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The Channelview Complex of LyondellBasell opened its doors to a new $70 million state-of-the-art administration building.
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Kim Foley, Channelview site manager, wields the scissors at LyondellBasell’s new administration building ribbon cutting Ceremony. From left to right are: Jeremy Phillips, Harris County Pct. 2 senior director of infrastructure; Raj Ramlal, LyondellBasell manager of project controls; Gary Kurtz, Channelview site integration manager; Dan Coombs, executive vice president of global manufacturing; Foley; Harris County Pct. 2 Commissioner Jack Morman; Mike VanDerSnick, senior vice president of manufacturing, Americas; Hector Rivero, president/CEO of Texas Chemical Council; Dale Friedrichs, vice president of health, safety and environment; Ann Travis, director of government relations.
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The LyondellBasell, three-story, 96,347 square-foot administration building will be the first of eight planned buildings and features safety enhancements for the Channelview site.
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Dan Coombs, executive vice president for global manufacturing for LyondellBasell, explains how the building is an important step in building the world’s largest propylene oxide and tertiary butyl alcohol plant.
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Kim Foley, Channelview Complex site manager for LyondellBasell, addresses LyondellBasell employees, community and business leaders.
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Hector Rivera of the Texas Chemical Council; Mike VanDerSnick, LyondellBasell senior vice president of manufacturing – Americas; Kim Foley, LyondellBasell Channelview site manager; Dale Friedrichs, LyondellBasell vice president of health, safety and environment; Harris County Pct. 2 Commissioner Jack Morran and Dan Coombs, executive vice president of global manufacturing gather for the ribbon cutting.
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Kim Foley, Channelview site manager for LyondellBasell, takes time to visit with Channelview Independent School District officials Steven T. Dennis, Secretary of the Board of Trustees; Dr. Don Beck, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction and Mia Young, director of career and technical education.
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Hector Rivera of the Texas Chemical Council, left, visits with LyondellBasell technology manager Mark Bookmyer, Fred Welch, vice president for economic development for the Economic Alliance – Houston Port Region, at the administration building ribbon-cutting in Channelview on Wednesday.
The Channelview Complex of LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today opened the doors to a new, state-of-the-art administration building. The site began construction of the $70 million, 96,347 square foot building last year as part of ongoing safety enhancements for the complex.
Harris County Precinct Two Commissioner Jack Morman and several other local community leaders and residents joined LyondellBasell employees and Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing Dan Coombs to celebrate the opening of the three-story building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“This building investment represents our commitment to putting safety first in everything we do,” said Coombs. “As a company, we are always seeking ways we can improve the safety of our sites. This building, with its enhanced safety features and new location, showcases our continued focus on this effort.”
The new building is located away from operating units and features a number of safety and work enhancements for the site, including on-site security, security card-access to offices and improved fire suppression systems. It also has an on-site Health Center and a room for new mothers.
In addition to relocating the administration building, the site also moved the operations control room for the north plant and maintenance department to the new campus.
Kim Foley, Channelview Complex site manager, remarked, “This project creates a safe environment for our employees, contractors and visitors as well as improves the process safety of our site by relocating our control rooms and other critical functions.”
The building will house over 300 employees and contractors including site management, human resources, accounting, process safety, operations, engineering and medical personnel. Employees at the complex will have access to a workout facility and gymnasium as well as a newly renovated meeting and event venue located next to the new administration building.
“I am pleased to share in this celebration with LyondellBasell. This is another example of the ongoing investments they are making in the Houston area,” said Commissioner Jack Morman. “This new building represents more than just bricks and mortar, it represents a better approach to safety at our industrial facilities.”
LyondellBasell was recently named to Fortune magazine’s 2018 list of “World’s Most Admired Companies” which ranks global companies based on a number of attributes including innovativeness, social responsibility to the community and environment, and the ability to attract and retain talented people.