Process Plant Design: Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance Book

Preface     XVII
Acknowledgements     XIX
Introduction     1
General remarks on process plant design     1
Project     2
Demands on project engineers     6
Overview of activities     8
Project Planning     13
Operator     13
Product development     14
Plant type     14
Location/kind of premises     15
Capacity/availability/lifespan     16
Degree of automation     17
Legal requirements     17
Costs     18
Investment     19
Operating costs     21
Inquiry/invitation to tender     23
Project controlling     27
Plant manufacturer     28
Risk analysis     28
Basic engineering     30
Process development     30
Balancing     32
Basic and process flow diagram     34
Materials concept     36
Main apparatus     42
Layout     45
Quotation     48
Quotation price     48
Optimization     49
Contract negotiations     53
Contract     55
General     56
Definitions     56
Order basis     56
Regulations     57
Labour employment     58
Subcontractors     58
Project documentation     59
Technical part     60
Contractor's scope of supply and services     60
Employer's scope of supply and services     62
Commercial part     63
Deadlines/penalties     63
Warranties/penalties     66
Defects/acceptance     67
Prices/terms of payment/bonds     69
Alterations/claims     70
Termination/suspension     74
Insurance     75
Secrecy     76
Severability clause     77
Coming into effect     77
Signature policy     78
Project execution     81
Project organization     81
Project structures     82
Systematics     90
Project manual     90
Correspondence system     92
Revision service     93
Cost monitoring     95
Time scheduling/monitoring of dates      96
Computers in plant manufacturing     97
Approval planning     102
Component procurement     103
Vessels     110
Pumps     111
Piping and instrumentation diagrams     117
E/MC-technology     135
Electrical engineering     136
Measurement engineering     137
Control engineering     143
Layout and building design     147
Layout design     147
Building design     150
Piping planning     154
Documentation     161
Erection     165
Excavation and civil works     166
Component assembly     167
Pipe assembly     169
Assembly E/MC technology     171
Insulations     172
Plant marking     173
Commissioning     175
Training     176
Cleaning     176
Pressure tests     177
Functional tests     178
System tests     179
Cold commissioning     180
Warm commissioning     180
Warranty run/acceptance     182
Index      183