Capital Projects | January 3, 2022 Improving the Quality of Detailed Engineering for ... An Engineering Vendor’s Approach to Measuring and Improving the Quality of its Construction Deliverables The quality of detailed engineering deliverables… Read More
Becht News | December 21, 2021 Becht Successfully Completes SOC 2 Assessment... As a solutions provider to our clients, Becht understands the importance of data security and systems reliability. At Becht, we… Read More
Becht News | December 13, 2021 2021 – Year In Review... With the challenging environment last year of compressed margins, mixed mode work and high employee turnover, Becht focused on delivering… Read More
Fired Heater Services | December 13, 2021 Fired Heater Services 2021 Highlights... 2021 was an interesting year for Becht Fired Heater Services. Below are a few of our more interesting projects or… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 6, 2021 Leadership Lessons In Outage Work Selection, Plann... As production outages become costlier and can result in significant profit loss, the need for these to be planned and… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | November 1, 2021 Controlling Your Maintenance Turnaround Scope, fro... In the November 2021 online edition of “The Chemical Engineer” magazine, Gordon discusses the need to keep turnaround scope to a manageable size… Read More
Strategic Business Planning | October 26, 2021 First Principles of Energy Transition – An Unbi... Contributing authors: Jean-Gaël Le Floc’h, Mel Larson and Darren York Energy Transition – Where do we go from here? In… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | October 11, 2021 Contracting for Plant Outages... ~ A Comprehensive Contracting Plan is an Important Building Block to a Successful Plant Outage ~ During planned maintenance outages,… Read More
Becht News | October 6, 2021 Renewable Plant Integration Presented at AFPM Summ... The AFPM Summit’s Profitability Session presented an interesting delve into “Optionality in Refining and Petrochemicals to Meet Renewables and Energy… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | September 30, 2021 Getting Your Maintenance Turnaround Preparations o... In the October 2021 edition of “The Chemical Engineer” magazine, Gordon discusses the value of setting up key foundation documents at the… Read More
Capital Projects | September 22, 2021 Rapid Project Implementation... A project management team was tasked with speeding up the installation of a large number of high-return opportunities by altering… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | September 16, 2021 From the Top: Proactively Planning Different Crude... The business need for working with opportunity crudes in refinery unit operations, an essential aspect of crude blending and crude… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | September 13, 2021 Keeping Your Scaffolding Under Control During a Tu... Contributing Authors: Charles Maier and Gordon Lawrence During any maintenance work or turnarounds, there will be a need to reach… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | September 8, 2021 Improving Cost Estimating for Maintenance Turnarou... In the September 2021 edition of “The Chemical Engineer” magazine, Gordon discusses the current poor state of turnaround cost estimating and highlights five,… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | August 27, 2021 Recommended Practices for Cost Estimating Maintena... ~ Writing a Basis of Estimate ~ The Recommended Practices issued by AACE International are widely recognized and have been adopted in… Read More