Condenser Re-Tube – A Virginia utility came to Ward with a challenging project to refurbish two large heat exchangers during an outage. There were options for doing them in parallel…
Declining for the second consecutive month, April’s ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) slid to a 55.4 mark from the 57.1 registered in March. Headwinds presented by persistent labor shortages, instability in energy…
Oil Field Contact Tower Repair Ward was recently contracted to remove a 80,000 pound contactor column from its location out of state, transport it to our Charlotte, NC facility, cut…
Most Petrochemical and Refinery Facilities utilize embedded mechanical contractors to handle the day to day maintenance (and sometimes new construction) activities. While this is practical in many situations, often, the…
If pumps are the “heart” of your processing system, piping would be the veins and arteries that get your product from one piece of equipment to the next, ultimately transferring…
November saw the ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) remain healthy, improving to a 61.1 level, slightly above the October reading of 60.8. New orders, production, and employment measures all expanded in November. The…
