Day One

28 March 2012

8.20 Coffee & Registration

8.50 Welcome : Marie Walker, Event Director, Hanson Wade

8.55 Chairman’s opening remarks

9.00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Optimizing on-site project management through applying lean construction principals

9.40 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Developing an optimal modularization strategy for complex projects

What is the optimum work scope to move offsite as modules?
How is the business case developed to determine this optimum?

Bill Meyer, Director Project Execution Development, Foster Wheeler

10.20 Unique Airlift Solutions for Special Freight and Projects

Fayçal Boumerkhoufa, Senior Project Manager, Volga-Dnepr Unique Air Cargo Inc.

10.30 Speed networking followed by morning refreshments

Get three minutes face to face time with everyone in the room. Swap business cards and set up meetings for later.

PROJECT PREPARATION

11.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Evaluating and preparing your project plans

Standardising project guidelines: Advantages and disadvantages
Planning for lean onsite management: How can this be achieved and what factors need to be considered?
Checking you’ve got it right: When and how should your plans be scrutinized?

Panellists include:

Arthur Ruiz, EPS Deputy Manager, Petrobras

Bill Meyer, Director of Project Execution Development, Foster Wheeler

12.20 From planning to execution; the need for agility and flexibility and how they were applied

Case study on one or more projects identifying the changes that occur in the Logistics arena during a project life cycle

Embracing flexibility as a strategy
The value of base line measurement points in a flexible execution environment
Agility versus Speed

Greg Gowans, Global Logistics Director, CB&I

1.00 Lunch

RESOURCING PROJECTS

2.00 How to improve the cost and time certainty of capital programmes: engagement with the workforce

Setting up and managing capital programmes through stage gate processes
Engagement with the workforce
Driving productivity at all levels

Paul Collins, Partner, Oil, Gas & Chemicals, EC Harris

2.50 JOINT PRESENTATION

Strategies for overcoming labour scarcity. The recurring problem: 26,000 workers are required (and unavailable locally) for a grass roots PDVSA refinery build in Ecuador. How are we overcoming this challenge?

Importing labour from other countries, what is the financial and logistical impact on project delivery and cost?
Mitigating the labour deficit through offsite modularisation and preassembly – how much can be achieved?
Finding the right cost balance between prefabrication, heavy lift and transportation and importing labour to site
With no dimensional or weight restrictions to onsite access how big can we go and still be cost effective?
Similar project considerations elsewhere

David Senko, Director of Construction, SK E&C

Henry Ocando, Site Leader, PDVSA Ecuador

3.30 Afternoon refreshments

4.00 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Choose your special interest for a lively discussion. Conclusions will result in a series of articles post-event.

Topics include:

Overcoming permitting threats to project commissioning
Key considerations for extreme logistics
Auditing tips for robust project planning
Working with local content rules
Transportation considerations for super heavy modules

4.40 PANEL DISCUSSION

Forthcoming requirements and anticipated bottlenecks: What challenges are Project Leaders facing and what strategies are they considering to offset the impact of a glut of projects anticipated in 2014?

How to avoid planning in a vacuum
Managing multiple projects
Securing specialist assets and services
Planning for the unexpected

Panellists include:

Stephen Beckett, Global Director Construction, WorleyParsons

Terry Hughes, Project Director, Tullow Oil

David Senko, Director of Construction, SK E&C

5.20 Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference day one

7.00 Informal networking dinner

Join your fellow delegates and speakers at a great local restaurant for an excellent meal, further networking and a fun, relaxing end to the day.