Client Benefits

• Our experienced personnel have helped Oil Sands departments to “raise the level” of planning expectations based on experience from the Nuclear and Department of Energy assignments.
• Successful Planning and work package development and implementation.
•  Better support for the Maintenance and Operations Organizations to ensure proper identification and repair of equipment during the planning stages.   

Primavera (P3e) Scheduling and Consulting

This involves the development and implementation of weekly and outage related schedules in support various applications at various sites. Our personnel as assigned to the Weekly or Outage Scheduling organizations are knowledgeable and responsive in supporting whatever the task is in front of them. They form a unique bond with the client to ensure schedules are stepped out in detail and reviewed for the assurance that the maximum can be achieved for the task or project.

• Outage Scheduling Experience
• Schedule Integration and Development
• P3e Scheduling Training

Location

• Hanford (Dept of Energy), CH2M HILL and FLUOR Hanford, Washington 

Role in Projects

• Develop and implement short and long term schedules, and applicable integrated schedules. 
• Provide detailed scheduling and resource loading to ensure weekly, project and outage activities and milestones are achieved.
• Developed histograms to support the requested budgets.
• Assisted in the identification and development of the required procedures.
• Develop the procedures for implementation of the program

Client Benefits

• More effective schedules which define summary, critical path, the ability to link predecessors and successors, and the establishment of key milestones.
• Our personnel are very adaptable whether developing and supporting small tasks or being heavily involved in turn around work.
• Better support for the Outage Management in understanding schedules as they are developed, reviewed and approved for use.

Outage Management Consulting and Staffing

• Outage Management Standard Development and Implementation
• Outage Change Procedure Development
• Outage Planning and Scheduling Support

Location

• Fernald Uranium Restoration - Fluor Fernald - Fernald, Ohio

Role in Project

• Our personnel were requested to get involved at the Management level down through the planning and scheduling support level.
• Numerous products and processes were developed to support each outage which eventually became part of the day to day expectations within the Outage Management Standard.
• Each outage has had the direct participation of one or more of our associates for mentoring, planning, scheduling and field planning as required.

Client Benefits

• Effective and efficiently run outages since the inception of mentoring and outage support initiatives.
• Outage initiatives and reporting of outage information is now consistent and expected by Upper Management regardless of the size or complexity of the outage.
• A Team environment is now seen when outages are planned and executed.
• The level of rigor applied has lead to numerous outages that have recorded "0" safety incidents and numerous other outage goals being achieved.

Management Contract Staffing

Through our extensive Teaming Partnership program, we provide additional support through this industry as well as in the Nuclear and US Department of Energy (DOE).

• Contract Staff to Support Company Organizations
• Mentoring Technical Personnel and Technical Managers
• Ability to Team with Affiliate Companies
• Project Management Staff Support
• Internal and External Auditing of processes

Location 

• First Energy Nuclear Operating Company - Davis Besse - Oak Harbor, Ohio
• Hanford (Dept of Energy), CH2M HILL and FLUOR Hanford, Washington 

Role in Project

• Our personnel have been directly involved with Management initiatives from identifying procedural short falls to direct mentoring of outage management improvements.
• Our partnership has also allowed for the reactor vessel head degradation issue and many other problems as identified at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant to be supported.
• High pressure injection pump operability when drawing suction from the containment sump
• Identification and resolution of calculations to support instrument set points
• Providing support for the resolution of issues identified during the revision of the Fire Hazards Analysis Report
• Resolution of numerous Condition Reports documenting individual plant problems and potential problems
• Supporting staff personnel surveyed the industry and prepared a "best in class" report for Davis-Besse to identify areas of improvement in the Equivalency Replacement process.

Client Benefits

• G&M Professional Associates Inc. personnel have assisted with contributions to the client through those assigned endeavors as the client has recognized those contributions by continuing to use our personnel.
• Additionally, through our Teaming Partnership personnel were involved with or led the identification and/or resolutions of several key issues, allowing for re-start of the facility.

Work Process/Procedure Development & Improvement

This involved our Temaing Partnership setting up the System Engineering organization in response to direction provided from the regulator, DOE, to the operator of the site, CH2M HILL. Our scope included developing the procedures that would be used by the system engineers to do their work, training of the system engineers on the new procedures, review of system engineer work products to ensure they were being done at the proper level of technical detail, and mentoring of the system engineers. Because this work was done in parallel with other work at the site, our efforts were provided on a part time basis.

Our processes involved at the Fernald Uranium Enrichment facility, have been in the areas of procedures and with establishing new initiatives within Planning and Scheduling that have allowed for better control and understanding of programmatic requirements. These initiatives were additionally developed and implemented for the weekly "T-Week" scheduling process that allows for work to be effectively scheduled and reviewed prior to being released to the field for execution. Reviews with support groups dictate whether work requested can be effectively scheduled and implemented.

Through our Teaming Partnership, we are able to provide additional support to this industry as well as that in the Nuclear and US Department of Energy (DOE).

• Work Package Contents and Hazards Development
• Maintenance Procedure Development
• Process and Procedure Development / Enhancement
• Procedure/Technical Writers
• Program Development and Staffing
• Development and Implementation of Long Range Scheduling Processes
• Training Qualification Card Development

Location

• Hanford (Dept of Energy), CH2M HILL and FLUOR Hanford, Washington

 Role in Project

• The program took approximately 1 1/2 years to implement.
• Changing the way the engineers did their work to support the site was a major hurdle.
• Our best success was achieved during the actual review of system engineering work products.
• This direct interaction gave us the chance to work one on one with the engineers and to show them that we had experienced the same things they were experiencing when we first implemented the System Engineering department at the Davis Besse site.
• Additionally while supporting Fernald Enrichment Faiclity, work processes and procedural development and other process initiatives were developed and implemented with documents such as the Outage Management Standard, Outage Scope Change, the "T-Week" Scheduling initiative and those process initiatives placed into service.

Client Benefits

• Compliance with direction and oversight provided by the regulator, DOE.
• Better support of the Operations Department by the Engineering Department.
• Rigorous Outage Management and Outage Scope Change processes have allowed for Fernald Enrichment Facility to be consistent from outrage to outage.
• The "T-Week scheduling initiative allows for work to be planned and scheduled out weeks in advance allowing for better logistics and material control processes.

Operations Procedures and Technical Standards

This project involved the effort provided by our Teaming Partnership for the upgrading of Engineering procedures and Technical Standards at the CH2M HILL Hanford site to reflect those of a nuclear utility. The goals of the upgrade effort were to reduce redundant work, provide clear direction to the users (engineers) of the procedures, eliminate the tribal knowledge of how things were done and document it in procedures, increase the usability of the engineering products by orienting them toward the needs of the users, (design change procedures that resulted in design change packages that clearly showed the work that needed to be done in the field.) The success was demonstrated and hailed as a break through at the site.

• Process and Procedure Development / Enhancement
• Procedure/Technical Writers
• Program Development and Staffing

Location

• Hanford (Dept of Energy) CH2M HILL
• Hanford, Washington

Role in Project

• Review procedures to identify shortfalls along with the applicable enhancements.
• Meet with those users to understand how the enhancements could work.
• Revise the procedures and work with the "procedure owners" to ensure they support and understand the new procedures and requirements.
• Work with the engineers as they used the procedures to ensure they were working properly.

Client Benefits

• Better support of the Operations Department by the Engineering Department in the elimination of unnecessary work.
• Process Safety Management Consulting.
• Through the extensive experience and successful efforts provided by our Teaming Partnership, the performance with Hazops, and managing MOC and PHA information for refining and chemical plants were successfully implemented at those facilities listed below.
• Hazop Team Leadership for Revalidations and Initial Reviews.
• PSM Compliance Audits.
• PSM Program Review and Development.

Process Safety Management Support

Through the extensive experience and successful efforts provided by our Teaming Partnership, the performance with Hazops, and managing MOC and PHA information for refining and chemical plants were successfully implemented at those facilities listed below

Location

• BP Oil- Toledo Refinery
• ADC, Inc. / Adrian MI

Role in Project

• Involving the operators in developing enhancements to procedures so that they could be followed.
• Understanding the MSDS’s of the chemicals involved, and ensuring that the necessary information was part of the procedures.
• Understanding the operations in sufficient detail to build procedures that reflected the actual operation.
• Being able to confidently identify the changes required for operating procedures and communicating those changes to the Plant Manager.
• Ensuring that the completion of all batch record and batch logs was part of each procedure.
• Assisted in the implementation of a data tracking system for MOC and PHA items within the Refinery:
• An initial review of all current information was performed including MOC, PHA, Hazop, and Procedures.
• A tracking system was developed based on the client’s needs, to maintain information and create reports.
• Once the system is operational, Hazops were performed to ensure compliance with PSM standards.
• All Action items identified from Hazop meetings were entered into the tracking system, and followed up on at a later date to ensure completion.
• In order to keep this process ever-green all future MOC & PHA items will continue to be tracked to ensure completion, and monthly reports will be developed to track progress.
• Also, a Hazop schedule was developed for all areas of the refinery so that no unit would go more that 5 years with a Hazop Revalidation to ensure that changes to the unit were captured by the MOC/PHA process.

Client Benefits

• Improved Accessibility – having all PSM related items tracked on one system will improve efficiency, and make reporting easier.
• Safer Operations – by using a set process to perform all of your Management of Change, you are less likely to make a potentially dangerous mistake.
• Assurance that all manufacturing processes are operated in accordance with operating procedures.
• Maintaining a file of previous operating log sheets to serve as a record of environmental compliance.
• Performance Management.
• Efforts provided by our Teaming Partnership, were deemed a success as a complete review of Process Safety Information to support on-going operations was performed.
• Objective Performance Measures and Monitoring.
• Key Performance Indicator Development.

Performance Management

Efforts provided by our Teaming Partnership, were deemed a success as a completereview of Process Safety Information to support on-going operations was performed.

Location

• BP Oil -Toledo Refinery –Toledo Ohio
• United States Enrichment Corporation – Portsmouth Ohio

Role in Project

• Programs were devloped along with assisting in the correction and preparation of Process Safety Information (P&IDs, Isometric Drawings, Operational Procedures, etc.) to ensure that plant personnel have a complete and accurate basis on which to make decisions. This work involved:
• Identifying areas of need regarding the lack of complete or accurate information.
• Developing documentation to track all work performed on site to ensure client approval.
• Locating components and providing detailed information such as size, type, service, etc…
• Upon completion of the project, the client will receive full electronic compilation of all components and their detailed information.

Client Benefits

• Complete and accurate information on the as-built configuration of the plant.
• A basis on which to build a functional Management of Change program.

• Project Controls support staffing
• Project Management Staff Support

Location

• Hanford (Dept of Energy) CH2M HILL
• Hanford, Washington

Role in Project

• Standard project control templates were developed and implemented for hourly cost and manpower estimates that supported the Startup and Testing and Readiness Assessment programs.
• Cost and schedule monitoring was performed to verify and ensure projected costs were in-line with prior estimates and for the reporting to management for earned value versus schedule adherence.

Client Benefits

• Those project control templates developed were a model for the company to use across the site within other organizations.
• The controls established allowed for quick Management review and determination of those weak and strong areas.
• Continuous improvement.

Environmental Compliance & Remediation

As we have access to personnel that have supported Environmental Compliance and Remediation efforts, we have through alliances with our Teaming Partnership that allow for services to be provided for the review, assessment, determination and compliance to regulatory codes. We can also assist in the determination and evaluation of existing facilities that are to be refurbished, decommissioned or demolished. We additionally strive to ensure that support provided through cost effective and innovative solutions for your environmental problems.

• Staff Augmentation support
• Project Management Staff Support

Location

• Shell Canada, IOL Exxon, Devon refinery tank farm facilities.

Role in Project

• Personnel have been instrumental in the performance of the necessary inspections, assessments and repairs to achieve environmental acceptance and closure of previously identified deficiencies within tank farm facilities.
• Performance of drawing walkdowns within Tank Farm facilities for the purposes of equipment identification for environmental mitigation.
• Additionally participated in large scale projects as required for the planning and scheduling of mitigations for the assurance of safe shutdown for operations and restart as applicable.

Client Benefits

• Maintaining a file of previous operating log sheets to serve as a record of environmental compliance.
• Complete and accurate information for tank farm equipment and configuration.