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WRITTEN BY JACK SLATER
After three years of limited activity at TOFCO Unlimited Yard at la Brea, four hundred jobs have recently been created.
ALL GO ONSHORE& OFFSHORE
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Established specifically to serve the offshore industry off the coast of the island nation of Trinidad, TOFCO (Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited) is expanding internationally. After nine years of business, theyve gained enough experience and
knowledge to best capitalize on their positive situation and more
onto the next phase.
To aid with this, TOFCO have hosted a number of government
officials from the nations mentioned above to have a look at the
business model utilized because they want to find a way to adopt it. If
imitation is indeed the highest form of flattery then this is good news
for this nine-year-old industry leader.
The current level of activity in construction industry can be
described as a bit buoyant, Javed reveals, As it relates to the Global
downturn in the sector. Again, while the competition may be a bit
aggressive for the limited available work, TOFCO still maintains its
competitive edge due to its experience, safety record and high quality
products.
Focussed on fabrication and construction projects on offshore
platforms and other facilities serving the oil and gas industries
TOFCO has taken aim and is heading towards a target of being the
best in the region with a worldwide reputation for the highest safety
standards and quality of work.
Founded on the 17th April 2004, over the last nine years TOFCO
have successfully completed major oil and gas fabrication projects for
TOFCO
Early in 2013, we introduced TOFCO to our readers, a joint venture between Chet Morrison Contractors, a subsidiary of Morrison Energy Group, and Weldfab Limited from Trinidad, TOFCOS relationship with Morrison Energy Group maximized its ability to provide integrated solutions for its valued clientele. Now, powered by a dynamic and goal orientated team, TOFCO has positioned itself to become a major competitor in the international market and once again we spoke with Acting CEO Javed Mohammed.
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Since 2004, TOFCO has completed five major offshore platform
jacket and deck fabrication projects for BP Trinidad and Tobago
(Cannonball, Mango, Cashima, Savonette and Serrette) one for BG
Trinidad and Tobago (Poinsettia Deck-The largest built to date in
Trinidad) and two for EOG Resources Inc (Oilbird Deck and Jacket,
Toucan Deck).
Benefiting greatly from the companys two Facilities totalling
37-acres, TOFCO has its main
Yard 1 a 21-acre waterfront
facility and Yard 2 with another
16-acre in La Brea, Trinidad,
with the ability to easily ship
completed decks and other
pieces for customers to
assemble offshore. The facility
includes a dock with a 30-
foot water depth; a 600-foot
bulkhead, 2000 p.s.f. ground
capacity and is complimented by
its fleet of six crawler heavy lift
TOFCO
various operators in Trinidad and Tobago as a joint venture of Chet
Morrison Contractors LLC., a Houma, LA based and Weldfab Ltd. of
Trinidad. The company stems from BPs drive to do more projects
locally. At the time local firms lacked the expertise to perform the
sort of projects they wanted and so invited international contractors
with the skills in offshore platform work to team up and share their
knowledge.
Importantly, while TOFCO
maintains ownership ties to its
parent companies it functions
as an independent company and
performs its own projects and
procurement having developed
solid, reliable relationships
with suppliers. As a company,
still new in comparison to their
competitors, the suppliers
feeding into the projects
form the foundation on which
TOFCO operates and develops,
While the competition may be a bit aggressive for the limited available work, TOFCO still maintains its competitive edge due to its experience, safety record and high quality products.
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cranes, five mobile groove cranes and other pieces of equipment. This
is subsidized with a twenty four hour delivery schedule.
TOFCOs recent work includes a number of smaller maintenance
and fabrication projects in support of oil and gas customers including
procurement, fabricating, blasting, painting, storage, equipment
rentals and consulting work to clients.
Engaged in a programme of diversification, TOFCO originally
focussed totally on the offshore business, but over the years have
branched out into working on refineries and petrochemical plants.
An applicable agility allows them to fabricate and process whatever is
applicable to their model which has opened up a number of industries.
An interesting aspect of TOFCO comes from its initiative and
approach to treating and training employees. Typical of the region it
nurtures its community ties encouraging an approach of Being your
brothers Keeper.
The company employs a youthful but skilled workforce of welders,
fabricators, riggers and others whom it cross-trains across several
disciplines. This youthful presence was a result of their start up story,
as in 2004 when they first started they were the new arrivals to
the area and so the existing workforce was hesitant to join them. In
response they took on young
employees, under the age of 25
and groomed them to work with
them. This sort of investment has
resulted in a strong loyalty from
their staff.
Outside of its fabrication
facility, TOFCOs employees
Assist residents of La Brea
with community development
programs to organizations but
not limited to schools, a local
orphanage and home for the
elderly.
This theme of corporate
altruism is common in this region
where the businesses have
grown up in the community and
have never lost their roots, it
is a refreshing business model
that is proving to be highly
efficient in growing not only the
businesses through the influx
of loyal employees and staff but
also from the levels of education
and training available to these
employees prior to joining the
workforce.
2014 will be bringing some
opportunities for TOFCO and all
its main vendors and contractors.
We are anticipating work on deck
and jacket fabrication as well as
some modularized work. There
will be some additional facility
upgrades to be undertaken
looking at completion 4th
quarter 2013. Javed concludes.
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