Why Re-invent the Wheel?
Project archives and go-bys are mines for useful information. When your company project archive have already a go-by from a previous completed project, then use to create your deliverables. You …
Design Uniformity Simplifies Replication
In multi-site projects, almost always, the first site requires the most engineering hours. Getting the right design and configuration on the first site will simplify replication process which could reduce …
Small Change, Massive Impact
In project execution, the impact of changes will be dependent on the period when the changes will be implemented. In concept definition or feasibility study, there might be a dozen …
Sign-off on a Marked-up Document
A coal seam gas project was conceptualized as a result of a proposed expansion of a longwall coal mining operation. Initally, there was a single option. Then the client changed …
Save A Tree…
Most emails I receive have the quote or similar underneath the signature of the sender: Save A Tree, print only when necessary. Those are for emails. Emails may only comprise …
Performing Better than Early Finish
We just have a team meeting discussing the status of the project I am currently involved with. The Engineering Manager’s discussion on how each discipline is performing compared to the …