Front-End Loading

• Pre-Engineering Saves Money, Improves Accuracy

  Pre-Engineering Saves Money, Improves Accuracy The trend of “fast tracking” projects now bypasses the time-proven approach of pre-engineering, leading to greater inefficiencies of project execution and higher costs. Fast track design simply started as a way to quickly execute small capital project work at the end of an annual spending cycle to spend excess money […]

  Read MoreMark O'Connell, PE / Capital Project Estimating / FEL / Front-End Loading / Phase-Gated Approach / Pre-Engineering / Pre-Engineering Consulting Services / Project Fast-tracking / Planning / mroconnell /

• Business Results, not Technology, Drive Process Control System Migrations

  Business Results, not Technology, Drive Process Control System Migrations Process Control System (PCS)/Distributed Control System (DCS) platform migrations and production system improvements are aimed at satisfying business drivers and are justified by business case results. Most manufacturers cannot justify investment in process control automation by simply replicating obsolete systems with current technology and maintaining the […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / FEL / Front-End Loading / PCS/DCS Migration / Process Control Automation / Process Design / Production System Migrations / Upgrade / Upgrades / dblaida /