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BSI Services (Trinidad) is the Caribbean-based por-
tion of a specialty construction company that’s based
in Mountain View, Wyo. and serves clients around the
world.
The global entity provides project management for
piping, mechanical and civil installations for new con-
struction, renovations and turnarounds, as well as
safety, supervisory and engineering training, vessel
fabrication, repair and other specialty services. BSI
also specializes in safety training and works to OSHA
standards 1910 and 1926. Toward that end, it pro-
vides safety management teams, compliance officers,
inspections, incident investigations with root cause
analysis, custom-designed safety programs and res-
cue and response teams, including high angle and
confined space.
Quality is certified to the ISO 9001-2008 standard and
work meets ASME standards for fabrication and repair
of pressure vessels. Onsite quality assurance and con-
trol inspection teams ensure compliance with appli-
cable codes and standards.
The company’s mission statement summarizes the
across-the-board commitment to excellence.
We provide quality services for industry worldwide.
We fulfill the needs of our clients by creating an en-
vironment that promotes pride in workmanship, orga-
nizational efficiency and a genuine desire to exceed
client expectations. We are committed to total client
satisfaction and team member success. By establish-
ing long-term relationships that promote unity, trust,
growth and financial stability, we continually strive to
enhance the quality of life for client, team members
and suppliers.
Gains toward that ideal are made by a company-
wide mandate to communicate with clients to ensure
they’re provided what they need, partner with clients,
suppliers and team members, maintain a safe, clean
and well-organized work environment, promote team
member involvement, open communication and op-
portunity for personal growth and advancement and
maintain financial stability by adding value to services
and reducing unnecessary costs.
The mandates align with a corporate philosophy that
expects honesty, values integrity, encourages creativi-
ty and promotes self-reliance. The culture of teamwork
and perpetual improvement yields the highest-quality,
on-time service in the industry and perpetuates the
belief that by seeking excellence, success becomes a
long-term journey and not a short-term destination.
The Trinidad-based operation has undergone some
transition since the early days. It was branched off as
a wholly-owned limited liability subsidiary in 2001.
“The company started to do more project manage-
ment, and in 2006 we got ISO 9001-certified and at
that point we went into more fabrication,” said Michael
Mohammed, operations manager of the Trinidad facil-
ity. “It really started off as more of a safety supply busi-
ness, then into safety management training, project
management and services and then into welding and
fabrication.”
The local workforce consists of around 40 employees,
and the company’s two-acre headquarters campus in-
cludes a both a maintenance and a fabrication ship, in
addition to a 10,000 square-foot administrative build-
ing. Services are offered primarily on the island of
Trinidad, though work has been done on an infrequent
basis outside the country on other nearby islands in
the region.
Most of the revenue comes from turnaround projects,
Mohammed said, which necessitates an occasional
