Managing risk during turnarounds and large capital projects : experience from the chemical industry
Large capital projects such as turnarounds and shutdowns require the management of a vast number of employees and tasks simultaneously. At chemical sites, where assets are highly complex, ensuring that risks are managed properly is of vital importance both to the safety of the workforce and the succ...
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| Dokumenttypen: | Artikel |
| Medientypen: | Text |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
| Publikation in MIAMI: | 13.10.2015 |
| Datum der letzten Änderung: | 14.10.2015 |
| Quelle: | Journal of Business Chemistry, 12 (2015) 3, S. 117-124 |
| Angaben zur Ausgabe: | [Electronic ed.] |
| Fachgebiet (DDC): | 330: Wirtschaft |
| Lizenz: | InC 1.0 |
| Sprache: | English |
| Anmerkungen: | Section "Practicioner’s Section" |
| Format: | PDF-Dokument |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-28219624718 |
| Permalink: | https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-28219624718 |
| Onlinezugriff: | 2015_vol-12_iss3_117-124.pdf |
Large capital projects such as turnarounds and shutdowns require the management of a vast number of employees and tasks simultaneously. At chemical sites, where assets are highly complex, ensuring that risks are managed properly is of vital importance both to the safety of the workforce and the success of the project as a whole. Within the framework of turnarounds and shutdowns in the chemical industry, this article looks at the key aspects of risk and outlines how different tools can be used to overcome the challenges of risk management. Using practical experience gained onsite, the most risk-prone aspects in turnarounds as well as ways in which risk management tools can aid project success are highlighted.