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Shutdown and Turnaround Management

For Senior Technicians 

 

 

 

 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

• Describe typical turnaround management technique

• Co-ordinate a simple turnaround project from planning to execution and handover

• Co-ordinate the personnel in a shutdown and turnaround project

• Apply shutdown best practices and planning

• Build an effective maintenance project plan for shutdowns

• Use critical path planning to identify risks and manage these risks effectively          

• Plan to meet deadlines and complete turnaround projects within budget and on time

• Manage resources effectively on a turnaround project

• Develop the personal skills critical to effective turnaround project management

• Organize and improve performance to create a productive and competent team

• Evaluate and make immediate use of Turnaround Project Management Software packages

 

Who Should Attend?

• Project Engineers

• Engineering Professionals

• Shutdown Coordinators

• Maintenance Planner

• Cost Control Staff

• Technical Personnel

• Project Team Members in: manufacturing, process industries, Research & development, utilities, local authorities

• Turnaround Senior Technicians

 

PROGRAM OUTLINES:

FUNDAMENTALS OF SHUTDOWNS AND TURNAROUNDS

PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

• Management Plan & Procedures

• Scheduling Maintenance Activities

• Monitoring & Control Techniques

• Backlog Management Techniques

• Planning for the Shutdown

• People

• Materials

• Work Permits & Isolation

• The Actual Shutdown

• Implementation

• Test & Acceptance

• Variations to Contract

• Progress Reviews & Deadlines

• Tracking of Work

• Controlling Time and Costs

• Post Shutdown

• Reporting Systems

• Review of Reports

• Audit of Work Done

• Punchlists

MAINTENANCE CONCEPTS

• Measurement & Improvement of Maintenance Performance

• Maintenance Audits

HUMAN RESOURCES

• Management of Contractors & Incentives

• Management of Claims

• Variations to Claims

• Liaison Between Teams

• Organizational Charts

• Motivation & Team Building

• Training of Contractors

• Quality Control of Human Resources

MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT PLANNING

 

• Definition of Equipment & Materials

• Interfaces between Different Equipment Packages

• Long Lead Times

• Off Site Construction & Suppliers

• Variations to Scope

PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR SHUTDOWNS

• Overview of the Project Environment

• Project Life Cycle & Phases

• Project Organizations

• Project Definitions

• Case Study: An Exercise in Developing a Work Breakdown Structure

TIME MANAGEMENT OF SHUTDOWNS

• Critical Path Method of Schedule Analysis

• Precedence Method of Schedule Analysis

• Presentation of the Schedules

• Resource Analysis

• Monitoring & Reporting Achieved Progress

• Selection of Software

• Case Study - Application of the Precedence Method Analysis Technique

COST MANAGEMENT OF SHUTDOWNS

• Cost Estimation

• Budget Preparation

• Financial Control

• Change Control

• Cost Reporting

• Value Management

• Case Study - Preparation of a Project Cost Report

RISK MANAGEMENT OF SHUTDOWNS

• Risk Management Defined

• Risk Identification

• Risk Analysis

• Risk Management Responses

QUALITY IN SHUTDOWN MANAGEMENT

 

• Definition of Quality & Management

• Quality Program

• Project Quality Assurance

• Quality Procedures

• ISO 9000

INTRODUCTION TO CONTRACT LAW ON SHUTDOWNS

• Legal System

• Essential Elements of Contracts

• Factors Destroying the Legal Force of Contracts

• Termination of Contracts

• Breach of Contracts

• Liquidated Damages

• Techniques to Ensure Completion of Shutdown Contracts Without "Going Legal"

PROJECT PLANNING SESSION

• Work in teams to develop and document an outline Project Plan for a defined Shutdown Project

CASE STUDIES

• Manufacturing Plant

• Offshore Platform

• Oil Refinery

• Power Plant

CONCLUSION

• After the Shutdown – Continuous Improvement

• Elimination of Problems and Bottlenecks

• Planning the Next Shutdown – Retaining Data