Managing Efficient Shutdowns and Turnarounds

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Managing Efficient Shutdowns Turnarounds and Outages training course, delegates will be able to:

• Enhance the company’s turnaround management capabilities, 
• Apply a team approach in the planning and execution of turnarounds
• Gain a deeper understanding of the stages, phases, milestones, outcomes of the overall process
• Apply improved and more integrated methods for planning and executing successful turnarounds
• Apply new, proven techniques in turnaround planning and management
• Develop an action plan to improve their turnaround management techniques
• Have a better understanding of their role in the process and the part of team members

Who is this Training Course for?

The Managing Efficient Shutdowns Turnarounds and Outages training course would undoubtedly be of immense value and interest to the individuals in the organization that participate in the turnaround as well as those that play a supportive role or are stakeholders in the turnaround.

• Shutdown or Turnaround Professionals and Coordinators
• Planning / Scheduling and Cost Control Staff
• Construction Superintendents and Supervisors
• Operations Shutdown / Outage Coordinators
• Project Engineers and Contract Administrators
• Participation from Inspection, Materials, Safety and Maintenance Engineering is also encouraged

Daily Agenda

Day One: Introduction to Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages (STO)

• How STOs can contribute to the business
• Critical success factors
• The impact of STO strategy on return on investment
• Justification of the scope and timing
• Introduction to the STO life cycle phases
• STO risk management

Day Two: Pre-Planning and Preparation for Success

• Communications and the role of stakeholders
• Organization, roles and responsibilities
• Preparation critical success factors
• Programmed work scope identification and selection
• Corrective work scope identification and prioritization
• Risk-based scope of work

Day Three: Planning for Safety, Quality and Efficiency

• The critical outcomes of planning
• The 5Ms of work quality
• Work survey and analysis
• Estimating
• Hazards and contingency planning
• The use of planning libraries
• Work breakdown structure

Day Four: Scheduling for On-Time Execution and Completion

•   Scheduling concepts, terms, and standards
• Scheduling and resourcing trade-off techniques
• Scope-based budgeting
• Managing contracts and contractors

Day Five: Staying in Control of Quality, Time, and Budget

• Work packages and logistics 
• Quality planning and control
• Execution and schedule control
• Execution checkpoints
• Commissioning and start-up
• Administrative close-out, review and lessons learned