Strata-G dedicated two safety awards to its employees in March. With over 3.6 million safe work hours, our staff understand and practice safety on the job and at home each and every day. The National Safety Council’s awards are well-deserved and appreciated.
Muddy Boot Award Celebrated
Strata-G celebrated the award of ETEC’s Muddy Boot to Steve McCracken, former manager of DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management. Steve contributed to the cleanup mission at several DOE sites, notably Fernald and Mound, OH; but the project that led to success in cleaning up ETTP, the first of a nuclear gaseous diffusion site in history and the largest environmental project in the DOE complex, was a simple haul road. Steve’s idea of building a dedicated road to route heavy trucks bearing thousands of loads of contaminated material from ETTP to the onsite landfill kept the public and the environment safe. The Muddy Boot was well-deserved.
New M&O Oak Ridge Contractor
Strata-G welcomed Nuclear Production One LLC (NPOne) to Oak Ridge. NPOne is the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Management & Operations contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 Facility and Pantex Plant. Strata-G looks forward to continuing our service to NNSA’s mission at those sites.
#nuclearsecurity #welcometothe community
Christmas Cheer for Emerald Youth Foundation
Strata-G staff, including Elliott Barnett, Strata-G CEO, volunteered to wrap gifts for the Emerald Youth Foundation’s Christmas Store. The store gives parents of children connected to EFY’s ministry the opportunity to purchase gifts at deeply discounted rates. For 30 years, the Emerald Youth Foundation “has been working to support Knoxville’s youth and prepare generations of Godly community leaders.” https://www.emeraldyouth.org. Strata-G’s support of the Foundation falls under the company’s Outreach Program, a pillar in their corporate Strategic Plan. Grace Kihm, Strata-G Environmental Specialist, leads the Outreach Program and is directly responsible to the CEO and President of the company for its implementation.
Strata-G Hires Veterans
U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh recognized Strata-G with the 2021 HIRE Vets Medallion Platinum Award on November 10. We are one of three recipients in Tennessee to achieve the Platinum level, which signifies our demonstrated commitment to recruiting, hiring, and retaining veterans. To learn more about the award, https://www.HIREVets.gov
#committedtohiringvets
First Annual Golf Tournament for KARM
Strata-G, with the help of generous sponsors, held the first annual golf tournament to benefit Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM). The day was rainy but did not dampen enthusiasm for this corporate outreach activity. Thanks to Landry and Azevado Law; Browne, Draper, & Land; Fox and Fogarty; and the Nichols Company for their generous sponsorships. KARM exists to rescue and restore the poor and needy of the Knoxville area by providing recovery services in Jesus’ name. For more information, https://karm.org/
Outstanding Sustainability Project in Oak Ridge
Strata-G celebrated DOE’s Oak Ridge Environmental Management Program and its cleanup contractor, UCOR, for recognition of an outstanding sustainability project, the result of DOE’s largest-ever cleanup effort. Oak Ridge has transferred more than 1,200 acres of land and numerous buildings to the private sector for use in a multi-use industrial park with three solar fields located there together producing an average of approximately 1.7 megawatts of electricity annually. Oak Ridge also placed 3,500 acres of land into conservancy for protection of wetlands, flora, and fauna. Additionally, reuse and recycling have been central to the project. Over the last five years, more than 26.5 million pounds of demolition debris, 3 million pounds of scrap metal, 1.2 million pounds of paper and cardboard, 133,000 pounds of plastics, 95,000 pounds of electronics, and 235,000 pounds of universal waste were diverted from landfills.
#sustainability #oakridgecleanupproject
Strata-G Celebrates Sustainability on Oak Ridge Reservation
Strata-G congratulated DOE’s Oak Ridge Environmental Management Program and its cleanup contractor, UCOR, for recognition of an outstanding sustainability project, the result of DOE’s largest-ever cleanup effort. Oak Ridge has transferred more than 1,200 acres of land and numerous buildings to the private sector for use in a multi-use industrial park with three solar fields located there together producing an average of approximately 1.7 megawatts of electricity annually. Oak Ridge also placed 3,500 acres of land into conservancy for protection of wetlands, flora, and fauna. Additionally, reuse and recycling have been central to the project. Over the last five years, more than 26.5 million pounds of demolition debris, 3 million pounds of scrap metal, 1.2 million pounds of paper and cardboard, 133,000 pounds of plastics, 95,000 pounds of electronics, and 235,000 pounds of universal waste were diverted from landfills.
#sustainability #oakridgecleanupproject
John Clayton, Strata-G Project Controls Specialist, who leads the Y-12 Acquisition and Project Management Office’s (APMO’s) Business Management organization, has published his 2nd novel, Presidential Power, the second in his “manipulated” series. The first book, Manipulated, was a finalist for the Amazon Reader’s Favorite Book Award and the Montaigne Medal, awarded to books that “either illuminate, progress, or redirect thought.” Interested readers can find both books at www.johnfordclayton.com or search John Ford Clayton on Amazon Books.
Key Employee Retires
Strata-G congratulated Carl Milligan on his retirement on June 1. Carl came to Oak Ridge from Idaho and was the first Strata-G employee specifically hired to support UCOR in 2012. For nearly a decade delivered project controls excellence to his UCOR customers.
