RESOURCING TEAMS BASED ON KEY PROJECT RISKSLouise Whiting, Director at Barberton Limited

SUMMARY

The problem statement

The benefits

The approach

Different stages of the lifecycle

Conclusion

THE PROBLEM STATEMENTI need a red car.

What I got

What I needed

AN ILL INFORMED

BUYER

But not knowing exactly what you want doesn’t mean you need to be an ill-informed buyer. We have the internet…

Here is what I propose

This applies too to engineering projects……

Regardless of what you’re buying if you are not knowledgeable in the subject you won’t get what you

need or want you will get what is available or what meets someone else's needs.

WHY SHOULD

YOU CHANGE?

IEC 61511 for the process industry requires that anyone working with safety critical equipment is competent

That includes design and risk assessment

It’s good for business, the solution will be fit for purpose and cost effective (not one or the other)

It’s great for operations, reducing the inherent risk built into your facility

It’s not too hard to achieve

THE APPROACH

• Based around the Hazard Risk Assessment as defined in BS EN 61511

Concept Selection and Concept Maturation

Detailed Design

Installation, Commissioning and Validation

Operation, Maintenance and Modification

Decommissioning

A

B

C

D

E

AN IDEAL START

• Starting at the Hazard Risk Assessment• Identifying potential specialist items which may occur• Getting specialist support• Documenting your HRA well identifying your key risks• Document risks in two categories

• High frequency low severity• Low frequency high severity

AN EXAMPLEScenario

MAH Potential High FrequencyOps Comm Decom Const Ops Comm Decom Const

Welding super structure for offshore platform could result in injury or fatality from close contact with hot torch or inappropriate usage or storage of welding gasses.

Y Y Y

Poor quality welding due to unavailability of competent welders or required quality materials leading to unrevealed flaws in weld metallurgy. Preferential corrosion at weld leading to loss of containment with the potential for fire, explosion (if released in congested area) and in worst case 15 fatalities due to close proximity of office building to pipeline.

Y Y Y

Etc.

USING THE RISKS TO GUIDE TEAM BUILDING

1. Can this hazard be eliminated from the design?

2. Which standards will help me?3. Which interview questions?

ELIMINATION: EXAMPLE

• Can welding be eliminated from the project?

• Short Answer: No

• Long Answer: Oxyacetylene introduces additional hazards during construction phase and this can be replaced with propane. Reducing the risk but not eliminating risk associated with handling pressurised flammable gasses

IDENTIFYING STANDARDS:

EXAMPLE

WHICH INTERVIEW QUESTIONS: EXAMPLE• Identify the disciplines:

• Engineers• Supervisors• HSE champions• Quality assurance• Welders

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

• Supervisor What standard could be used to help manage the risk associated with propane welding? Only one standard was active BS ISO 10225

• Welder Can you show me or talk me through some of the checks that you would complete on a propane torch before using it?

SOME TIPS

Differentiate between knowledge and application

Qualifications do not mean application knowledge

Not all qualifications are equal

Some qualifications are based on principles such as chartership

USING A DIFFERENT LENS – AUXILLARY SYSTEMSThink about mitigations

Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4

Competencies Welding for the purposes of minimisation

Welding requirements considering different metallurgy

Overpressure protection

Fire protection (drainage and isolation)

Working at height minimisation through construction competence

Team

Mechanical Static X

Rotating X X

Instruments X (Inst)

Process X (Calc)

Process Safety X (Scenario ID) X

Electrical X (Ignition Control)

WHERE HAS THIS GOT US?

Our team know that standard application is

important to us

We know Which standards are needed to manage

which scenarios

What the competencies of

our team areWhere our gaps in

knowledge are

WHAT NEXT?

Split standards by department

• Training• Additional resources recruited to the team

• External hire• Embedded in the contractor team from the client

side• Additional assurance• Specialist competency in workshops

Develop action plan for gaps identified:

IN FUTURE STAGES

• This matrix should be kept up to date as the team changes and the project matures

• Used as a tool to manage organisational change

• Used as a tool for documenting effective handover

• Used as a tool to reinforce risk management throughout the lifecyle guiding optimisation efforts

THANK YOU

GET IN TOUCH

Louise WhitingBarberton LimitedWebsite: Louisewhiting.comEmail: Louise.whiting@barberton.co.ukLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/louise-whiting