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Why Use Dynamic Air Shelters?• Value and productivity enhancement (i.e., time on tools) • Portable and easy to install• Blast & ballistic resistant • Fire resistant• Earthquake proof• Hurricane proof (up to Cat 3)• Fail safe• Safe fail

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Turnaround Logistics offers turnkey logistic services accommodating manpower for projects, turnarounds and routine maintenance.

• Tents (Pole and Frame) and Clear Span Tent Structures with Accessories (Lighting, Flooring, PA Systems, Seating, HVAC, etc.)• Logistical Planning and Coordination • Parking Lot Management and Transportation• Buses• On-Site Catering and Vending• Specialties Rentals• Trams• Utility Vehicles

Turnaround Logistics has teamed up with Dynamic Air Shelters to become an Authorized Representative. Allow us to visit your facilities for a “to the point” presentation of Dynamic Air Shelters and services offered by Turnaround Logistics.

• Cool Down Huts • Hygiene Facilities• Ice Makers• Temporary Turnstiles and Guard Shacks• “TIME ON TOOLS” Savings

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FROM TURNAROUNDS TO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE — THE LOGICAL CHOICE

T here had been speculation API was evaluating existing practices for tent

siting evaluations, and this was confirmed when the API Process Safety Committee released a draft report titled, “Management of Hazards Associated with Location of

Process Plant Tents,” at the end of 2013. This recommended practice (RP 756) pro-vides guidance for managing risk from explosions, fires and toxic material releases to on-site personnel located in tents. The API Committee’s draft report evaluates recommended practices concerning five different types of tents utilized, including air-inflated structures. Tents included in the tent siting evalu-ation study are intended for occupancy and

may be used for breaks or meals, weather shelters, change houses, orientation, train-ing, meetings, tool stations, offices, labora-tories or equipment assembly, just to name a few. API 756 suggests tents for these uses and others will be required to meet the

owner/operator’s tent siting evaluation criteria, and mitigate consequences or risk where required. Air-inflated struc-tures, or Dynamic Air Shelters (DAS), are considered to be the solution to minimize these risks and comply with API’s newly recommended practices. It is unknown as to the exact date API 756 will be approved and begin to be recommended, but industrial plants

are already beginning to purchase DAS ahead of the recommendation of these prac-tices and ahead of the rush. As the leading distributor of DAS and a turnkey logistics services provider, Turnaround Logistics Inc. is currently helping turnaround manag-ers and logistical planners comply with API 756 through supplying DAS, while increas-ing wrench time in the process. Turnaround Logistics’ unique product pairing of premier blast-resistant, DAS and

diverse logistical planning services is catch-ing the attention of turnaround management and executives responsible for maximizing wrench time, transportation of personnel during turnarounds, work force accommo-dations and safety compliance. “Turnaround Logistics provided us shelters and support that enabled us to work inside the blast zones during the 2013 FCC turnaround event,” said Don Francis, material planning and logistics lead at BP. “This brought personnel closer to the event and minimized delays in travel time with each trip to the shelter.” Turnaround Logistics is one of just a few providers for DAS, but the only pro-vider with innovative logistical solutions both in and outside of DAS, and where you might least suspect it. The company creates logistical efficiencies where others do not through complementary custom services and products, including on-site catering, all types of lunch and break tents, specialty rentals, parking lot management and transportation, premium hygienic facilities, utility vehicles, generators, ice makers, cool down huts and alternatives to troublesome buses.

Turnaround Logistics’ experienced team members pride themselves on being able to use their extensive industrial experi-ence and premier work force accommoda-tion products to work with customers to not only comply with the approaching API 756 recommended practices but to cre-ate innovative logistics solutions that help customers maximize their resources as their “turnkey solution partner.” “It is very rewarding having a team that recognizes the needs of the petrochemical industry,” said Shawn McGee, CEO and gen-eral manager of Turnaround Logistics. “We value our long-term relationships with our cus-tomers and enjoy being with them in the field learning firsthand what their daily challenges are. Our goal is not to just sell a product, but to solve problems for our customers and create the best solutions for them, some of which may not have even been done before.” For more information on Turnaround Logisitics, visit www.turnaroundlogisticsinc.com, call (281) 478-4670 or email info@turnaroundlogisticsinc.com. For more informa-tion on API 756, visit www.api.org. •

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“Turnaround Logistics provided us shelters and support that enabled us to work inside the blast zones.” — Don Francis, BP