Project Managers stop losing time during Capital Project Completions and Commissioning when they implement CSU Frameworks through all stages of projects.

If your projects lose time during construction completions and commissioning, then I’m willing to bet:

• You don’t have standardized project management frameworks to complete construction and commissioning
• Coordination between CSU managers and other CSU involved groups is challenging, project participants are not aligned, and groups are not able to work efficiently to collaboratively solve problems as they arise
• You lack CSU-linked KPIs to monitor and control commissioning and startup using CSU digital applications
• Your projects are busy, and you just haven’t had time to investigate new CSU Frameworks to get the job done more efficiently

This is common on projects, the construction industry has been slow to adopt new ways to manage completions and commissioning with CSU Frameworks, and it’s likely your projects have experienced the same.

When capital projects are successful, Project Managers show their project teams the most efficient path to completion. Without this, project teams assume their own path, with each project group working in a different direction, nobody is aligned on completion, and teams quickly get lost in the complexity of completing projects. CSU Frameworks align all project participants through all stages of projects to achieve your project in-service date.

This is no different than driving. Do you jump in your car and aimlessly drive, without telling anyone where you’re going? No. You use Google Maps to show you the way. And everyone must follow the same map if you want them to meet you at your destination. Without the directions to follow, you don’t know how and when others will get to where you’re going.

CSU Frameworks during all stages of projects give your project team the systems and processes they need to get to the end-goal of projects as efficiently as possible.

There are 5 CSU Frameworks to incorporate into your project delivery:

CSU Frameworks in Contracts – technical and commercial completion requirements must be in engineering, construction, and equipment procurement contracts, specific to your project and industry. Miss any of these, and you’ll have expensive change orders and claims while completing your project.

CSU Frameworks in FEED – commissioning and operational input is required during preliminary and detailed design reviews, especially for control system and HMI user interfaces. When feedback is not provided, there are lots of delays when later groups are seeing design packages for the first time.

CSU Frameworks in Off-Site Testing – since these are the first physical tests of equipment, testing in the factory must align with on-site testing, particularly for control and protection systems. When testing doesn’t align, you get expensive delays while issues are addressed.

Construction Completions – the last 10% of any task is always the hardest, and robust processes are required to ensure systems are 100% complete and that nothing gets missed. Do a half-assed job with this, and commissioning suffers from expensive delays.

CSU Completion Workflows – commissioning is fast-paced, and you need robust methods to manage all the details and keep pace with testing. Your customized spreadsheets are not getting it done efficiently.

All 5 CSU Frameworks are required – leave one or more of them out of your project delivery and your project will experience delays:

• Construction and commissioning groups will not be aligned, and will be stuck in meetings talking about how to do the work rather than actually doing to work
• Details get missed that cause snags during commissioning
• Design and construction delays will require commissioning to be completed in half the time originally planned
• And you won’t be able to achieve your project in-service date

When Project Managers leave commissioning to the end and do not follow CSU Frameworks as part of their capital project delivery strategy, projects are late and over-budget, which is the case for 9 out of 10 projects.