by Paul Turner | Apr 17, 2023 | CSU
If your projects are: Consistently late by more than 1 month Typically over-budget by more than $1M You’re scrambling at the end during commissioning to meet deadlines You’re not achieving the reliability needed for ongoing operation and maintenance activities Then I...
by Paul Turner | Apr 17, 2023 | CSU
Today’s projects are complex and require a sophisticated approach to commissioning. The industry-norm is to leave commissioning to the end of projects, but this no longer works. If you’re stuck with this industry-norm, it is costing your projects millions of dollars...
by Paul Turner | Apr 11, 2023 | CSU
In this article, I’m breaking down the key messages that Professor Bent Flyvbjerg makes in his book – How Big Things Get Done, and how these are applied during the Integrated Commissioning Method. This article is going to be very powerful if your projects are...
by Paul Turner | Apr 9, 2023 | CSU
The biggest mistake most people make when trying to figure out commissioning is thinking that they need to immediately get to site and follow someone around for a decade just to learn commissioning. And I get it, this is very common. Everyone tells you this – and...
by Paul Turner | Mar 23, 2023 | CSU
Industrial process commissioning is complex and there are many project-specific details that are required for each specific project and each specific industry in order to successfully commission and start up these complex systems. Detailed plans are required that give...
by Paul Turner | Mar 23, 2023 | CSU
There are 4 major phases of capital projects: Procurement – projects need to make the formal arrangement to have the people and equipment available to implement the project Design – engineers need to define the details of what needs to be installed and how the systems...
by Paul Turner | Mar 16, 2023 | CSU
By the time you realize your project is in trouble during commissioning, it’s too late to recover – you’ll already have delays and cost overruns. The reason for problems during commissioning is because of something that happened (or didn’t happen) during earlier...
by Paul Turner | Mar 13, 2023 | CSU
Commissioning is the most important phase of your project, it is what determines if everything you’ve done prior to commissioning during the procurement, design, and construction phases was successful. But most projects do not approach commissioning this way, everyone...
by Paul Turner | Feb 21, 2023 | CSU
I’ve always wanted to build things. When I was young, I always had a project I was working on, either taking something apart, or putting something back together. I didn’t really care what I was building, but I liked the process of designing and building things, and...
by Paul Turner | Feb 21, 2023 | CSU
Once on-site commissioning is complete, there are several activities that remain to finish the project and handover the new facilities to the owner. I have been on projects where this has gone well, and there is a gradual handover to the operations team. I’ve...
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