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
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | July 12, 2021 Integrating Capital Projects Into a Turnaround Eve... In the July 2021 online edition of “The Chemical Engineer” magazine, Gordon discusses how project teams are often blamed by turnaround managers for problems… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 12, 2021 Identifying Worker Density Constraints During Proc... How to Identify a Hidden Productivity Constraint in Your Process Outage Plans and Schedules During inspections and maintenance outages, labor… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 3, 2021 Documenting Your Turnaround Cost Estimate... Overview from article written for the May 2021 edition of “The Chemical Engineer” magazine... Maintenance turnaround teams are under ever… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 13, 2021 Critical Mass Duration for Process Outages... Avoid This Surprise When Determining How Long Your Next Process Outage Will Take Continuous processing or manufacturing facilities will occasionally… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 12, 2021 Why Doesn’t a Great Maintenance Process Equal Gr... In Part 1 we observed that some of the best results come from organizations with poor maintenance work processes and… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | April 6, 2021 Turnaround Scope Optimization... In the April 2021 edition of “The Chemical Engineer” magazine, I highlight the importance of using clear and prescriptive scope… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | March 31, 2021 Recommended Practices for Cost Estimating Maintena... The Recommended Practices issued by AACE International are widely recognized and have been adopted in estimating and control departments across… Read More
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