We are pleased to announce that Arion recently received the National Safety Council Million Work Hours Award. The National Safety Council Million Work Hours Award recognizes companies, locations, or divisions that have completed at least 1 million consecutive work hours without an injury or illness that resulted in days away from work or death.

In response to receiving this top safety award, Arion COO Edmund Lunde said, “Zero incidents and zero accidents - it's not just our goal, it is our expectation!”

Arion has been selected to be featured on the local Houston edition of Fox Business Channel’s Inside the Blueprint, airing on KRIV-FOX Saturday 4/16/2022 at 11:00 AM Central, and KIAH-CW Sunday 4/17/22 at 9:00 AM Central. 

Houston Business Journal has ranked Arion #14 in their list of the 2021 largest energy engineering firms in the Houston area.

Join Patrick Blomberg, PE for The Pipeliners Association of Houston virtual monthly Business Meeting on Monday, March 1st at 12pm CST. Patrick, Arion's Process Department Manager, will be speaking on PSM/PSV Remediation. PAH members can login to view the presentation.

Arion Co-Founder and COO Edmund Lunde, MPM is set to deliver the Opening Keynote address for the 23rd Annual Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum on Wednesday, November 11th, 2020. Edmund will be presenting on the "State of the Union (COVID-19)" touching on the current climate and the impacts of COVID-19. Register to attend and catch Edmund’s impactful and inspiring State of the Industry opening keynote address to learn more. The virtual event will be held November 11th from 8:30am-3:00pm. Tickets are available here through November 10th.

So far in 2020, we have completed over 30 arc flash analyses for our clients’ industrial facilities, providing solutions to decrease hazards and bring facilities into compliance with OSHA requirements. Our experience has been that once our initial work is complete, our clients recognize the value we provide and ask us to expand our study work to include more of their facilities. Our team is capable of utilizing arc flash mitigating techniques as advised by NFPA 70E for your switchgear and MCC work.

After learning of our successes with utilizing their software, the folks at Drawboard (DB) sat down with Josh Menk, Delivery Systems and Innovation Manager at Arion, to chat more about Drawboard Projects and the impact the software is having on project delivery at Arion.

Project success depends on safety requirements being met to achieve an outcome of zero injuries or accidents. Arion’s Supplier Quality Surveillance (SQS) program can help ensure your projects are as safe as possible. In addition to utilizing SQS internally to support our engineering and procurement services, we also provide direct inspection management and in-shop inspection support excellence to our clients. By executing proven best practices to ensure supplier compliance, we embody a main principle of our Performance pillar. Further, we draw on our People pillar in fostering an “all in” team mentality to form lasting, trusting relationships for the duration of the project and beyond.

Arion offers standardized station configurations for compression, metering, and pumping that provide quality design solutions, delivered quickly, at the lowest possible cost. Pre-engineered and standardized equipment skid packages enable us to produce flexible station configurations – for one unit, multiple units, or entire program developments. We work with you to determine the best fit for your technology needs, with multiple options for compressors, meters, and pumps, while utilizing off-the-shelf solutions for ancillary systems.

Why standardized design for your station program? We keep it simple. Automated engineering and design and pre-engineered standardization means right out of the gate, we’re shortening your execution schedule. Shorter schedule = lower CAPEX and OPEX. Give us a call or attend our upcoming webinar to learn more! We have your customized solution.

Arion CEO and co-founder Michele McNichol has been named as one of 50 honorees for the 2020 “Most Admired CEO” Houston Business Journal awards. McNichol was selected for the honor by a panel of judges who considered nominees’ company successes, professional achievements, and commitment to community service.

In 2018, Arion initiated PSM program work for a major midstream client, performing work in six different regions across four states. After assessing the client’s needs, we worked together to define 21 Process Safety Information deliverables, then created documents or updated existing documents for our client’s facilities. Our innovative work processes allowed us to tailor deliverables to client requirements, and easily add or subtract deliverables from scope depending on facility needs. Keeping job assignments flexible enabled staff to hop on or off projects as needed, ensuring the best staffing fit for each area and project workload requirements.

Brian O’Higgins has been named Vice-President of Arion’s newly launched Pipeline Business Unit. O’Higgins comes to Arion with over 29 years of experience in the Natural Gas industry, previously working for Williams. Beginning February 3rd, O’Higgins will leverage his extensive experience and key client relationships to develop Arion’s presence in the Pipeline sector of the Oil & Gas industry.