1) Please tell us about your organization, as well the benefits of the relationship between Acuren and Enbridge?

Acuren provides state-of-the-art nondestructive testing, inspection, engineering and rope-access-enabled industrial services delivered through over 80 locations and over 4,000 employees throughout North America and the United Kingdom.

Acuren has a longstanding relationship as a service provider to Enbridge that spans decades across a wide variety of projects. Among other services, Acuren’s core service to Enbridge has been a wide array of Non-Destructive Examination services. Our knowledge and experience in providing services to Enbridge on hundreds of scopes of work have allowed our technicians and leadership to form trusted relationships. The depth and length of this longstanding relationship allows us to utilize our experience to drive value for Enbridge. Further, the Enbridge path to zero aligns with Acuren’s safety culture, and Acuren’s exemplary safety record affords Enbridge a level of comfort in knowing that they’ve selected a service provider that ensures safety considerations are the number one priority.

Acuren feels that through developed communication channels we are better suited to understand and meet Enbridge’s requirements, of which we feel have been appreciated through our internal pool and depth of industry experts and technicians, the breadth of our organizational footprint, open access to the regional leadership teams, and commitment to investment in emerging technologies. We look to work together for continued success.

2) How has Acuren worked with Enbridge to advance our commitment to environmental stewardship?

Our shared environmental target is always zero—zero incidents and zero spills. Acuren’s management recognizes an obligation to protect the human, physical and financial resources of our organization and every client site we work on.

We also recognize our responsibility to ensure environmental protection. For each project, we develop an environmental plan and program. These cover each individual and their responsibilities associated with their work for Enbridge. At the heart of the environmental plan is the Environmental Program Coordinator, who is responsible for developing and setting the groundwork for the program to assure compliance with Acuren’s and Enbridge’s policies and procedures, as well as state/provincial and federal regulations. The site lead is responsible for communicating expectations at the site and assuring on a day-to-day basis that the program requirements are being followed. The employees are required to understand the program, as well as identify and understand disposal of various waste products. Employees are also trained and engaged to recognize environmental incidents, immediately implementing appropriate actions and reporting of these events.

3) Over the last three years, Acuren has been methodically replacing film-based radiography with computed or digital methods. What are the environmental benefits of that?

We carry out radiographic testing for a variety purposes, including weld examination, fabrication and repair of tanks, and crack detection. This type of testing detects both surface and subsurface defects, requires minimal surface preparation and provides a permanent record of an inspection.

These newer technologies eliminate the need for chemicals to develop the exposures, which in turn leads to fewer chemical and heavy-metal disposal and recycling programs. In addition, our carbon footprint is cut in half because we can eliminate the need for darkrooms and move to driving smaller trucks, which are more fuel efficient.

4) In what other ways are Acuren and Enbridge working together to contribute to a more sustainable world?

We work together in areas that have a direct impact on sustainability outcomes, including quality initiatives, HSE programs, environmental protection plans, and material management and selection programs. In addition, sustainability is engrained as a part of Acuren’s culture, and that translates into the decisions we make each and every day on any customer site, including Enbridge’s.

Moreover, when companies have a shared philosophy of sustainable, responsible operations like the one Acuren and Enbridge have, it becomes a partnership type of approach. This sort of partnership has the greatest potential to yield the most impactful benefits.