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Be st Practice 1 .2 Project Best Practices

Best Practice 1.2Practice 1.2Practice 1.2
Best
Best
Establish project management team trust, communication Acceptance of machinery scope by project management without
and support in the pre-FEED phase of the project. the knowledge of the machinery project specialist.
Corporate project culture should require immediate project team Possible required supplier scope changes during the project
selection upon project announcement. resulting in schedule delays and/or high cost adders.
Meet with all project team members, and present machinery les-
sons learned and best practices to project management as soon as the Benchmarks
project is announced (pre-FEED phase). This best practice has been used since the 1970s, and has been in-
Be sure to include only those best practices that increase safety corporated into all major projects that the author has been associated
and show the revenue savings (cost of unavailability) achieved by in- with in the following industries:
creased reliability. Upstream oil and gas
Be sure to benchmark all best practices and cooperate fully with the LNG
project team, with timely updates and communication. Refining
Chemical
Lessons Learned Co-generation
Failure to establish project team support early in the pro- Good machinery specialist/project management relationships have
ject will result in lack of implementation of proposed action resulted in minimum project time for machinery selection, minimum
and/or possible schedule impact and cost adders. schedule delays and smooth start-up.
Not having project management support from the beginning of the Centrifugal compressor reliabilities have exceeded 99.5% when
project has resulted in the following issues during the project: this approach is followed for the entire project (pre-FEED, FEED, test,
Lack of implementation of company best practices in the project construction, commissioning and start-up).
machinery scope.

B.P. 1.2. Supporting Material
Present best practices based on lessons learned
The action taken during the pre-FEED phase (Front End Engi- Benchmark each best practice in terms of safety and revenue
neering Design) relative to rotating equipment will set the stage increase
for its availability and profit improvement for the entire life of Present envisioned equipment overview based on input data,
estimation calculations, prior vendor discussions and best
the process unit. However, the company must take the initiative practices
to assemble and brief the project team members immediately Define risk – safety and cost of unavailability
upon project inception. Corporate responsibilities are outlined Recommend action plan – include: audit, application best
in Figure 1.2.1. practice and special test requirements
The corporate action outlined in Figure 1.2.1 will enable the Define cost and additional schedule time based on
specialist to acquire the project information that she or he needs recommended action plan
Define company savings and increased profit over life of process
to determine the degree of risk involved for the purchase and
unit
manufacture of the critical (custom designed) equipment Request decision to proceed with the proposed plan
needed in the project. In addition, the specialist can prepare the
machinery best practice list from company and plant lessons
learned, being sure to only select those best practices that affect Fig 1.2.2 Guidelines for project plan presentation
safety, and produce significant revenue increases. The manner in Theformatofthispresentationcanrangefromadiscussionwith
which project recommendations are presented will have a great the project engineering manager and project manager to a formal
impact on project team trust and support. Figure 1.2.2 presents PowerPoint presentation. Regardless of project team trust and
these facts.
type of presentation, time is of the essence and the presentation
must detail in clear and concise terms, the specific requirements,
schedule time and life cycle cost savings for the proposed plan.
An example of turning acquired pre-FEED information into
Assemble the entire project team immediately upon project an action plan is presented in the case history in Figure 1.2.3.
announcement
The team should include existing plant maintenance, operations The above action was possible because the project team
personnel or experienced personnel if the plant is a grass roots provided early information to the specialists, allowed pre-
(new) installation screening meetings to audit vendor experience and took the
Brief specialists regarding details of process, size of equipment specialist’s recommendations seriously.
special details etc. This action took place before the budget estimate. The ex-
Require specialist input immediately regarding equipment special ample outlined in Figure 1.2.3 will become more important in
project requirements (Best Practices)
the future, as the size of projects increase, and the exposure to
loss of daily process unit profit can easily exceed millions of
Fig 1.2.1 Corporate project responsibilities dollars.

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