Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 11, 2022 How to Select the Right Maintenance Metrics to Mea... A common phrase is “What’s measured is managed”. What’s also true is that measuring the wrong things can drive unintended… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | February 17, 2022 Assessing Actual vs. Planned Work Hours of a Maint... Using a Simple Methodology to Determine the Best Estimate of the True Productivity Performance Can Lead to Further Improvements Abstract… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | February 10, 2022 The Best Path To Maintenance Cost Reduction... While most organizations acknowledge a link between maintenance and reliability, the maintenance and reliability departments are often held within separate… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | February 3, 2022 Ammonia Plants... The nitrogen, ammonia, hydrogen, urea, and syngas industries are vital to the production of various petrochemical products for worldwide consumption.… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | January 12, 2022 Becht Industrial Group (BIG) is Dedicated to Clien... We are pleased to introduce Becht Industrial Group to our trusted clients. Becht Industrial Group (BIG) was formed in 2021… Read More
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 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
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
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
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
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
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | July 21, 2021 Quality Practices for Process Outages... This paper is an excerpt from the author’s contribution to a panel discussion at the Marcus Evans 9th Annual Chem/Petrochem… Read More
