The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Systems Contractor Update provides the following information in 3 sentences: The Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass project has a strong safety record, is currently staffed by over 1,000 employees (mostly from Kentucky), and has paid over $400 million in local payroll and procured over $100 million from Kentucky companies to date. Construction updates were provided on the Control and Support Building, Munitions Demilitarization Building, Supercritical Water Oxidation Process Building, Hydrolysate Storage Area, and Utility Building, where various trades are working on electrical, structural steel, siding installation, and other activities. Specific equipment for neutralizing energetics,

1. Blue Grass Chemical Agent-
Destruction Pilot Plant
Systems Contractor Update
March 12, 2013
Presented to:
Kentucky Chemical Weapons
Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory
Commission and Kentucky Chemical
Destruction Community Advisory Board
Presented by:
Tom McKinney
Project Manager,
Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass

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Safety Performance
3.9
1.5
2.86
0.28
Recordable Injuries Lost-Time Injuries
Construction Industry
Bechtel Parsons
12-month rolling rate
Accidents per 200,000 job hours
 OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star site
 Lost-time injury rate is 81 percent lower
and recordable injury rate 27 percent lower
than industry average
 As of February 28, 2013, the project has
completed 486,000 hours and 110 days
without a lost-time accident

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My Brother’s Keeper
 Brother’s Keeper mindset gaining traction
― Culture of mentoring one another, remaining vigilant
and respectfully challenging unsafe workplace behaviors
 Encouraging workers to report injuries and near misses
 Communicating that every worker has “pause work”
and “stop work” authority

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Current Staffing
 Employment
― Total project – 1,047
― Richmond, Ky. – 978
• Nonmanual – 528
• Craft – 450
― Other locations – 69
• Pasco, Wash.
• San Diego, Calif.
• Columbus, Ohio
• Frederick, Md.
Project Controls engineers (above right) inspect progress at
the Munitions Demilitarization Building cascading ventilation
filter area. Electricians (above left) install underground
electrical cable conduit.

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Hiring a Local Workforce
Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass
Workforce in Richmond, Kentucky
Workforce includes manual and non-manual employees
Note 1:
Local: Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and the small business advocacy program include the following counties:
Madison, Woodford, Fayette, Scott, Bourbon, Clark, Jessamine and Rockcastle. MSAs are defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Note 2:
Manual employees are hired through the local Union Hall in Lexington, Kentucky.
Local
56%
Outside of
Kentucky
40%
Rest of Kentucky
4%

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Valuing a Diverse Workforce
BPBG – Nonmanual Workforce Kentucky Population
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010
Kentucky
Architecture and Engineering
BPBG – Nonmanual Workforce
Caucasian
87%
Minority
13%
Caucasian
88%
Minority
12%
Male
77%
Female
23%
Male
85.8%
Female
14.2%

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Kentucky Wages, Procurements
and Subcontracts
 Local payroll to date
― $407 million paid
― $403 million more to be paid
 Acquisitions to date
― $105.5 million spent with Kentucky companies
― $64.1 million spent in Madison
and surrounding counties
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BGCAPP-related Procurements and Subcontracts
Madison
Estill
Lee
Wolfe
Clark
Boyle
Lincoln
Rock-
castle
Pulaski Laurel
Clay
Casey
Adair
Taylor
Wayne
Fayette
Knox
Whitley Bell
Leslie
Harlan
Knott
Pike
Martin
Floyd
Breathitt
Cumber-
land
Marion
Larue
Hart
Warren
Allen
Barren
Monroe
Spencer
Shelby
Scott
Morgan
Elliott
Carter
GreenupLewis
Mason
Logan
Todd
Christian
Trigg
Calloway
Lyon
Hopkins
Butler
Ohio Grayson
Hardin
Breckinridge
Daviess
Henderson
Union
Bullitt
Crittenden
Jefferson
Oldham
Henry
Owen
Grant
Woodford
Bath

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Corporate Stewardship
 Awarded $10,000 in Madison County Teacher Grants for
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
classroom education projects
 Participated in Waco Elementary 5th grade Energy Expo
 Participated in local college job fairs and recruiting events
– Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) veteran students
– Blue Grass Community & Technical College career fair
– University of Kentucky (UK) spring career fair
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Waco Elementary Energy
Expo. Photograph by
Kaitlin Keane,
Richmond Register.
EKU veteran students
career fair.
UK student career fair.
UK student career fair.

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Blue Grass Specific Equipment Update
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PhaseI
Metal Parts Treater ● ● ● ● ●
Thermally decontaminates metal parts and pieces
and secondary wastes
Energetics Batch Hydrolyzers ● ● ● ● ● Neutralizes energetics and any residual agent
Energetics Neutralization
Reactors ● ● ● ● ●
Mixes energetics with hot water and sodium hydroxide to
destroy energetics
PhaseII
Rocket Cutter Machine ● ● ● ● Separates rocket motor from warhead containing agent
Rocket Shear Machine ● ● ● ● Drains the agent and separates rockets into pieces
Munitions Wash Station ● ● ● ●
Disassembles and removes agent from projectiles
(includes Cavity Access Machines)
Agent Neutralization
Glove boxes ● ● ● ● ● Samples to verify agent destruction
Energetics Neutralization
Glove boxes ● ● ● ● ● Samples to verify energetics destruction
SCWO Aluminum Filtration
System ● ● ● ● ● Filters aluminum particulates from energetics hydrolysate
SCWO Reactor Modules ● ● ●
Converts agent and energetics hydrolysate to salts, water
and carbon dioxide gas
SCWO Tanks & Pump Modules ● ● ● ● ● Blend tanks for SCWO reactor feed batches
Equipment Purpose
Status
- update since last meeting

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Blue Grass Specific Equipment Complete
The Munitions Demilitarization Building’s
Munitions Washout System has successfully
completed design, fabrication and factory
acceptance testing.

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Control and Support Building
An electrician installs wiring (above) inside the
Control and Support Building. Meanwhile, the
Control and Support Building cascading
ventilation system duct work (at right)
undergoes testing.

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Munitions Demilitarization Building
Ironworkers have completed major structural
steel installation (above) at the Munitions
Demilitarization Building and now focus on
installing exterior siding (at right).

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Munitions Demilitarization Building
(continued)
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One of the first munitions handing robots
(above) has been placed into a Munitions
Demilitarization Building blast proof room.
Pipefitters review drawings to install a complex
array of piping (at right) into the agent
neutralization system room.

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Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO)
Process Building
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An electrician installs electrical cable tray
(above) inside the SCWO Process Building.
Workers have completed siding installation
activities (at right) on the north and south
portions of the SCWO Process Building.

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Hydrolysate Storage Area
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Boilermakers fabricate Hydrolysate Storage Area tanks.

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Utility Building
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The Utility Building (above) is now surrounded
by a host of pipe rack steel installation and
support infrastructure activities. A pipefitter
welds a Utility Building interior piping support.

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Questions/Discussion
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