacy of giving to spread joy to abused, abandoned and neglected chil-dren across the Tampa region and beyond. Sammy Sullivan Charities is dedicated to helping to provide safe havens for these children in their most dire time of need.
As in past years, employees have donated generously to this charity by collecting
unwrapped toys to be distributed to these children during the Christmas holidays. We thank each of you who has touched a precious child with your generosity.
Visit www.akidsplacetb.org/Our-Campus/Sammy-Sullivan to learn how you can help these special children.
TTI-FSS SUPPORTS SAMMY SULLIVAN CHARITIES
In Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico TTI-FSS continues work as owner representative of Asfaltos MesoAmericanos S.A. de C.V. for the Dos Bocas Industrial Park project. This year saw the terminal expand with earthworks, foundations, concrete pilings, pipeline supports, slabs, roads, as well as several buildings and firefighting and pumping stations. Responsible for overseeing the civil, mechanical and electri-cal engineering, the project features designs to accommodate 600,000 barrels of gasoline and diesel products. There are four 150,000 barrel API 650 tanks, a pipeline for the ship loading dock as well as multiple other pipelines for the tank farm and five multi-product loading racks, too. TTI-FSS vast experience erecting tanks has greatly improved the local
productivity, shortening the time to build each tank. This impres-sive undertaking is just one of the many repeat work projects provid-ed for this international client.
TTI-FSS attended and exhibited at the 2017 API (American Petroleum Institute) Tanks, Valves and Piping Conference & Expo held in Seattle, Washington in October. The con-ference gave attendees an opportunity to learn about new and existing industry codes and standards and to hear about emerging trends from industry experts. The upstream, midstream and downstream markets were represented with more than 500 attendees. Connecting in this type of setting with purchasing agents, engineers and other related contacts from petroleum companies is a benefit of exhibiting at these types of events. The fabrication and installation of large API tanks is a very important segment of work that TTI-FSS performs.
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API 2017: TANKS, VALVES, AND PIPING CONFERENCE & EXPO
Laying floor of Tank 3 and welding second ring of Tank 2.
Kevin Sigl at the TTI-FSS exhibit booth at the API Conference.
FIELD TANK AND PIPING INSTALLATION
Tank 1 and 4 interior preparation prior to painting.
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TTI-FSS has built bullet tank pressure vessels to house butane in the Tampa area. This project provided fabrication services of new ASME LPG bullet tanks.
BULLET TANKS: FABRICATION OF ASME VESSELS
Step Two: Fitting/welding of circumferential seams.
Step One: Roll 1 1/16 inch plate into round cylinder shell sections.
Step Three: Welding circumferential seams utilizing tandem wire manipulators.
Step Four: Final weldings for two bullet tanks, each weighing 200,000 lbs.
As the year closes, TTI-FSS is completing the retrofit of Tank 40 in St. Eustatious which has the potential to store approximately 125-Kbbls. Built in 1991 and exposed to a Caribbean environment that is not keen to steel preserva-tion, the tank was determined to need major repairs after inspection. The roof plates, perimeter rafters and the top three rings of the tank were removed using a systematic demolition plan.
The challenge of this project was to consider all pre-existing conditions and how they affect the repair plan and labor requirements. These challenges were overcome by careful analysis, communication and teamwork between the field crew and the design office. Following the demolition, the next step was to build up the tank using new material. New steel and shell plates, and roof nozzles were installed with the use of automatic equipment to weld horizontal seams and skillful manual welders to make the vertical welds. The tank is scheduled to be back in service in the first quarter of 2018.
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REFURBISHED AND RECONSTRUCTED TANK
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TTI-FSS has been awarded a contract to very quickly build nine petroleum storage tanks for an international company outside the U.S. The customer’s choice was easy! TTI-FSS is experienced internationally and knows how to deliver projects on-budget, on-time and injury free. All tanks will
have the same capacity and will be capable of storing clean or dark products to be sold to third party businesses. TTI – FSS started rolling and shipping steel shell plates the beginning of November, 2017 and expects to complete the project by fourth quarter of 2018.
FROM SHOP TO SHIP
Counterweight box weighing 460,000 lbs. heading to TTI-FSS Port Tampa Bay Berth 301. Next stop - install on Wittpen Bridge in New Jersey.
HEFTY HAULING
Square Spuds – final destination – Bahamas.
PROJECT TO BUILD NINE PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CLIENT
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N U N I T E D S TAT E S
Stephen Firman55 Years
David Hale39 Years
Edward Glass30 Years
John Goolsby48 Years
Dale Ison39 Years
Timothy Hendricks33 Years
Larry Merrill26 Years
James Bridges44 Years
Gary Scrivener39 Years
Victor Farris32 Years
Calvin Reed41 Years
Jack Eckerston35 Years
Randy Allen31 Years
Buddy Hester22 Years
William McCullen22 Years
John Niehaus22 Years
Jody Evans19 Years
Juan Suarez18 Years
Kenneth Douglas17 Years
Monica Guirales17 Years
Miguel Ontiveros21 Years
Kevin Sigl21 Years
Ken Hardy20 Years
Vincent Kelly20 Years
John Philogene20 Years
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N U N I T E D S TAT E S
Salomon Falcon17 Years
Pedro Rasbot16 Years
Billy O’Kelly15 Years
Harvey Pickron13 Years
John Biddle16 Years
Jose Cisneros16 Years
Joey Allen15 Years
Mary King13 Years
Jack Gonzalez16 Years
Juan Puyo 16 Years
L Love14 Years
Michael Coffman13 Years
Jose Salazar16 Years
Windell (Ben) Hyde16 Years
Jose Rodriguez13 Years
Brian Harmening 12 years
Tommy Boykin12 Years
Christopher Mora 12 Years
Michael Abdoney12 Years
Robert Green 11 Years
Zachary Chapman11 Years
Jose Cordero-Castro11 Years
Brian Albert11 Years
Louis Burgess 11 Years
Oscar Rico11 Years
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N U N I T E D S TAT E S
Bernabe Lorenzo 10 Years
Jorge Huet10 Years
Nicole Farris-McGhee 9 Years
Gary Rajaram10 Years
Karl Brown10 Years
Frederick Riccio9 Years
James Rhew9 Years
Steve Rials10 Years
Josue Salazar10 Years
Maricio Rico9 Years
Juan Martinez9 Years
Samuel Morse 10 Years
Jorge Guzman10 Years
Melvin Canady9 Years
Ralph Hartig9 Years
Robert Hudson8 Years
Karl Marschke8 Years
John Michaud8 Years
Paul Haack8 Years
Michael O’Toole 8 Years
Michael Ungerathen7 Years
Matthew Freeman 7 Years
Jason Bahamonde7 Years
Robert Winninger7 Years
Sean Trembley6 Years
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N U N I T E D S TAT E S
Richard Cantu, Sr.6 Years
Andrew Hudson 5 Years
Gary Donaway 5 Years
William Prescott6 Years
Karla Glass6 Years
Tyrone Lee 5 Years
Dennis Del Llano 5 Years
Don Lowe6 Years
Joel Hernandez6 Years
Jerry Jones 5 Years
David Price 5 Years
David Hechinger6 Years
Federico Rivas 5 Years
Joseph Eutermark 5 Years
Jason Chattin 5 Years
Remember - Every fellow employee photo you see above and on the next pages has family and friends.
Let’s keep safety in the front of our minds all the time.
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Noel Frazer29 Years
Victor Vasquez Morales19 Years
Danilo Lopez17 Years
Vernon Brown16 Years
Oscar Estrada22 Years
Cristobal Garcia19 Years
Carlos Montenegro17 Years
Errol Edwards16 Years
Freddy Tobar22 Years
Ricardo Diaz y Diaz19 Years
Vinicio Pazos17 Years
Patrick Ignacio16 Years
Thelmo Mendez19 Years
Pedro Cohn18 Years
Leonard Muthra 17 years
Roy Noriga16 Years
Fitzgerald Peters16 Years
Austin Shields16 Years
Eustace Suarez16 Years
Edona Tearr16 Years
Timothy Thomas16 Years
David De la Climaco Figuero 14 years
Edmundo Aguilar13 Years
Moises Barrios 13 Years
Ricardo Garcia 13 Years
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Joel Hernandez Garnica 13 Years
Rafael Franco 12 Years
Vance Schmidt 12 Years
Leslie Isaac Suazo 11 Years
William Lopez 13 Years
Cristanos Asig12 Years
Jose Golindano 12 Years
David Brown 11 Years
Rosalba Torres 13 Years
Miguel Aponte 12 Years
Hector Ruano 11 Years
Ronald Lopez 11 Years
Victor Enrique Vasquez Mora13 Years
Herman Mendez12 Years
Edie Balanta 11Years
Rosebel Lopez 11 Years
Ylario Salano 11 Years
Diomar Trevino 11 Years
Macabeo Lima 11 Years
Alfredo Lopez 10 Years
Lester Blanco 10 Years
Jose Mercedes Hernandez Cano 10 Years
Hector Perea 10 Years
Roosevelt Lopez 10 Years
Oliver Rodriguez 10 Years
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Anthony Russell 10 Years
Andres Hernandez 9 Years
Maurice Barr 8 Years
Roberto Valencia 8 Years
Victor Camacho 9 Years
Edixon Cordero 9 Years
Luis Manyoma 8 Years
Edier Conu 8 Years
Omar Carabali 9 Years
Carlos Sanchez 9 Years
Santiago Otalora 8 Years
Teresa Canas 8 Years
Yoitel Garcia 9 Years
Milena Rosa Angulo 8 Years
Juan Cloter 8 Years
Luis Estuardo Gonzalez Davila 7 Years
Walter Aviles 7 Years
Mario Garcia 7 Years
Edgar Herrera 7 Years
Jose Lemus 7 Years
Luis Conrado Mendez Martinez 7 Years
Hector Ruano 7 Years
lynden Roker 7 Years
Jesus Santafe 7 Years
Gerson Suarez 7 Years
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Josue Turcios 7 Years
Ramon Green 7 Years
Alex Valencia 7 Years
Budley Anderson 6 Years
Cesar Albisuriz 7 Years
Stanley Groenhart 7 Years
Demetrio Rodriguez Mercedes 7 Years
Alvaro Catalan 6 Years
Freddy Cabrera 7 Years
Henry Simeon 7 Years
Phillip Hepburn 6 Years
Carlos Cordova 6 Years
Juan Garcia Juarez 7 Years
Carlos Turcios 7 Years
Kem Ambrister 6 Years
Phillip Green 6 Years
Francisco Leyton 6 Years
Yader Alejandro Ramirez Quiroz
6 Years
Aura Marina Mijangos Quinonez
6 Years
Sergio Martin Valesquez Real
6 Years
Trevor Sands 6 Years
Nicholas Tearr 6 Years
Orlando Velasquez 6 Years
Carlos Armando Oviedo Alvarado 5 Years
Marvin Samuel Guevara Rodriguez 5 Years
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Don Lowe
Karla Herrera
TTI-FSS TEAM TALKThird Quarter Safety Awards AnnouncedJeff Conley is a layout fitter at Adamo and the Adamo 3rd quarter 2017 Quarterly Safety Star winner. Jeff noticed an employee “cooling off ” with supplied oxygen. Jeff explained the haz-ardous situation and the employee was grateful. Nice job Jeff and we ap-preciate your safe work habits.
Bobby Helms, Fitter at the Port location was observed picking up some oily rags in his work station in North Bay. When I asked him what he was doing he replied, “I’m going to be grinding in this area and the sparks will be close to these oily rags.” Bobby easily could have thrown the rags into the trash can, but I watched him take them to the proper container in the used oil area which is the ideal thing to do. I thanked him for noticing the hazard and taking the extra steps to properly dispose of the contaminated rags. Let Bobby know we appreciate a job well done and his safe work efforts.
Ralph Hartig, driver Adamo location, was awarded a Safety Star this week. Ralph was making a delivery to customer and was so professional and courteous during his time on-site, the own-er of the company felt compelled to email the main office and tell us personally that Ralph was doing a great job. Ralph was awarded a star for his good deeds. Let him know we appreciate his safe work practices and job well done.
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TAMPA TANK INC. - FLORIDA STRUCTURAL STEELG L O B A L FA B R I C AT I O N A N D E R E C T I O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Ray Murphy 5 Years
David Martinez 5 Years
Wilson Rey 5 Years
Travis Thompson 5 Years
Claudia Sagastume 5 Years
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A Long Lasting Gift Is A Special Gift By Dave Newlin
When I was a youngster my Dad had a feed store where he sold animal feed and farm supplies in a little farming community in Southwestern Pennsylvania. He had expanded the business into selling hardware and sporting goods, including guns and hunting equipment,
I started working in the hardware store at age 11, mov-ing into the feed store as I got big enough to handle the 100-pound sacks of feed and eventually drive the feed truck. I was eager to learn about the guns that were sold at the store. Soon, I could tell you about every gun on the display rack. I could stand at a distance and rattle off the make and model, the cartridge for which the gun was chambered, how many cartridges it would hold, what other car-tridge sizes were available and other miscellaneous trivia about all the guns on display.
On Saturdays, Dad kept the hard-ware store open until 9:00 p.m. The smoke-filled back room was a gathering place for hunters and would-be hunters. The smoke was so thick and heavy you could hardly see the other side of room. Sometimes the stories told were even thicker, but I loved listening to them. I thought they were the greatest and I wanted to have some of those great outdoor hunting experiences myself.
I realize, now, that I have had many more hunting and fishing experiences than even any of these Pennsylvania farmers and small town residents, primarily because the hunting and fishing seasons in Pennsylvania were so short. My hunting experiences include deer hunting in Pennsylvania, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Texas. I have hunted ruffed grouse, ring neck
pheasant, ducks, rabbit, squirrel, quail, woodcock, turkey, elk and wild hogs.
In Florida, I was charged by a 350-pound wild boar I had just wounded. He went crashing off into the Palmettos as daylight was turning to dark. As I was trying to decide what to do about this situation, one of the options being to get in my truck and go home, the hog made a large sweep-ing U-turn and started back toward me. He was coming to get me and he was not happy. At this point I began thinking about the next cartridge in the chamber of my gun. It was a 30-year old round of paper hull double
ought buck shot from way back to the closing of Dad’s store. Was it going to fire properly now? I was not going to find out until the hog came past an old oak tree that was only ten yards away. As the hog came around the tree, barreling toward me at top speed I squeezed the trigger and that very power-ful load of double ought buckshot drove his head to the ground. After that close call, I realized there were no stories like that in the back room of the hardware store on Saturday nights.
When I was 14, my Dad gave me a deer rifle as my Christmas gift. I was elated, absolutely on cloud nine. It was a Model 70 Winchester, chambered for .243 Winchester cartridges. Winchesters of that era were the real, authentic Winchesters of very high quality. I still have that gun and still use it. I took it deer hunting recently. It has become a very long lasting and special gift.
As we enjoy the festivities this holiday season, giving and receiving gifts that we hope are special, let’s remember to cherish our families and friends by caring, listening, and helping. Such gifts pay dividends for both the giver and receiver all year long.
Merry Christmas