We are proud to celebrate North Wind Group’s subsidiary company, North Wind Dynamics, LLC (NWD), for being named the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) 2025 8(a)/Small Disadvantaged Business of the Year! This prestigious award honors NWD’s exceptional contributions to the DOE’s mission through innovation, efficiency, and an unwavering commitment to safety and sustainability.
As a key partner supporting the DOE Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO), NWD has consistently demonstrated excellence in infrastructure support services. Their work has enhanced site operations and delivered measurable value in cost savings, environmental stewardship, and mission advancement.
Highlights of NWD’s Award-Winning Achievements:
Creative or Unique Solutions to DOE Requirements
- Initiated and completed a project to provide the PORTS site with a secondary phone service trunk, establishing a contingency for the single-point failure legacy concern.
- Installed equipment and fiber providing connectivity between onsite data centers, enhancing telecommunications and internet redundancy/capacity at PORTS.
- Completed culvert inlet/outlet GIS mapping utilizing GPS to identify historically unmapped culvert coordinates/attributes to support site projects and minimize inspection time readily.
Exceptional Value and Service
- NWD Security provided a design for reducing 145 acres from the current limited area to support the next phase of the D&D mission more efficiently. Also supports the reduction of costly clearances by allowing uncleared personnel to perform work.
- Mitigated over 10k vulnerabilities in a rolling 90-day period, reaching 0 Known Exploitable Vulnerabilities (KEVs).
- Deployed agent scanners to all network devices for timely network vulnerability scans.
- CrowdStrike Global Incident – All remediation measures completed day of incident.
- Lowered carbon footprint of operations utilizing energy efficiencies in electronics management (e.g., active power management, printing/copying defaults to increase efficiency, procurement of EPEAT/Energy Star equipment), reducing habits and practices that create unnecessary waste/recycling materials, and utilizing energy-efficient materials for maintenance and construction products.
- Reduced hazardous material storage inventory by 8.67%.
Productivity and Efficiency Gains
- Developed new badge certification process that allows Visitor Control Personnel to run a script that reads HSPD-12 certificate information and sends an email to Helpdesk. Prior to this process, personnel had to commute to another facility with their new badge for IT to provide logical computer access. The new process decreases employees’ non-productive time and potential travel-related incidents.
- Utilized energy efficiencies in electronics management (e.g., active power management, printing/copying defaults to increase efficiency, procurement of EPEAT/Energy Star equipment).
Innovative Ideas to the Specific Project and/or Task Being Performed
- NWD United Steel Workers (USW) Worker-Trainers developed a Facility Hazard Identification Training curriculum covering topics such as hazard identification, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and effective communication strategies. The comprehensive training course addresses specific needs and requirements for facility inspections. The collaborative approach ensures the training course is practical, relevant, and tailored to the unique needs of PORTS employees.
- Implemented digitization of paper legacy historical records to innovative stand-alone systems, expediting inventory reduction to meet the facility D&D schedule.
Cost, Time, and Manpower Savings for the Department
- NWD electrical design in a DOE administrative building avoided a cost of $250,000+ by removing the requirement for a transformer purchase.
- North Wind facilitated the Portsmouth Site’s receipt of the FY24 3-Star EPEAT Purchasing Award (Computers and displays, imaging equipment, and mobile phones), a voluntary program demonstrating NWD’s commitment to excellence in green electronics procurement ~ a $17,000 cost savings.
- Obtained Ohio BWC Safety Intervention Grant that allowed procurement of equipment that significantly reduced, and in some cases eliminated, work scope hazards for a $40,000 cost savings.
“This award reflects the dedication, innovation, and teamwork that define North Wind Dynamics. Every team member is committed to excellence that directly supports the Department of Energy’s mission. We’re honored to be recognized for our contributions and proud of our impact at the Portsmouth site.”
— Damon Detillion, Project Manager, North Wind Dynamics, LLC
“Receiving this award is a tremendous honor and a testament to our entire organization’s hard work and integrity. North Wind Dynamics strives to deliver solutions that are not only effective but also sustainable and forward-thinking. We thank the Department of Energy for this recognition and remain committed to supporting their mission with the highest performance standards.”
— Carson (Jade) Dye, President, North Wind Dynamics, LLC
Source: https://www.energy.gov/osdbu/annual-doe-small-business-awards-program
Congratulations, North Wind Dynamics!
