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Page 16 PSAI Industry Retrospective - the 00s THE TEAM Essential to the success of any endeavor is picking the right team members to execute the plan. While all of the owners committed to personally participating in the fulfillment of the project, Ron Inman, Vice President of the Honey Bucket division of Northwest Cascade was selected to lead the team as Project Manager. Delegation of responsibilities was as follows: Overall Organization, Planning and Execution – Ron Inman, as Project Manager, managed the organization chart, visited the venues, and performed the crucial task of educating the customer in terms of logistics, standards, services procedures, and unit placement, as well as developing and executing the operational plan. Contract Administration – Sharon Manley, Andy Gump. Sharon and her team handled all administrative tasks, action plans, and billing/collection responsibilities. Her organizational and operational skills are stellar and provided a command center for this effort. Equipment Assembly, Staging and Delivery – Mark Perry, NW Cascade, supervised the teams delivering the equipment that included over 2400 Synergy High Tech units, which were assembled on site and were stored in four staging areas. Matt Sola of Super Bowl coordinated, installed and winterized the over 90 holding tanks across all venues. Restroom Trailer inventory – Barry Gump, Andy Gump, managed the procurement, transportation, installation and winterization of 31 restroom trailers and served as Ron's second in command. Night Service and Disposal – Lee Sola, SuperBowl played a key role as Night Commander, supervising the District Supervisors JR Inman and Tim Petersen of NW Cascade, and Gary Wood of Andy Gump. Venue Foremen were Mike Rice of A rone and Larry Moore of A Company. George Rice of A rone had the unenviable role of Safety Manager. is "A Team" representing every company in the partnership ensured that all night servicing and disposal was completed safely and efficiently over the six weeks of the Olympics and Paralympics, and the transportation of equipment to the respective companies thereaer. TEST EVENTS–WINTER 2001 AND LESSONS LEARNED e PSAI Olympic Team participated in several small scale Olympic Trial Events that proved to be vital in the ultimate success of the Games the following year. According to Ron Inman of Northwest Cascade, "equipment standardization both in trucks and units were important. In addition, standardizing processes were vital since people from five companies would be doing the work." Ron continues, "We were attempting many firsts in our industry: • Tying down standard units and restroom trailers • Delivery and service via Snow Cat at 8500 foot elevations at -20 degrees at night • Servicing 70 units from 800 down the mountain through buried hoses • Pumping holding tanks from 450 feet below via installed pipes • Keeping holding tanks and restroom trailers from freezing in extreme temperatures for large crowds of people. Another challenge, points out Jeff Moore, was that the "California boys (Andy Gump and A rone employees) learned a lot about sporting goods stores when they arrived. e sales of winter coats, gloves, and hats skyrocketed." THE EQUIPMENT By November 2001, three months in advance of the Games, all restrooms, handwash units, and holding tanks were staged in Salt Lake. e equipment list reads like the inventory of a manufacturing plant: Standard Restrooms (All New) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2223 ADA Compliant Restrooms (New) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 ADA Flushing Units (New) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 24' Restroom Trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 36' Restroom Trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 32' Combo (ADA) Restroom Trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Free Standing Sinks (for food workers) . . . . . . . . . . 80 Holding Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Hand sanitizing dispensers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2420 e vehicle list is equally as impressive: Service & Pump Trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Pickup and Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Restroom Trailer Techs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Foreman and pickup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67