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New Manager Leads Blue Grass Systems Contract

Published: November 6, 2015 | Category: BGCAPP News, People
Ron Hink, incoming project manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass (BPBG), left, observes as Doug Omichinski, outgoing project manager, BPBG, points out details in the Control and Support Building during a plant tour Oct. 27, 2015.

Ron Hink, incoming project manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass (BPBG), left, observes as Doug Omichinski, outgoing project manager, BPBG, points out details in the Control and Support Building during a plant tour Oct. 27, 2015.

The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) team welcomed Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass (BPBG) project manager Ron Hink Nov. 2. He replaces Doug Omichinski, who was appointed Bechtel’s corporate manager of construction in Houston, Texas.

“I’m excited to be here at this pivotal time in the project’s development,” said Hink. “Doug did excellent work in completing construction with an outstanding safety record. I believe the transition to a new project manager should be seamless, given my previous assignments at Blue Grass, and I look forward to dusting off my operations experience.”

“I’m very pleased to be able to work with Ron again,” said Jeff Brubaker, government site project manager. “He brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and capability to this project that gives him good insight into our systemization phase going forward.”

Hink previously served as the BPBG assistant project manager from 2011 to 2013 and design-build manager from 2007 to 2008. He also served as project engineering manager and plant manager for the Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Aberdeen, Maryland, from 1999 to 2006.

Hink’s experience in project and construction management, and engineering of complex military and nuclear facilities will serve him well as he helms this involved project, Brubaker said.

BGCAPP will safely and efficiently destroy a stockpile of chemical weapons currently in storage at the Blue Grass Army Depot. In 2003, BPBG was awarded the systems contract to facilitate the pilot plant through all of the project stages – design, construction, systemization, pilot testing, operations and closure.

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  • Kingston Reif, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, second from left, listens as program and project officials explain the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Dec. 14.

    Key Defense Official Tours Blue Grass Plant

    Published: December 21, 2021
  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs Deborah G. Rosenblum (center) observes the M55 rocket destruction process on screens in the Control Room at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Oct. 12. (A portion of this photograph has been blurred in accordance with Department of Defense guidelines.)

    Pentagon Official Visits Blue Grass Plant

    Published: October 14, 2021
  • Col. Stephen D. Dorris, left, assumed command of the Blue Grass Army Depot July 9. Lt. Col. Edward E. Williams, right, assumed command of the Blue Grass Chemical Activity July 1

    Blue Grass Welcomes New Commanders

    Published: July 27, 2020
  • Karl Slaughenhaupt was named the first principal deputy at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in November.

    Project’s First Principal Deputy Named

    Published: December 20, 2019
  • Recycling facility workers remove brass rotating bands from scrap 155mm projectiles previously processed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant and delivered to the recycling facility for smelting. This material is considered clean of chemical agent per U.S. Army standards and is acceptable for recycling.

    Processed Munitions Bodies Delivered for Recycling

    Published: November 21, 2019
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