by Paul Turner | Jun 19, 2023 | CSU
For project owners that are preparing for projects, there is more to consider for commissioning than just the technical testing details at the end. There are critical commercial requirements to be included in contracts before they are even awarded and required project...
by Paul Turner | Jun 2, 2023 | CSU
The only way to stop losing money on projects is by finishing them. Finishing projects requires successful completion of commissioning and startup. So how can you expect to stop losing money on projects when most people on your project team don’t actually know how to...
by Paul Turner | Jun 2, 2023 | CSU
Commissioning of projects has been a challenge for decades, it is not a new problem. The world has continued to advance, but the commissioning industry has largely stayed the same for the last several decades. As an example, the iPhone was first announced in 2007 –...
by Paul Turner | Jun 2, 2023 | CSU
Projects achieve better outcomes when everyone working on projects understands the fundamentals of project completions and commissioning. The problem is, there is typically only a handful of commissioning experts working on each project that understand the structured...
by Paul Turner | Jun 2, 2023 | CSU
Projects are only successful when it comes from the project owner. All other project groups certainly play a role in the project’s success. But the buck stops with the project owner. It is similar to owning a company – the company founder will always care the most...
by Paul Turner | May 30, 2023 | CSU
You can’t teach a kid to ride a bike in a seminar – he/she needs to get on the bike and get the bumps and bruises to figure it out. The same applies to commissioning – you can’t learn commissioning from a book or a course – you need to get out there and get the...
by Paul Turner | May 27, 2023 | CSU
The same problems have plagued the construction and commissioning industry for decades: Commissioning is squeezed at the end of projects to fix everyone else’s mistakes in half the time Commissioning is not included in earlier phases of the project Commissioning is an...
by Paul Turner | May 22, 2023 | CSU
Hey Commissioning Guys, Imagine if everyone else on your project understood commissioning. How much easier would your job be to complete commissioning if your engineering groups, construction groups, project managers, and project executives understood the value of...
by Paul Turner | May 17, 2023 | CSU
Projects today are much more complex than they used to be. The days of electro-mechanical relays are long gone, with equipment today controlled by much more sophisticated PLC systems. PLC-based distributed control networks provide much more capability to monitor and...
by Paul Turner | May 7, 2023 | CSU
Projects are the essence of human collaboration to accomplish great things for the benefit of society. It is not possible for one individual to build really big things, without it taking a very long time. Everyone’s individual contribution adds to the greater good of...
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