Expert's Corner:

Our Collective Body of Knowledge for Large, Complex Projects

In addition to its own White Papers and publications, Project Value Delivery encourages other experts in Large, Complex Projects to contribute to making them more reliably successful. We publish here carefully vetted, high quality papers on different aspects of Large, Complex Projects that have been submitted. We encourage submissions: Click here to access submission guidelines.

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Sustainability Matters

with Sylvain Richer de Forges:

• How Carbon Management is Becoming a Strategic Requirement on New Large Complex Projects [Expert 2020-02]
• How stakeholder management and ESG ratings becomes an essential focus for new Large Complex Projects [Expert 2020-01]
• How the Megaprojects of the 21st Century Will Be Environmental Projects [Expert 2019-03]
• Why Sustainability is Today a Key Success Factor in the Delivery of Large, Complex Projects [Expert 2013-06]

Project Execution

with Herve Baron:

• How to Enable Energy Transition Projects [Expert 2024-01]
• How to easily estimate the duration of an Oil & Gas EPC Project [Expert 2013-02]
• Project Schedule Updates: Basic Good Practices to Ensure Traceability in View of Time Extension Claims [Expert 2013-05]
• How to Properly Control Client-Induced Changes in Your EPCI Project [Expert 2014-01]

• with Saty Satyamurti, Ph D., P. Eng:

  • How to use Blended Rates appropriately in project contracts [Expert 2018-01]
  • Case Study: Implementation of Program Control Management On a Multibillion Dollar Project: SeaTac Airport upgrade [Expert 2018-03]
  • The State of Project Control in the 21st Century [Expert 2019-01]

Project-Driven Business Excellence Matters

with Kamlesh Narwani:

• Five Principles of Capital Project Agility [Expert 2019-02]
• Key Leadership Behavioral Attributes for Project Success [Expert 2018-02]
• Why Contract Management is Indispensable in EPC Project Management [Expert 2015-01]
• 8 Principles for Sustainable Proposals Management [Expert 2015-02]
• Overcoming the Business Excellence Paradox: 7 Key Practices to Create Real Business Improvement [Expert 2015-03]

Engineering Strategy

with Catalin Eftimie:

• How to Engineer Efficiently for Onshore Facilities: Standardized Modularization [Expert 2016-01]

Contractual Matters

with Thierry Linares, MCIArb:

• Time at Large and Extension of Time principles [Expert 2013-01]
• How to Properly Use Global Claims in Disputes [Expert 2013-03]
• How to Obtain Actual Cooperation in International Construction Contracts [Expert 2013-04]

Enterprise Transformation

In Collaboration with GiDuMo

• A Project Management Framework for Enterprise Transformation Projects [GP 2015-01]
• Why ‘Embedded Consulting’ Delivers Better Results for Enterprise Transformation [GP 2015-02]

Other Useful Links: Oil & Gas Engineering and Project Management

Herve Baron is an expert in engineering processes for Large, Complex projects.

Have a look at his video "Introduction to Oil & Gas facilities design":

Some useful resources and links of published material:

• The Execution of an EPC Project. 194 slides illustrating all activities of an EPC Project
• The cost estimate of an EPC job: the different methods and the common ratios ($/kg equipment cost, piping etc.)
• The Process Diagrams (BFD, PFDs, P&IDs) and their contents – a refresher course on the P&IDs…
• Most important clauses in Construction Contracts – a good detailed introduction to contracts for large, complex projects…

Herve has also published The Oil & Gas Engineering Guide, an excellent reference on the engineering process for large plants, with many illustrations.