Oak Ridge Business Safety Partnership:  A Community Approach to Safety on a DOE Reservation, by Jenny Freeman

When thousands of workers leave their homes each day to report for work on DOE sites throughout the U.S., it is not taken for granted that they will return home in safe condition.  Rather, the Department of Energy (DOE), in conjunction with its contractors and subcontractors who the Department’s decommissioning program, demonstrate their commitment to safety by developing and implementing sophisticated and effective approaches to protect their workers from harm. 

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In 2009, the College partnered with Knoxville-based Strata-G to determine the feasibility of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification for Crawford House, which was completed in 1876 and is one of the 13 historic buildings on campus.

During an Earth Day celebration last spring, administrators at Maryville College and Strata-G officials, including project manager Janna McCall Nash ’93, announced that the Crawford House project had been registered with the U.S. Green Building Council under the LEED® Existing Buildings-Operation and Maintenance rating system. 

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Dan Hurst, Strata-G Founder, Featured in Business Week

Focus on Values

“I had the easiest job in the Navy,” says Hurst, who joined the military in order to pay for college. He served as an instructor at its Nuclear Power School in Orlando, Fla., for four years. After leaving in 1989, he transitioned easily into a career in environmental engineering. Now, he manages 130 employees for his $8 million environmental consulting company. “The best training I got was the rigorous commitment to perfection and performance, which gave me a good baseline as an entrepreneur,” he says.

Words of Wisdom: Remember your core values

“The military reinforced my core values of integrity, service, and quality, which is the core of any company. Understand the high standard that you can set for an organization and achieve.”

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Strata-G, LLC, was awarded Small Business of the Year by B&W Y-12 Technical Services at a ceremony on June 3, 2009, at the New Hope Center. Gloria Mencer, B&W Y-12 Manager, Socioecnomic Programs, presented the award to Dan Hurst, President of Strata-G, and Sheila Hudson, Strata-G’s Manager of Waste Operations and Transportation. Ms. Mencer cited Strata-G’s “outstanding support” of the Y-12 National Security Complex in 2008. Speaking on behalf Strata-G, Dan Hurst said, “We appreciate this recognition of the outstanding work of our employees here at Y-12. Their significant contributions have made this award possible.”

Strata-G supported Y-12 through the TP3 (Tennessee Pollution Prevention Partnership) review and approval process, resulting in Y-12 achieving the TP3 Performer (highest) level for which the company was awarded the Green Flag of recognition.

Additionally, Strata-G supported the Y-12 Pollution Prevention (P2) program which in FY2008 implemented 96 P2 initiatives with a reduction of more than 66.5 million pounds of waste with a cost avoidance of more than $4.15 million. Strata-G’s support also included preparation of regulatory waste and P2 reporting; RCRA reporting; technical assistance on P2, waste reduction, recycling, sustainable/green building design, green house gas inventory development, environmental management, and conducting training and management assessments.