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Energy Management &
Services Going Forward
Announcements were made this week by T.D. Honn, Chairman of the
Board for Energy Management & Services Co. Excerpts from his
internal message to the company follow:
EMS plans
to continue to grow and move forward providing expanded services to
the industry, with a modified organization that is alert to the
needs of the clients and nimble enough to react to the market’s
changes.
EMS Opens New
Office in Southfield, Michigan
In December 2007, Energy Management & Services opened another
execution office in Southfield, Michigan with 6,000 square feet of
office space. The Michigan office will be the home to the new
affiliate, EMS Land & Environmental Services LLC, as well as members
of the EMS Project Management, Project Development, Engineering, and
Drafting groups. Come see us at our new location!
Energy Management & Services Co.
25330 Telegraph Road
Suite 300
Southfield,
Michigan 48033
(248) 799-9801
Introduction to EMS
Land & Environmental Services, LLC
In October of this year, EMS Land
& Environmental Services, LLC (EMSLES) was formed and is
headed by Chris Hathorne as Chief Operating Officer. Chris will be
located in our new Detroit office. In the near future, he will name
two Vice Presidents; one of Land and the second of Environmental
Services. This affiliate of EMS was formed to concentrate on
providing two major services to the energy industry; those services
related to land which include title search, permission to survey,
easement acquisition, damage settlement, etc. and providing highly
qualified environmental inspection personnel on design and
construction projects. All current EMS Right-of-Way personnel and
EMS Right-of-Way activities will be transferred to this entity. We
look forward to expanding our services to the energy industry
through this newly formed affiliate.
Chris Hathorne
has been announced the Chief Operating Officer of EMS Land &
Environmental Services LLC. Chris indirectly comes to EMS from a
major operating company where he was the Director of Land Services.
He has spent his career, over twenty five years, in the pipeline
industry involved with land activities. His expertise includes
setting up and running both large and small acquisition projects.
These projects include both new pipeline construction and storage
field development. In addition, Mr. Hathorne has extensive
experience in the routing of new linear facilities. Both of Chris's
degrees, MS and BS, are from Eastern Michigan University. We are
very pleased to welcome a very valuable asset, Chris Hathorne!!
Mary Smith
will serve as the Vice President, Administration of Land &
Environmental Services LLC. Mary has been a valued employee within
EMS for eighteen years and has extensive experience in the
industry.
Detroit
Chris Hathorne, Chief Operating
Officer,
chathorne@emseng.com
Kentucky
Mary Smith, Vice President -
Administration,
msmith@emseng.com
Corporate Office
EMS
Land & Environmental
25330 Telegraph Road
Suite
300
Southfield,
Michigan 48033
(248) 799-9801
EMS
adds Project Development to our List of Services
Energy Management & Services Co. would like to announce it's newest
service, Project Development. Gary Michalski will be the Director
of this group, and will include Jack Lucido and Stan Babiuk on the
team. Our new group’s purpose will be to work closely with our
client’s upper management developing projects that will enhance
their natural gas systems. EMS is proud to announce the addition of
Project Development and look forward to working with you and your
company.
Please welcome the
Project Development team
Gary Michalski
comes to EMS directly from an international environmental firm. He
previously spent the major part of his career with a major operating
company as Manager of Facility Planning and Director of Storage and
Pipeline Project Development. Both of Gary’s degrees; BS and MBA,
are from Wayne State University.
Jack Lucido
also comes to us directly from an international environmental firm.
Jack spent many years of his career with a major operating company
where he served as Senior Vice President of Engineering and
Construction. Mr. Lucido has been responsible for the overall
executive project management of numerous major natural gas pipeline
projects. He has managed project teams in developing and building
major pipeline projects and has a lengthy career as an engineer and
senior officer in natural gas pipeline engineering and operations
responsibilities. Jack’s BS degree is from the University of
Detroit.
Stan Babiuk
formed his own energy consulting company after spending many years
as a Senior Officer for major pipeline companies where his technical
and commercial skills assisted in the creation, analysis,
development, and operation of energy infrastructures. Mr. Babiuk
has over 30 years experience in the industry. In the early years of
his career, Stan had the opportunity to develop both his technical
and commercial skills in the Pipeline and Storage Industry, and
subsequently, broadening those skills to include the Electric
Industry. Stan obtained his BSE from Oakland University and his MBA
from Wayne State University.
Please Welcome Bob
Frankowski to EMS
The Southfield, Michigan office continues to grow with the addition
of Bob Frankowski, an Engineering Technician, preparing to work on a
significant pipeline project through an international environmental
firm. There are also plans for Bob to assist the EMS team on the
numerous compressor projects throughout the coming year. Bob has a
BS degree in Business Administration from Wayne State University.
We are pleased to welcome Bob Frankowski to EMS!
John Dunn Appointed
Director of Houston Operations
We are pleased to announce that John Dunn is our new Director of
Houston Operations. In his new role, John will have two major tasks;
the continuation of his marketing efforts as before, and the
insurance that our Houston operation follows the pattern of the EMS
core values that got us where we are today.
Currently our Houston office is made up of personnel in the
Administration, Engineering and Drafting Business Units and these
people will continue to report to their respective Business Unit
Director, administratively. John’s role as Director will be to
improve communications between offices, run the day to day
activities of the Houston office, coordinate activities, and to
insert himself in the work flow between offices to insure that
project and company objectives are met. John graduated with a
Bachelor's Degree in General Engineering from the University of
Missouri, Kansas City. He has over 40 years experience in the oil
and gas upstream, midstream and downstream industries as an
engineer, project manager and business developer. John's experience
in pipeline and production facility projects includes work with
Williams Brothers Engineering Company, Fluor Daniel and M.W.
Kellogg. John is active in numerous industry organizations in the
Houston area including The Pipeliners Association of Houston, API,
Texas Oil & Gas Association, ASME, GPSA, SPE and NACE.
Steve Roberts -
Director of Compression Projects
Additional changes are also being made at the Director and Project
level. Steve Roberts is being named as Director of Compression
Projects. This is due to the many compressor projects being sent
our way by a number of clients. This workload over the next year
will require concentrated efforts. Project Managers such as Pete
Grimes and others will be named to assist Steve and lead specific
compressor projects. Alex Crasta and Bobby Williams have been
designated to lead the mechanical design and drafting on these
projects. A representative of our Survey Group who will concentrate
on this effort has yet to be named.
Compressor Projects
in 2008
EMS is
nearing completion on the last of seven major field compression
stations. Currently we have new compression projects underway that
will continue through 2008. Two major midstream companies have
awarded at least ten more compressor stations to be designed in
2008.
Equitable
Production Ranger Pipeline
Energy Management & Services Co. has been selected to provide
services for this 8-inch, 60 mile pipeline which will transport
liquid hydrocarbons from Equitable’s Langley Facility located in
Floyd County, Kentucky to an interconnect with MarkWest’s Transandy
Pipeline located in Lincoln County, West Virginia. The services
will include surveying, mapping, permitting, pipeline and facilities
design, and the preparation of construction specifications and bid
documents.
2008 Cast Iron
Replacement Project
Energy Management & Services is extending the contract with a large
distribution company to continue work on the CI Renewal Project.
These projects will be mainly in Northern Kentucky and southern Ohio
around the Cincinnati area. EMS has been offered 30-32 miles of
Cast Iron replacement and will be providing the expertise on the
engineering, GPS surveying, and drafting efforts in the preparation
of plans for permitting and construction purposes.
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