Practical

SHUTDOWN & TURNAROUND

MANAGEMENT
for Engineers & Technicians

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:

• Describe typical turnaround management techniques
• 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
• Organise 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 Managers and Co-ordinators
• Maintenance Planning Managers
• Cost Control Staff
• Construction Superintendents
• Technical Personnel
• Maintenance/Supervisory Managers
• Project Team Members in: manufacturing, process industries,
research & development, utilities, local authorities
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 THE WORKSHOP THE PROGRAM
The engineering world is littered with examples DAY ONE DAY TWO
of poor shutdowns with massive overruns in costs
and problems in resource planning. Performing FUNDAMENTALS OF SHUTDOWNS TIME MANAGEMENT OF SHUTDOWNS
an effective shutdown is an example of applying AND TURNAROUNDS • Critical Path Method of Schedule Analysis
many of the principles of good Project • Overview & Introduction • Precedence Method of Schedule Analysis
Management with some important exceptions • Structure of Shutdown Plan • Presentation of the Schedules
which are outlined in the workshop. This
• Critical Ingredients of Good Shutdown • Resource Analysis
workshop gives you an excellent review of
Management • Monitoring & Reporting Achieved Progress
shutdown management from the perspective of
someone who has done it from the trenches. • Typical Problems • Selection of Software
There are many case studies of successful • Co-ordination Issues • Case Study - Application of the Precedence
shutdown projects to ensure that you get the latest • Success Stories Method Analysis Technique
and most up to date information to successfully • Not So Successful Stories
COST MANAGEMENT OF SHUTDOWNS
apply to your next project no matter what
PLANNING AND SCHEDULING • Cost Estimation
position you hold.
• Management Plan & Procedures • Budget Preparation
• Scheduling Maintenance Activities • Financial Control
• Monitoring & Control Techniques • Change Control
PRE-REQUISITES • Backlog Management Techniques • Cost Reporting
A basic knowledge of maintenance management • Planning for the Shutdown • Value Management
on a Plant would be useful but is not essential. - People • Case Study - Preparation of a Project Cost
- Materials Report
- Work Permits & Isolation
RISK MANAGEMENT OF SHUTDOWNS
• The Actual Shutdown
• Risk Management Defined
- Implementation
• Risk Identification
- Test & Acceptance
• Risk Analysis

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- Variations to Contract
• Risk Management Responses
- Progress Reviews & Deadlines
- Tracking of Work QUALITY IN SHUTDOWN MANAGEMENT
- Controlling Time and Costs • Definition of Quality & Management
• Post Shutdown • Quality Program
This course offers a layout of • Project Quality Assurance
- Reporting Systems

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updated systems and modern
trends to keep ahead.
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- Review of Reports
- Audit of Work Done
- Punchlists
MAINTENANCE CONCEPTS
• Measurement & Improvement of
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Quality Procedures
ISO 9000
INTRODUCTION TO CONTRACT LAW ON
SHUTDOWNS
• Legal System
Maintenance Performance • Essential Elements of Contracts
• Maintenance Audits • Factors Destroying the Legal Force of
Contracts
HUMAN RESOURCES • Termination of Contracts
• Management of Contractors & Incentives • Breach of Contracts
• Management of Claims • Liquidated Damages
• Variations to Claims • Techniques to Ensure Completion of
• Liaison Between Teams Shutdown Contracts Without "Going Legal"
• Organisational Charts
PROJECT PLANNING SESSION
• Motivation & Team Building
ON-SITE TRAINING • Training of Contractors
Work in teams to develop and document
an outline Project Plan for a defined
• Quality Control of Human Resources Shutdown Project
✔ SAVE over 50% by MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT PLANNING CASE STUDIES
• Definition of Equipment & Materials • Manufacturing Plant
having an IDC workshop • Interfaces Between Different Equipment • Offshore Platform
presented at your Packages
• Oil Refinery
premises. • Long Lead Times
• Power Plant
• Off Site Construction & Suppliers
• Variations to Scope CONCLUSION
✔ Customise the training • After the Shutdown - Continuous
PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING
to YOUR workplace. PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR
Improvement
• Elimination of Problems and Bottlenecks
SHUTDOWNS
• Planning the Next Shutdown - Retaining
✔ Have the training • Overview of the Project Environment
Data
delivered when and • Project Life Cycle & Phases
• Project Organisations
where you need it.
• Project Definitions
• Case Study: An Exercise in Developing a
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