Handbook of Construction Management for Instrumentation and Controls

Learn to effectively install and commission complex, high-performance instrumentation and controls in modern process plants

In Handbook of Construction Management for Instrumentation and Controls, a team of experienced engineers delivers an expert discussion of what is required to install and commission complex, high-performance instrumentation and controls. The authors explain why, despite the ubiquitous availability of diverse international standards and instrument manufacturer data, the effective delivery of such projects involves significantly more than simply fitting instruments on panels.

The book covers material including site management, administration, operations, site safety, material management, workforce planning, instrument installation and cabling, instrument calibration, loop check and controller tuning, results recording, and participation in plant commissioning exercises. It also provides an extensive compendium of forms and checklists that can be used by professionals on a wide variety of installation and commissioning projects.

Handbook of Construction Management for Instrumentation and Controls also offers:

• A thorough introduction to site operations, including the principles of equipment installation and testing
• Comprehensive explorations of quality assurance and quality control procedures from installation to pre-commissioning to site hand-over
• Practical discussions of site administration and operations, including planning and scheduling, site safety, and contractor permits-to-work, change and delay management
• Detailed discussion of the installation and commissioning of complex instrumentation and control equipment

Perfect for specialty contractors and subcontractors, general contractors, consulting engineers, and construction managers, and as a reference book for institutes teaching courses on Industrial Instrumentation, Handbook of Construction Management for Instrumentation and Controls will also benefit students looking for a career in instrument installation.

K. Srinivasan (retired) was a senior engineer and head of process control systems at Foxboro (Australia), prior to which he was group head of design, construction, commissioning and maintenance for chemical, explosive and fertilizer plant instrumentation at ICI (India). He has a degree in physics and a post-graduate diploma in instrumentation from the Madras Institute of Technology.

T.V. Vasudevan has a B.Sc. in physics and a post-graduate diploma in instrumentation technology, from the Madras Institute of Technology. His professional experience was mainly in the design & detailed engineering of oil and gas, refinery and petrochemical projects, power plants, cement plants, pharmaceutical plants and sugar plants.

S. Kannan has a B.Sc. in physics and a post-graduate diploma in instrument technology from Madras Institute of Technology. He has 40 years of experience in the execution of field instrument installation, pre-commissioning works and project management of various instrumentation projects in refineries, petrochemicals, power and sugar plants.

D. Ramesh Kumar has a B. Tech in instrumentation engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. He is a lead instrumentation & control system engineer with Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company in Oman.