Planners and EPC scope

In my suggestion, planners who delegated to manage and control the project or the manufacturing site must understand engineering drawings, specification, detail scope and quantities. A planner who is sitting in front of the computer and just playing with Primavera or MS Project program and doesn't read and understand engineering drawings, documents,specifications and dependencies among the disciplines/tasks is a just program operator. Generally, planner who fully involved with EPC project must read and understand all aspect of engineering, procurement and construction methodologies. The following exercise is a for-instance for an EPC project plan(schedule, cost and resources). (A) For engineering and construction schedule, you must study the deliverables and dependencies among the disciplines 1. Process engineering ; P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) , PFD (Process Flow Digrams), 2. Piping engineering ; line list, plot plan, piping GA (general arrangement), tie-in list, piping BOM (bill of materials) 3. Mechanical engineering; equipment list, data sheets, equipment GA drawings, requisitions, technical bid analysis and specifications 4. Civil engineering; civil foundation plan, piling location plan, structure GA drawings, underground drawings 5. Electrical & Instrumentation; electrical and instrument cable/tray routing plan, instrument index and lists (B) For procurement schedule, get the requisitions for all disciplines and understand the work steps such as (a) Inquiry issued to bidders (b) Bid evaluation and owner approval (c) Purchased Order to Vendor (d) Vendor drawings receive (e) Fabrication (f) Final Inspection and (g) Delivery at site (C) In summary, gather the following basic information after the contract awarded. (1) Meeting of Minute during tendering (2) Project contract (3) Base line scope and bill of quantities (4) Project Execution Plan (5) Budgeted cost and man hours (6) Estimated cost (7) Tender schedule (8) Risk assessment Review the engineering drawings and specification as mention in "A" & "B" as and when required. Create your project schedule based on the information "A", "B" and "C". Assign the man-hours based on the approved schedule and productivity rates. Then, the required resource plan can be developed. in Share 0

Basic concept of civil/structure engineering work flow for schedule development

The basic concept of engineering work flow is essential to know developing engineering schedule. Once you have done adding activities and linking logically, you have done 70% of schedule development. Below diagram shows the linkages of civil/structure deliverables for EPC project. The in puts of civil design calculation sheets are specifications and standard, mechanical equipment loading data and structure loading data . Based on design calculation result, piling design documents are produced. The predecessor of underground composite drawing is information for underground piping, foundation information.

The in puts of design and calculation sheet for structure engineering are piping flexibility and loading data from piping discipline, and mechanical equipment loading data from mechanical discipline. Successor of design and calculation sheet is structure GA drawing. Detail assembly drawings would be produced by vendor/subcontractor when the purchased order is issued. Pipe rack modules are begun to manufacture once assembly drawings are ready. Finally, main pipe racks are delivered to site. This concepts are applied when EPC level 3 schedule is developed.

Concept of Engineering Work Flow for Process,Mechanical and Piping Engineeirng

The concept of engineering work flow is required to understand for someone who involved in the activity sequencing. This concept is applied when the EPC level 3 schedule is developed. The process of engineering work to produce the required deliverables depends on not only within the functional discipline itself but also among the process, mechanical and piping engineering functions. The below net work diagram shows the links among the process, mechanical and piping engineering deliverables for oil, gas and petrochemical project. The diagram shows the input of process/utility engineering flow scheme (PEFS/UEFS) drawing is the process flow scheme or process flow diagram (PFD) and process study.The input of engineering data requisition sheet for mechanical equipment is the process data sheet consist of fluid properties, temperature and pressure rating. The requisition for equipments can be prepared when the specification and process data sheets are available. The technical and commercial analysis report to be submitted to client and finalized prior to issue purchase order to equipment suppliers. The equipment loading data which is the inputs for civil and structure would be available after the vendor started working on equipment drawings. The plot plan is started to prepare when the process flow diagrams includes major equipment tap numbers are confirmed. Piping general arrangement (GA) drawings can be produced when the process and utility engineering scheme and piping routing drawings are available. Iso drawings can be started to prepare after the pipe support data and the latest PEFS/UEFS drawings are available. Piping material requisition can be prepared after the confirmation of piping specification and standard. The final MTO (material take off) and tie-in list (if revamp scope is involved) are finalized upon the ISO drawings are issued. Upon confirmation of order, vendor drawings will be started working and issued for approval. The materials would be manufactured if the drawings are approved.