project management
Alexander and Davis Consulting positions each and every Client with the applicable expertise to achieve solutions to their toughest and most complex challenges.
OUR CORE SOLUTION TO EACH AND EVERY CLIENT IS THE PROVISION OF WORLD CLASS EXPERTS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, WITH STRATEGIES THAT SURVIVE THROUGH THE VARIOUS LIFE CYCLE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
OUR CORE SOLUTION TO EACH AND EVERY CLIENT IS THE PROVISION OF WORLD CLASS EXPERTS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, WITH STRATEGIES THAT SURVIVE THROUGH THE VARIOUS LIFE CYCLE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
OUR PRIMARY FOCUS:
STREAMLINED PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Scope Management
The scope, which will ultimately be defined in terms of Work Orders with Task Lists, must clearly describe the labor, equipment, material, and permits that are required. Detailed Work Orders are developed through planning functions, normally by planners who are familiar with the plant and understand the installed equipment.
Workface Planning and detailing of the activities is a complex process in itself and requires multi-disciplinary input from various project stakeholders. It is critical that all sponsors of the Work List come onboard early in the process. These sponsors include key decision makers from Engineering (Capital, Repair, Business Development), Inspections (Asset or Integrity Management), Maintenance, and Operations. Collaboration with the contractor who is responsible for executing the work is also highly recommended at this stage.
Getting their input early on helps mitigate risk, and limits dealing with change orders and conflicts during the rapid pace of a turnaround. Therefore, the scope definition activities and scope management systems need to be supportive of a collaborative PROJECT ENVIRONMENT.
Workface Planning and detailing of the activities is a complex process in itself and requires multi-disciplinary input from various project stakeholders. It is critical that all sponsors of the Work List come onboard early in the process. These sponsors include key decision makers from Engineering (Capital, Repair, Business Development), Inspections (Asset or Integrity Management), Maintenance, and Operations. Collaboration with the contractor who is responsible for executing the work is also highly recommended at this stage.
Getting their input early on helps mitigate risk, and limits dealing with change orders and conflicts during the rapid pace of a turnaround. Therefore, the scope definition activities and scope management systems need to be supportive of a collaborative PROJECT ENVIRONMENT.
PROJECT CHANGE NOTICES (PCNS)
PROject Change Notice (PCN) system in place to effectively track the changes in scope and their impact on the budget as they arise throughout the planning and execution phases of an STO project.
Since these projects are often planned to the ‘activity’ level, changes in ‘activity’ need to reflect the changes in resources, durations, materials, and equipment. Therefore the PCN module needs to be integrated with all other project control features so that it can automatically update all the appropriate functions, thus increasing the efficiencies of the system. Changes to the scope also need to be properly categorized in order to provide better visibility to their cause, including late, found, extra and cancelled work.
Since these projects are often planned to the ‘activity’ level, changes in ‘activity’ need to reflect the changes in resources, durations, materials, and equipment. Therefore the PCN module needs to be integrated with all other project control features so that it can automatically update all the appropriate functions, thus increasing the efficiencies of the system. Changes to the scope also need to be properly categorized in order to provide better visibility to their cause, including late, found, extra and cancelled work.
Cost Tracking
An effective cost tracking system must be able to accurately track all aspects of PROJECT cost capture, including labour, expenses, material and equipment.
It needs to be able to track individual cost components based on the shift, skill, and Work Order or Cost Code that they worked on; in some cases there even needs to be varied overtime rates for a given trade. In addition to the timesheets, expenses such as overnight, travel, etc. also need to be tracked on an individual basis. Material quantities and purchase orders also need to be tracked by the system. Finally, the field cost, man-hour and progress control solution needs to be able to track hours booked for various equipment types or even an individual piece of equipment against a Work Order or Cost Code in the system.
There are also a number of indirect costs, such as supervision or certain equipment rentals, which are not associated directly to a Work Order but are incurred to support the project and need to be tracked appropriately.
It needs to be able to track individual cost components based on the shift, skill, and Work Order or Cost Code that they worked on; in some cases there even needs to be varied overtime rates for a given trade. In addition to the timesheets, expenses such as overnight, travel, etc. also need to be tracked on an individual basis. Material quantities and purchase orders also need to be tracked by the system. Finally, the field cost, man-hour and progress control solution needs to be able to track hours booked for various equipment types or even an individual piece of equipment against a Work Order or Cost Code in the system.
There are also a number of indirect costs, such as supervision or certain equipment rentals, which are not associated directly to a Work Order but are incurred to support the project and need to be tracked appropriately.
Budget Management
longer-term capital and maintenance projects, where the rate of change in the scope and the rate of the progress of work are easily managed through existing planning or scheduling software and processes require the schedule to be very closely tied with the budget.
This dependency is mainly due to the extreme financial penalties for delay and sheer volume of activities taking place on any given day. Another unique characteristic of STO projects is that an updated schedule is required on a shift-by-shift basis, thus requiring a closely tied integration between the schedule, cost, and performance capturing functionalities.
This dependency is mainly due to the extreme financial penalties for delay and sheer volume of activities taking place on any given day. Another unique characteristic of STO projects is that an updated schedule is required on a shift-by-shift basis, thus requiring a closely tied integration between the schedule, cost, and performance capturing functionalities.
Stakeholder Communication
The overall project performance information can then be used to communicate the various performance parameters of the project to the OWNER management team and also to communicate applicable information such as forecasted start-up timing to the customers.
OUR sophisticated project control solutions even enable the management of a portfolio of projects by rolling up the KPI and progress performance information from various projects into one centralized portfolio dashboard. This functionality can be very useful for the management teams of Owner/Operators with more than one plant, a common scenario in the industry.
OUR sophisticated project control solutions even enable the management of a portfolio of projects by rolling up the KPI and progress performance information from various projects into one centralized portfolio dashboard. This functionality can be very useful for the management teams of Owner/Operators with more than one plant, a common scenario in the industry.
OUR CLIENTS CAN EXPECT ALEXANDER AND DAVIS CONSULTING TO:
• Manage the scope and facilitate and control the scope change process
• Accurately track all aspects of incurred costs, including labor, expenses, material, and equipment, against appropriate Work Orders or Cost Codes, and on a shift-by-shift basis
• Control the project budget and track the changes to the budget as a result of scope changes or schedule variances
• Integrate with the project schedule to support planning and forecasting functionalities for both cost and schedule of the project, and
• Integrate safety related information with oWNER/OPERATOR TEAM
• Accurately track all aspects of incurred costs, including labor, expenses, material, and equipment, against appropriate Work Orders or Cost Codes, and on a shift-by-shift basis
• Control the project budget and track the changes to the budget as a result of scope changes or schedule variances
• Integrate with the project schedule to support planning and forecasting functionalities for both cost and schedule of the project, and
• Integrate safety related information with oWNER/OPERATOR TEAM
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Offering PREMIER & subject matter expert ENGINEERING services in our core sectorS. this allows alexander and davis consulting to provide world class project services to multiple industry sizes WITH WORLD CLASS EXPERTISE. |
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CLIENT PERFORMANCE IS NOTABLE IN OUR PROJECT EXECUTION AND VASTLY RECOGNIZED WITH THE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO global execution platform and STREAMLINE capabilities. |
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OUR CUSTOMERS REMOVE THE NEED FOR THE CONTINUOUS VETTING OF ENGINEERING CONSULTING WHEN THEY UTILIZE ALEXANDER AND DAVIS CONSULTING FOR THEIR PROJECTS. ALEXANDER AND DAVIS MAINTAINS CONTINUITY AND TRANSPARENCY WHEN ACHIEVING KEY CUSTOMER NEEDS. THE STRUCTURED APPLICATION OF PROVEN TECHNIQUES, APPLIED AT MULTIPLE PHASES OF THE PROJECT, WITH THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES; SUCH AS, TO IDENTIFY COST REDUCTIONS. |
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ALEXANDER AND DAVIS CONSULTING CONSULTANTS APPLY value IN EVERY ASPECT. EACH OF WHICH divides the total project's scope of work into components, WHILE SUPPORTING THE examinATION OF each individual component for alternatives that offer benefits in the areas THAT THE BUSINESSES NEED IT THE MOST. |
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alexander and davis consulting
5927 almeda road
suite 21405
houston, Texas 77004
email: info@alexanderanddavis.com
telephone: 713-232-0455 (direct)
5927 almeda road
suite 21405
houston, Texas 77004
email: info@alexanderanddavis.com
telephone: 713-232-0455 (direct)
