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Our view is that any proposed change to operations should be
evaluated in terms of both enhanced economic performance and
risk improvement.
We
define a change in risk as the potential adjustment of
either likelihood or impact to asset condition, ongoing
plant/field operations, maintenance, work control, and
safety related to of high energy system isolation.
For either performance improvement or formal audits our
personnel accomplish an operations assessment by:
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Reviewing key control
documents
(strategies, policies, processes, procedures, work
flows, and enabling technologies)
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Interviewing management
personnel to gain
an understanding of the competency, maturity and
business acumen of the management team
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Directly observing key
meetings, field
and control room/dispatch operations and
maintenance/work activities
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Performing analysis
of operations, maintenance, work control and outage
performance data
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Acquiring direct knowledge
of asset condition and housekeeping
by performing in-depth plant/field walk downs
We
evaluate and analyze current performance against internal
benchmark data as well as world-wide better practices across
all seven areas in order to build a comprehensive view
across the operation.
Our experience includes identifying issues to improve
operating and financial performance for a variety of
regulated and merchant power plants (nuclear, CCGT, GT,
coal, and bio-fuel stations) in the US, Canada, United
Kingdom, Australia, Philippines, Mexico, and the
Netherlands, as well as domestic and international
transmission and distribution companies.
Based on identified gaps we have worked with management to
identify practical improvements – from simple governance
changes to complex programmatic initiatives and investment
projects.
For projects requiring capital investment, we have
significant experience in acting as a subject matter liaison
between operations and finance to develop appropriate
supporting business cases, high-level project plans and
implementation roadmaps.
Finally, we have worked with management to develop suitable
performance metrics and dashboards to accurately record and
communicate to both internal and external stakeholders.
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