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SUMMARY:14th Edition  Chem / Petrochem And Refinery Shutdowns And Turnarounds Conference Aug 2-4 – San Antonio
DESCRIPTION:This marcus evans conference will provide thought provoking insights for charting a new path for the turnaround labor market, circumventing high lead-times and material costs by using non-traditional procurement and value stream techniques, and minimizing costs and budget overages through techniques like detailing prescriptive criteria in premise documents, harnessing remote technology, and much more.\n8.2.2022 – Day 1\n7:30 AM\nRegistration and Morning Coffee\n8:30 AM\nSafety Briefing\n8:45 AM\nChairperson’s Opening Address\nFrank Engli\nSenior Advisor\nBECHT\nCHARTING A NEW PATH TO OVERCOME THE OMNI-PRESENT LABOR CRISIS IN TURNAROUNDS/SHUTDOWNS\n9:00 AM\nSolving the Labor Crisis in TARs by Creating Market Alliances and Leveraging Alternative Methods in the Absence of Workers\nEmphasizing the importance of including policies that promote both traditional and vocational education to ensure competency of turnaround workers\nCreating alliances with tertiary institutions to determine the most effective apprenticeships and training programs\nExamining how unions could play an integral role in developing the labor market in turnarounds·\nWeighing the benefits of partnering with craftsmen sourcing companies\nLeveraging alternative methods that turnaround managers could exploit in the absence of workers\nBob Collins\nSenior Labor Economist\nBuildforce\nFrank Engli\nSenior Advisor\nBECHT\n9:45 AM\nUsing Drones and 3D Digital Twins to Optimize Asset Inspections and Turnarounds\nReviewing the evolution of digital twin technology in asset inspections\nDescribing key TAR challenges and how digital twins address them in each phase of the turnaround process\nExploring case studies of how leading companies are using digital twins to improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs and improve employee safety.\nTracking performance metrics and typical ROI from digital twin usage in STOs\nEd Sztuka\nChief Revenue Officer\nOptelos\n10:30 AM\nDemanding Succession Planning for the New Generation of TAR Professionals to Safeguard Intelligence at the Plant\nIdentifying key TAR/STO roles for succession or replacement planning\nDefining competencies required to undertake TAR/STO roles identified for succession planning\nAssessing people against these criteria – with a future orientation\nBuilding a talent pool that could potentially fill and perform highly in key roles\nDeveloping employees to be ready for advancement into key TAR/STO roles\nFrank Engli\nSenior Advisor\nBECHT\n11:15 AM\nNetworking Break\n11:45 AM\nPanel Discussion\nRealizing the ROI Stemming from Lessons Learned Throughout and After the COVID-19 Pandemic\nBest practices used to manage the threats posed by COVID-19 on turnaround efficiency\nAcquiring digital tools (i.e electronic permitting) to manage and control safe work permits and enhanced scalability for turnarounds\nSegregating Permitting to the fields to streamline processes\nHaving contingencies in place for when workers get COVID-19\nDeciphering how COVID-19 has changed the labor force’s opinion on working in turnarounds\nPanel Moderated By\nFrank Engli\nSenior Advisor\nBECHT\nPanelists\nLee Posey\nGlobal Turnaround Engineer\nNouryon\nRon Bettin\nTurnaround Director\nEnergy Transfer (Canada)\n12:30 PM\nLuncheon\nTAKING CONTROL OF THE SHUTDOWN THROUGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING\n1:30 PM\nBridging the Gap between The Office and The Field Team to Ensure Turnaround Processes and Strategic Objectives are Succinct at the Plant\nWeighing the ramifications of differences of opinion between procurement personnel and the TAR field team could affect efficiency of the event\nAddressing the performance gaps associated with companies that lack full-time TAR staff\nEvaluating the impact of having most TAR/STO planning and execution tools in-house\nDetermining the areas where management could be flexible and inflexible with TAR/STO staff\nRon Bettin\nTurnaround Director\nEnergy Transfer (Canada)\n2:15 PM\nEnhancing Techniques in Effective Project Coordination for Lifting and Rigging in Routine, Complex, and Critical Lifts with Heavy Lift Cranes\nExamining best practices for routine lifts\nAnalyzing complex and critical lifts\nReviewing large crawler crane usage\nEnsuring large scale project coordination\nRick Bohne, Jr.\nDirector – Sales & Marketing\nMammoet USA\n3:00 PM\nNetworking Break\n3:30 PM\nHandling Scope Freeze and Late Scope Additions through Comprehensive Scope Management to stay on or under budget\nAppreciating the role of the steering team throughout the preparation and execution of the turnaround\nEmploying clear messaging from the turnaround team to ensure effective scope gathering\nSetting scope and risk-based criteria in the scope challenge to assess whether work can be performed effectively and efficiently on-line or offline\nDetermining a Scope Freeze Date to focus on delivery execution\nEnforcing stringent guidelines in the change control for emerging work to eliminate unwarranted additions to turnarounds\nGordon Lawrence\nRegional Manager\nBECHT\n4:15 PM\nExamining How Digitalizing Work Process at Invista Led to Operational Excellence\nImplementing a mobile work execution platform to improve their real-time visibility and performance during STOs\nConnecting workers and enabling them to digitally receive detailed task definitions and supporting work package information in the field\nEmpowering managers to receive real-time activity status information highlighting risks and supported better decision making\nEnabling data-driven Contractor Performance Management\nMike Goranson\nTurnaround Execution Coordinator\nInvista\nDaniel Goulet\nDirector of Customer Success\nMobideo\n5:00 PM\nClosing Remarks, End of Day One, and Drinks Reception hosted by AMECO\n8.3.2022 – Day 2\n7:30 AM\nRegistration and Morning Coffee\n8:30 AM\nSafety Briefing\n8:35 AM\nChairperson’s Opening Address\nLee Posey\nGlobal Turnaround Engineer\nNouryon\nTAKING CONTROL OF THE SHUTDOWN THROUGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING [CONTINUED]\n8:45 AM\nUtilizing Clear Scope Definitions and Criteria for Scope Optimization in a Turnaround\nLeveraging the full capabilities of the premise document to take control of a turnaround\nLearning to include prescriptive criteria in the turnaround premise document to limit cost overruns\nIncorporating strategic planning objectives to have a clear vision of what the end state of the asset should be after the turnaround\nSpecifying how work items that meet the specific scope criteria and contributes to the strategic objectives\nGordon Lawrence\nRegional Manager\nBECHT\n9:30 AM\nAssessing Digitalization of EH&S for Construction Projects and Mega Turnarounds\nExamining how Dow is utilizing a Connected Workforce platform to transform communication and performance of field activities\nFocusing on connecting existing systems, data, and people to optimize complex work processes\nEmpowering collaborative teamwork: managers receive real-time visibility and insights into the most detailed elements of all remote work activities – including inspections, EH&S, and contractor management.\nDaniel Goulet\nDirector of Customer Success\nMobideo\nJeremy McAlister\nSenior EH&S Delivery Technician\nDow\n10:15 AM\nNetworking Break\n10:45 AM\nLeveraging Industries New & Innovative Ways of Maximizing Turnaround Planning and Scheduling Resources, and Minimizing Cost Burdens to the Plant\nExamining COVID -19 and Social Distancing is impacting Turnaround Planning, Scheduling, and Preparations\nAnalyzing new opportunities generated by remote work, including cost savings to many clients\nStrengthening the workforce engagement through remote work\nNavigating Remote Planning & Scheduling (RPS) for the future\nPreparing an organization for the transition to the RPS process\nMark Tauber\nDirector of Operations\nKAP Project Services, LTD\nSteve Pipkin\nVice President of Operations\nKAP Project Services, LTD\n11:30 AM\nAssuring asset Integrity by effective corrosion management and application of Risk-Based Inspection methodology\nHighlighting the fundamentals of implementing risk based inspection and associated impact in asset life cycle\nIdentifying the Key elements for ensuring effective corrosion management in facilities\nManaging risks and relevant interfaces in ensuring application of Risk based Inspection\nRBI Benefits, constrains and opportunities in optimizing turnarounds\nJoseph Babatunde Akanni\nTeam Lead Corrosion and Inspection\nShell Petroleum Development Company\n12:15 PM\nLuncheon\n1:15 PM\nStreamlining the Project by Building an Effective Bill of Materials, Work Packages and Managing Kit Packages\nCreating an accurate Bill of Materials to prevent halts in production\nDiscovering the essential items needed in work packages to ensure that all turnaround jobs are prepared for a safe and efficient execution\nReducing delays of the project through kit management\nGary Hajek\nTurnaround Planner\nDupont\nSAFEGUARDING AN INCIDENT-FREE & SEAMLESS SHUTDOWN EXECUTION BY HARNESSING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES\n2:00 PM\nPanel Discussion\nDetermining the Best Tactical/Technical Flow of Communication to get Sound Reporting and Swift Decision-Making\nImplementing a communications plan and detailed organizational workflow to ensure the shutdown team identifies the reporting criteria\nSelecting human resources to be used for communicating prior, during and post turnaround\nUsing a value stream to continuously link critical elements and personnel of the project to prevent miscommunication and inefficiencies\nDeploying innovative technologies that communicates information real-time between various field and office personnel for prompt insights and reporting of the event\nPanel Moderated By\nLee Posey\nGlobal Turnaround Engineer\nNouryon\nPanelists\nFrank Engli\nSenior Advisor\nBECHT\nRon Bettin\nTurnaround Director\nEnergy Transfer (Canada)\nJoe Jackson\nProcess Quality Assurance Lead\nFormerly of LyondellBasell\n2:45 PM\nNetworking Break\n3:15 PM\nEvading Untimely Risks of Incidents through Documentation, Communication and Awareness of New Health and Safety Procedures\nWriting an effective safety planning document which illustrates the communication requirements and expectation of everyone involved\nSharing how Covid-19 has changed safety management policies and procedures for turnarounds\nExecuting a comprehensive risk-assessment pre-event to determine the full-extent of risks\nMinimizing time and costs of briefing workers on potential threats by using targeted safety management platforms\nSafeguarding approval from inspectors with a well-scribed documentation of plant maintenance\nJoe Jackson\nProcess Quality Assurance Lead\nFormerly of LyondellBasell\n4:00 PM\nExamining the Pros and Cons of Capital Project integration in a TAR\nScrutinizing whether pressure for reduced operating costs and improved plant flexibility warrants capital project integration in a turnaround\nDifferentiating between how project teams plan and execute work-scope of capital projects compared to the approach of turnaround maintenance personnel for TARS/STOs\nClassifying the differences between a remote corporate team understanding of implementing capital projects and a turnaround team perception of local needs for the execution of a TAR/STO\nConsequences from the lack of integrating key topics between turnover and project personnel on timelines and costs of a capital project integration in a TAR/STO\nDrawing on the benefits of a well-written and documented integration plan to ensure integration is effective\nRon Bettin\nTurnaround Director\nEnergy Transfer (Canada)\nJoe Jackson\nProcess Quality Assurance Lead\nFormerly of LyondellBasell\n4:45 PM\nClosing Remarks and End of Day 2\n8.4.2022 – Day 3\n7:30 AM\nRegistration and Morning Coffee\n8:29 AM\nSafety Briefing\n8:30 AM\nChairperson’s Opening Address\nLee Posey\nGlobal Turnaround Engineer\nNouryon\n8:45 AM\nAccounting for the Various Components involved with Operational Integration in a TAR that Affects the Efficiency of the Event\nHighlighting how TAR managers must be prepared for Lock-Out/Tag-Out, Hazardous materials mitigation and other Safety Plan measures\nComing up with the right staffing plan and other procedural strategies to limit scope creep of the event\nFactoring-in Flare emission levels and other Environmental Regulatory components that are part of integrating Operations in\na TAR\nJoe Jackson\nProcess Quality Assurance Lead\nFormerly of LyondellBasell\nTHWARTING NEW LOGISTICAL AND INFLATIONERY CHALLENGES POSED TO SHUTDOWNS THROUGH TARGETED MARKET-BASED TECHNIQUES\n9:30 AM\nDiscovering Solutions to Mitigate Supply-Side Constraints Associated with Long Lead times of Materials to Execute a Turnaround Efficiently and on Budget\nImplementing an extended supply-chain value stream map to monitor the supply of materials\nUsing turnaround and market intelligence to employ forward planning of procurement to hedge on costs and turnaround time\nCommunicating with the supply chain to avoid risks of delays\nMonitoring and Evaluating issues that are affecting source market (i.e. COVID-19, Geo-Political events) to build insights of the global market\nWeighing the impact of local sourcing of materials on the TAR event\nMark Wainwright\nProcurement Director, Integrated Supply Chain\nAdvanSix\n10:15 AM\nNetworking Break\n10:45 AM\nControlling Costs in a Complex TAR timeframe via Lean Planning, Resource Optimization, and Scope Control\nCommanding the right baseline that is buoyed on lessons learned from previous STO’s to discover trends in cost drivers\nLeveraging lean planning and optimization tools to reduce the scheduled critical path\nControlling the scope through decisive change management\nImplementing cost tracking techniques to define your budget accurately to predict cost, time, and resources\nTiming the involvement of contractors and vendors for schedule optimization, productivity improvements, and contract management\nJose Rodriguez\nProject Controls and Scheduling Specialist\nValero\n11:30 AM\nPanel Discussion\nOvercoming the Domino Effects that Inflation and Geo-Political Crises will have on Materials Costs and Supply-Side Efficiency of TARs\nScanning the supply-side effects that the Ukraine-Russia conflict has on petrochemicals and refineries\nIdentifying the materials that are proving cumbersome to source from Europe by TAR managers\nGrasping the repercussions of the Ukraine-Russia conflict on freight time and charges\nMeasures being used by to mitigate supply-side constraints\nTiming turnarounds and shutdowns to minimize added cost to the plant\nPanel Moderated By\nLee Posey\nGlobal Turnaround Engineer\nNouryon\nJose Rodriguez\nProject Controls and Scheduling Specialist\nValero\n12:15 PM\nClosing Remarks and End of Conference\n
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