Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages

Planning a shutdown? Lower your costs by reading and applying this unique reference! Originally designed as an intensive course and then honed over several years, Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages organizes the details of a maintenance shutdown into a manageable form by introducing all the steps needed for a successful shutdown or outage. It includes detailed steps for each phase (initiation, planning, execution, closeout, lessons learned), massive master lists of everything you will need to do for each phase of shutdown, and numerous checklists that can immediately be put to use. Loaded with examples from many industries and actual events, this book will be an extremely useful and practical guide for maintenance managers, project engineers, supervisors, maintenance engineers, and planners working in any heavy maintenance environment. Content: Front Matter • Introduction • Table of Contents •Inputs to the Shutdown 1. Basics of Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages 2. Shutdown Communications 3. Shutdown Phases 4. How to Justify the Shutdown 5. Timelines and Audits 6. The Shutdown Organization • 7. Master Schedule for Phase 1 Initiation •Planning Section 8. Scope of Work: How to Find and Pick Jobs 9. Work Validation and Preparation for Planning 10. Individual Job Planning 11. Risk Management 12. Environment, Health, and Safety •Project Management Techniques 13. History of Project Management Techniques 14. Key Concepts for All PM Techniques 15. Critical Path Method (CPM) 16. Resources 17. PERT and Newer Methods 18. PM (Project Management) Software • 19. Master Schedule for Phase 2 Planning •Shutdown Essentials 20. Contractors: How to Integrate External Organizations 21. Accounting, Costs, and Budgets 22. Logistics: Organization for the Parts, Materials and Supplies 23. Execution: How to Manage in the Face of Reality 24. Master Schedule for Phase 3 Execution • 25. Completion 26. Reporting 27. Master Schedule for Phase 4 Completion and for Phase 5 Close Out • Bibliography, Webiography and Resources Glossary Index

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