Engineering Management in large

Offshore projects Oslo May 2013

Geir Bjærke Engineering Manager Aibel Asker

Me

■ Geir Bjærke

■ 47 years

■ 20+ years experience from the Oil

and Gas industry

■ Engineering Manager in several

larger projects as main contractor

■ Currently line manager in Aibel

Asker for 300 staff and 200

contract Engineers

Topics

■Aibel

■Offshore new built projects

■Engineering Execution

Topics

■Aibel

■Offshore new built projects

■Engineering Execution

Aibel

■ Industry pioneer with a 100 year old

history

■ Eight locations in Norway and four

internationally

■ Staff of 5000 worldwide

■ Annual turnover of approximately eight

billion NOK (2011)

Aibel

2011:

Employees: 5000

Hired in and subcontractors: 3000

(Ex EMC)

Headquarter in

Stavanger

Haugesund yard

Thailand yard

Topics

■Aibel

■Offshore new built projects

■Engineering Execution

This is what we do

This is what we do

Some typical figures

■Contract values 2 – 4 billion NOK

■Project duration: 30 – 35 months

■Engineering duration 18 -20 months + follow-

on

■Engineering peak manning 200 – 400 men

■Fabrication peak manning 1000 + men

Overall plan

Engineering plan

Engineering Plan Disciplines

■ 1 600 Structural Steel Drawings - Volve project

■ 3 600 Manual Valves - Vincent project

■ 6 800 Isometric Fabrication Drawings - Alvheim project

■ 160 000 Meter Instrument Cables - Kvitebjørn project

■ 440 000 Engineering Manhours - Troll A TPK project

Some figures

Topics

■Aibel

■Offshore new built projects

■Engineering Execution

Managing Engineering

■How to get 300 engineers

mobilised in a few months in a

temporary organisation to work

together?

Managing Engineering

■You need a method.

proVision – our Engineering Method

What is it about?

proVision

It’s about Manging the Interdiscipline Communication

proVision

It’s about Communicating

the quality of the information available at any given time

proVision

It’s about

Project control – progress is directly given from design status

proVision

Planning and

controlling the

information flow

It’s all about:

Planning and Control of information

flow

Control Objects

Planning and Control of information

flow

Pump

Structural

platform

Pipe Control

Objects are

Information

elements

Planning and Control of information

flow

Progress Reporting

Prioritising

Planning and Control of information

flow

The status

of the

control object reflects the

design

development

of the Control Object

Planning and Control of information

flow

Status definitions

■A – Started

■B –Approved for

design

■C – Approved for

construction

Control Object Matrix – Sample

Extracting,

Checking

and

Issuing

Fabrication

ISO's.

Review

comments

incorporated.

Frozen

model ready

for ISO

extraction.

Yellow line

check

performed.

Visual Clash

Check

Design re-

view perform-

ed.

Stress com-

ments im-

plemented.

Piping Design

Model comple-

te for MTO

according to

system B2

status.

Discipline int-

ernal check.

Frozen size &

spec. imple-

mented in

model.

Piping basic

routing modeled in

3D CAD

based on

system B1

info.

Identified/

Started

Lines /

HVAC

ducting

C2 C1 B2 B1 A2 A1

AREA

Planning and Control of information

flow

The priority of the control object shall ensure optimum sequence of the work.

Priority is decided by:

■ Internal design dependencies

■ Lead time for equipment

■ Need for vendor information

■ Fabrication & installation plans

Planning and Control of information

flow

Priority levels

0 - Conceptual

objects

1 - Global objects

2 - Area design

objects

3 - Minor discipline

objects

The status of the control object is linked to the

planning system providing the progress figures

Real-time project management

Planning, Milestones and Wave Model

Piping Pri 1 Project activity

Milestone Milestone Milestone

Plan activity Piping Pri 1 Status A

Plan activity Piping Pri 1 Status B

Plan activity Piping Pri 1 Status C

Progress %

15

70

100

Planning, Milestones and Wave Model

1st

BFAR BFD

1st Dwg

pack. IFC

C

B

A

0

BFGR BFAD BFQ

TIME

STAT

US

Area execution

Fab.&Comm/Innst E&PCI

Global execution Pre-contract CA

System pri 1

Eng for Proc Pri 1

Area Pri 1

GLOBAL

SYSTEM

FREEZE

GLOBAL

AREA

FREEZE

Change Control!

Planning, Milestones and Wave Model

Control Object status – Sample

Staff Function Business Unit Resource Unit Process Owner

Engineering Manager

PED/Design Control Coordinator

System Eng Team lead Area Team lead Eng for Proc Team Lead

Installation Method Eng HSE Design Coordinator

Discipline Team lead

proVision – Training

■ Training modules are available on Inside:

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