About Us

Founded in 1964 as a Chicago insulation contractor, Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services is the leading diversified provider of specialty multi-craft services to the North American downstream energy infrastructure market. Its extensive portfolio of service offerings includes work access, specialty coatings, abrasive blasting, insulation, refractory, corrosion protection, weatherproofing and other related crafts. Brand operates in four key energy sectors: refining, Canadian Oil Sands, petrochemical and power generation. The company also serves the infrastructure construction markets throughout North America and in strategic international regions.

Our Strengths

Safety

We have an award-winning safety record and a safety culture that leads the industry. While we have one of the most comprehensive safety programs in the industry, we believe that we are more than a company with a great safety program… we are a safe company.

Market Leadership

Our scale and leading market position enable us to offer wide geographic coverage, provide specialty multi-craft services as a single source provider and deliver more than 29 million labor hours annually to our customers. We are able to respond rapidly and execute our customers’ maintenance and capital investment needs in a timely manner. Brand is uniquely positioned to provide the smartest and most efficient solutions to our customers.

Infrastructure and Resources

Over time, we have established our position of leadership to build a solid foundation from which we continuously grow and improve our ability to serve our customers. We have a network of approximately 200 strategically located service centers. We employ the largest pool of trained craftspeople in the industry, including an innovative engineering team and we also own the largest inventory of work access equipment in North America. Our infrastructure and resources enable us to deliver integrated value-added solutions for our customers’ non-mechanical in-plant maintenance and capital needs.

Management Team

Our management team has profitably grown the company while continuously improving safety and the quality of our services. Our Senior Management Team has an average of 22 years of relevant industry experience, while at the division level our team averages 13 years of experience with the company. With the backing of the best functional teams in the industry, our local teams work with our customers to help them make critical decisions every day.


Paul T. Wood Chief Executive Officer, President


Chi Nguyen Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Executive Vice President, Finance


James R. Billingsley, Jr. Secretary, Executive Vice President and General Counsel


George R. Fleck Executive Vice President, Human Resources


Mark Neas President, Brand Energy Solutions


Joseph A. Sadowski President, Business Development


Stephen F. Tisdall President, Infrastructure Services


David J. Witsken President, Brand Energy Services


Jason Fisher Chief Information Officer

Financial Stability

We have continued to invest and grow by increasing our service fleet, adding service resources, and making strategic acquisitions. With a consistent track record of solid financial results, Brand has equity sponsorship by First Reserve Corporation. First Reserve is the most experienced and largest private equity firm focusing exclusively on the energy industry.

Open Communication

At Brand, we ensure that every opinion and concern is heard. Under Brand’s Code of Conduct, each employee has an obligation to raise concerns regarding ethical or compliance issues. SilentWhistle provides a forum for employees, customers, and partners to give suggestions, ask questions, and communicate concerns on ethical and legal compliance issues when needed. SilentWhistle is an important tool to help Brand build on the strong ethical culture that is critical to our success. SilentWhistle: A 100% confidential and anonymous reporting system for Brand employees, hosted by a third party web service. Log on to SilentWhistle or Call: 866-387-1939.
PDF: Brand Code of Conduct