EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Management) projects are schedule driven where phases are overlapped to complete the project as early as possible. These EPCM projects utilize highly skilled internal and external resources; involve complex methodology and technology; require fast information flow between different phases and close collaboration of multidiscipline contributors to be successful throughout all stages of the project life cycle.
Detractors include inadequate planning, stakeholder commitment, scheduling, communication and project management practices. Through a sound management and control mechanism, lesson learned practices, involvement of construction and operational personnel during planning; the degree of project success can be significantly enhanced. Additionally, integrated team management, real time continuous and dynamic monitoring and control, early detection and response to issues, risk management, stakeholder management, clear roles and responsibilities, are an essential part of project management practice to safeguard quality, costs, schedule and customer satisfaction.
In order to achieve optimum project performance, InTech Resources personnel employ a domain specific blend of knowledge, skills and experience. Our Project Managers utilize Project Management Institute (PMI) knowledge and skills combined with years of experiences as practitioners in the field to deliver highly leveraged performance on your project.
InTech Resources can provide project management services as follows:
Project Recovery Estimates for the annual cost of project inefficiency and failure are in the trillions of dollars each year. Preferably, all projects will run according to a well designed plan. However, achieving a 100% success rate is unrealistic. Clearly, failure rates in the Automation EPCM field are much lower than in the average business sector. While automation projects can go over budget and encounter schedule delays, the majority of projects do get completed and the deliverables usually, to some degree, fulfill the intended purpose. Many automation projects can get into serious difficulty where high risk elements involve plant operational safety and or production efficiency. In these types of projects, safety and quality constraints can not be compromised and will delay or even stall a project until the deficiencies are corrected and controlled. Early detection is crucial to getting a derailed project back on course while managing the impact to safety, quality, costs, schedule and customer satisfaction. First, organizations must understand what has made their projects falter or fail. Reasons range from methodology to human failure to poorly understood concepts to scope creep. Analyzing projects as systems uncovers all the factors that can contribute to failures. InTech’s approach to project recovery includes the following: