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Plant Shutdowns

Shutdowns are stressful, yet essential.

Whether you're planning a shutdown to perform preventative maintenance, update aging machinery, inspect inaccessible parts, or move a line, the process can be stressful. Although challenging, a shutdown provides an opportunity to improve plant performance.

When preparing for a plant shutdown, one of the most important decisions you can make is to choose a partner that you can trust. When it comes to pulling off a shutdown, communication and trust are absolutely paramount.

A shutdown can provide a variety of pain points: heavy coordination, tight deadlines, critical sequence of events, reliable manpower, safety concerns, and the risk of failure. In order to ensure a successful shutdown, you must choose a partner who understands these risks upfront.

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11 Tips for a Successful Shutdown

Combining a strict budget, tight schedule, and complex projects, a shutdown can be the stuff of nightmares. When planned correctly though, a shutdown can be incredibly effective in accomplishing a critical project or plant floor tune up. The key to success lies in the planning. We talked with our shutdown experts to gauge how you… Read More »

FZers completing a shutdown

Why FZ Excels

  • We have the manpower needed to scale up to fit your needs.
  • Learning how to navigate shutdowns is something best accomplished in real-time, onsite. That's why having a plethora of real experience matters.
  • Safety is always our number one priority. No matter the circumstance, we will ensure that work is completed in a safe manner.
  • By utilizing preplanning, we create a comprehensive site plan. Within the plan, we identify essential tasks and a assign a deadline for each.
  • We maintain open communication before, during, and after the planned shutdown with all parties involved.
  • Documentation is critical throughout and after a shutdown.

Plant Shutdown Examples

Sept 2022 shutdown

We completed a 16-hour shutdown for a large food processing plant in Michigan. It required over 31 FZers to tie in a new switchgear into the existing substation and switches.

Kalamazoo FZ team on a shutdown

We completed a full switchgear replacement for the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant. Originally scheduled for 27 days, we finished in only 15 days.

FZ crew at the Bradford White shutdown

We installed new sprayers, conveyors, and a robot in 2,500 hours over the course of 15 days at Bradford White.

In need of a shutdown for your facility? Let's get in touch.

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