Joe Ryan
Articles by Joe Ryan
To Improve the Bottom Line, Disrupt the Norm
It’s the classic risk/return trade-off: Changing to new welding processes or procedures can be difficult, but the shop that is willing to accept some level of risk can increase their profitability and gain a competitive edge through reduced costs, better quality, improved productivity and shortened project timelines.
Power Generation: Adapting to New Labor Demands in Power Plant Construction
Boilermakers Local 92 is now experiencing significant growth in labor demand after adapting to changes caused in part by a recently enacted state law to meet power plant demands that impacted their refinery jobs.
New Ways for a New Day
Advances in welding technologies and processes can help fabricators address the shortage of skilled welders, shorter project turnaround times, the need to report and document weld quality, and other critical industry challenges that are impacting their profitability. Here’s how.
The Pride of the Pipeline
By changing welding processes, this oil and gas production equipment manufacturer cut more than 200 man-hours out of each product to thrive during the shale gas boom.
