Epc Project Management Handbook - Volume 5 (Paperback)

Paperback. Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects are among the most complex forms of project delivery undertaken anywhere in the construction, infrastructure, energy and industrial sectors. As project scale increases, the challenge is no longer simply to coordinate engineering, procurement and construction activities. The real challenge is to create an integrated management system capable of controlling thousands of interconnected decisions, interfaces, deliverables, contracts, risks, resources, stakeholders and dependencies. This fifth volume of the EPC Project Management Handbook addresses that challenge from an advanced project-management perspective. The book recognizes that a major EPC project cannot be managed effectively as a collection of isolated functional departments or disconnected contractor reports. Engineering decisions affect procurement. Procurement decisions affect construction. Construction performance affects commissioning. Commissioning affects handover. Changes affect cost, schedule, risk, quality, commercial exposure and operational readiness simultaneously. Consequently, successful EPC management requires an integrated delivery architecture connecting: Strategy Scope Engineering Procurement Construction Project Controls Risk Commercial Management Commissioning Handover Operational Readiness The book emphasizes that the ultimate objective is not merely to complete thousands of individual activities. The objective is to transform those activities into a completed, tested, accepted, commercially controlled and operationally ready asset. The Advanced EPC Management Challenge Mega EPC projects introduce complexity across virtually every dimension of delivery.A project may involve: Multiple engineering disciplinesThousands of engineering deliverablesHundreds of procurement packagesLong-lead equipmentInternational vendorsMultiple construction contractorsSpecialist subcontractorsMulticultural workforcesMultiple geographic locationsComplex logisticsRegulatory interfacesMultiple commissioning systemsSophisticated project controlsCommercial and contractual interfacesSignificant HSE exposureLarge stakeholder ecosystemsLong execution periodsMajor capital investmentThe complexity becomes even greater when projects involve multiple EPC packages, consortiums, joint ventures, owner-supplied equipment, technology licensors, separate consultants and independent commissioning organizations.Volume 5 therefore approaches EPC project management as an integrated delivery system rather than a collection of traditional management functions. From Control to IntegrationOne of the central themes of this volume is integration.The project management system must connect: Scope managementWBS, OBS and CBSEngineering deliverablesProcurement packagesVendor managementConstruction work packagesIntegrated master schedulingCost managementEarned valueProductivityRiskQuantitative risk analysisChange managementCommercial managementClaimsInterface managementQualityHSECommissioningSystems completionHandoverOperational readinessA properly structured engineering deliverables register, for example, should establish a controlled connection from contract requirements through engineering scope and design deliverables to procurement, construction, commissioning and handover. This item is printed o Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…