CVE supports uncommon collaboration at Oak Ridge

CTI-VNSFS Environmental, Inc. (CVE) is proud to be part of the collaborative effort taking place to modernize and improve security at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Recently, the teams working on the Security Infrastructure Revitalization Program (SIRP) Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment System (PIDAS) project at Y-12 were commended for their cooperation, coordination and flexibility in performing a project “pivot” which allowed for an accelerated completion of work in one area by CVE in order to most efficiently accommodate the schedules of the other security system construction contractors.

CVE, which is a U.S. Small Business Administration-approved mentor-protégé joint venture consisting of VNS Federal Services (large business mentor) and CTI and Associates, Inc. (small business protégé), is constructing new and improved security systems under a project managed by National Technical and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, (Sandia), on behalf of the site’s overall managing contractor, Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS).

Elsewhere on Y-12, other companies are doing similar work on portions of the Y-12 perimeter at the West End Protected Area Reduction and Uranium Processing Facility projects.

In a recent article in the Y-12 Daily News, CNS Project Manager Angela Oberding applauded the efforts of the CNS, Sandia and CVE teams working on SIRP PIDAS for their collaboration with the other highly schedule-driven projects all needing the same space and equipment at the same time.

“This project was a team within a team, and the only way to work together without causing schedule or cost impacts was through realignment,” Oberding said. “We had three months total to change our plan, schedule, and deploy, and we were doing multiple phases at once.”

“It was truly one of the largest collaborations I have ever seen,” Oberding continued. “This was a difficult project, but it’s a success story. We were actively removing barriers and solving problems. Sometimes that was a day?to?day problem?solving activity and sometimes it was an hour?to?hour activity, but the collaborative focus from every single person in the field, of all crafts to be 100 percent?engaged and work together, made hitting the target date possible.”

To be successful, everyone needed to be involved and support all the projects taking place on site, Oberding said – and they were. “Everyone was aligned. And that’s important, because not one person or organization could have done this themselves.”

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