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Blue Grass Embraces Workplace Values

Published: April 24, 2018 | Category: BGCAPP News, People, Safety
  • A safety team member hands an employee a pin reflecting a safety-culture belief at the first Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant safety fair.

    A safety team member hands an employee a pin reflecting a safety-culture belief at the first Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant safety fair. The pin is part of a new campaign to focus attention on eight work-related beliefs.

  • A project culture campaign pin, card and flyer are displayed on a table at an April 12 safety fair at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

    A project culture campaign pin, card and flyer are displayed on a table at an April 12 safety fair at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Blue Grass employees are participating in a new campaign designed to increase their awareness of specific work-related beliefs and foster increased interaction with their coworkers.

“We’ve created a campaign, Embrace Our BGCAPP Culture, based around eight beliefs we feel are important to instill in the workforce,” said Candace Chanakira, project controls engineer, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass. “Our goals are to increase consciousness of these beliefs, raise awareness of our safety process and, most of all, be safe in the destruction of the chemical weapons.”

The campaign works in two ways, Chanakira said. Each month employees will initiate a conversation with others on that month’s theme, giving feedback and sharing an observation of that belief in action on the project. The conversation reinforces that belief and also creates an opportunity to engage coworkers with whom they normally may not work.

“Our sister site in Pueblo, Colorado, implemented a similar campaign about four years ago,” Chanakira said. “They saw great results, so we worked with them to develop our campaign. We are able to use a lot of lessons learned from their experiences.”

Each employee who fulfills the task of having a conversation with three coworkers on each belief each month will receive a pin reflecting that theme. Workers can wear the pins to show their participation.

Embrace Our BGCAPP Culture Beliefs

  • April: World Class Safety
  • May: Performance Excellence
  • June: Sense of Urgency
  • July: Build Trust
  • August: One Team
  • September: Disciplined Execution
  • October: Commitments Matter
  • November: Accountability

BGCAPP People Articles

  • 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
  • Three members of the Environmental Action Group Led by Employees, or EAGLE, team pose with team shirts at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The EAGLE team was created when employees saw an opportunity to focus on potential environmental issues.

    Sharp Eyes Assist Environmental Efforts

    Published: September 24, 2019
  • Dr. Candace Coyle

    Program Head Introduces New Site Project Manager

    Published: June 26, 2019
  • (Inset) Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) as an intern with the Program Manager for Chemical Destruction around 1988. Brubaker explains the Munitions Washout System to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell at BGCAPP in 2013.

    Project Lead Began Demilitarization Career as Intern

    Published: August 13, 2018
  • Col. Joseph R. Kurz, left, assumed command of the Blue Grass Army Depot July 10. Lt. Col. Rodney D. McCutcheon, right, assumed command of the Blue Grass Chemical Activity June 14.

    New Commanders Welcomed at Blue Grass

    Published: July 23, 2018
  • A safety team member hands an employee a pin reflecting a safety-culture belief at the first Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant safety fair.

    Blue Grass Embraces Workplace Values

    Published: April 24, 2018
  • Carl Reagan, toxic entry supervisor, watches as a toxic area entry trainee performs a task. Training tasks are designed to familiarize workers with wearing protective suits while performing their duties in areas of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant that will be contaminated during operations.

    Depth of Experience Critical to Operations Training

    Published: January 23, 2018
  • Guy Campbell, assistant project manager for plant management, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, stands outside the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s Control and Support Building. Campbell joined the project in July.

    Blue Grass Plant Welcomes New Assistant Project Manager

    Published: October 13, 2017

 

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