Contract companies

Austin (1979) gives a comprehensive summary of the British Standard symbols, and also shows the American standard symbols (ANSI) and examples of those used by some process plant contracting companies. 

The contractor may be in charge of procuring all the equipment, or the contracting company s purchasing department may have ordered all the major equipment. The latter may be necessary when the equipment delivery times are long, if the plant is to be completed on schedule. In November 1973, a buyer would have faced a wait of 78 weeks after he placed a firm order for a compressor before he received... 

Ensure that all subcontracted production activities meet the same standards as internal operations and that their operations are treated as an extension of the contracting company. 

Ordinance is the legal basis for the work of the private company DSD (Duales System Deutschland). It searches and contracts companies involved in recycling plastics, pays them and collects a licence fee from every producer of goods. This is dependent on the weight of the total packaging material and the number of pieces produced. The producer of the original packaging material also has to pay a licence fee. 

Major pharmaceutical companies may find it economical to invest heavily in the automation of salt selection because of the large number of studies they undertake in an average year this is usually not the case for smaller companies. A small number of specialized companies now offer individually tailored salt selection and optimization studies under contract companies that undertake these studies include the following ... 

Contract companies can provide more than simply additional capacity. They can provide translation of bench-scale operations to cGMP compliant manufacturing, technology transfer, and process validation [104]. Contract services also are provided by equipment suppliers to optimize/develop processes using their equipment [90]. These services can be more cost-effective than third-party laboratories, contract manufacturing, or in-house. 

The standard makes it clear that a contract company s safety record is to be reviewed before they are hired and that safety record should be evaluated as part of the overall contractor selection process. Generally, the contractor s OSHA 300 logs will be used for this evaluation. 

The engineering manager suggests that a different contract company be used to bench-test the facility s relief valves. 

Is there a need to replace the contract company that is running the preventive maintenance program (or to change the preventive maintenance program itself) ... 

Many events involve contractors and subcontractors. The companies involved, and their reporting stmctures, should be identified. The investigators will need information to do with the contract companies and contract workers in areas such as ... 

A contract company will often have its own procedures and systems. These may not always align with the procedures and systems of the operating company that hired them. 

Because contract workers are paid by the contract company for which they work, they will act so as to satisfy the goals of their employer, not the client facility. 

The client organization is responsible for the development and implementation of safe work practices at the work site. In many cases, the contract company will also have its own standard practices, which may not be aligned with those of the client. 

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Contract companies vary enormously in size. Some of them are small organizations that are on board just to carry out tasks that are hmited in scope and number. However, other contractors—as was seen on Deepwater Horizon—are not only large, but they are responsible for much of the high-risk work that is carried out on rigs and drill rigs. Clearly, there cannot be a one-size-fits-all contractor management program in such circumstances. 

The contracting company should have a safety program of a sufficiently high standard. 

All necessary technical and organizational information must be made available to the contracting company and to the contract workers. 

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