Do you want to make 2013 “the year” for you to improve your knowledge about pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up?

Here is your chance to join the 5 days commissioning training 2013.

When?
March 18 – 22, 2013

Where?
5 star hotel “Thermia Palace” in Piestany, Slovak Republic (just 1.5 hours by car from Airport Vienna, Austria)

What?

• The 9 Key Elements of Successful Plant Commissioning
• Commissioning Strategies
• Commissioning Tactics
• Commissioning Task Tools
• Commissioning Checklists
• Commissioning Guidelines for Specific Equipment
• Commissioning Manuals
• Proven Project Management Practices
• Basics of Project Scheduling
• Motivation & Commissioning
• Leadership & Commissioning
• Achieving Maintenance and Operations Excellence after Start-Up

How?

To receive more information about this world class event just click here.

Note: This is a guest post by Glenn Boyko from CDi

In today’s environment, companies maintain paper based systems to support commissioning/completions objectives and processes. These systems all use the same approach when creating test forms and are very thorough however create an unmanageable stack of paper both in the field and office.

Lack of system mobility and information accessibility is biggest barrier for companies to improve commissioning efficiencies. It inherently requires multiple persons to update common information in different systems.

When using a Mobil solution systems automatically propagate data between themselves, it eliminates the possibility of erroneous data entry from personnel, but most importantly it provides personnel consistent, accurate and complete information.

Solution Overview

A web-based system, but not dependent on work location, organizations are able to operate from any location in the world with web access. Mobil handhelds to log, or queue, information changes in the field and synchronize with the master database when connectivity resumes.

Provide full functionality without any internet connection. When the user returns to an area with web access, the system automatically “pushes” those changes into the system. Therefore, you can be sure that information generated, entered or extracted from the system is current and accurate.

This provides management a tool-kit to oversee, in real time, any activities being performed in commissioning or remote locations and their completion status. You can track each task, including who, when and if any items were found non-compliant. This dramatically reduces time to perform inspections, identify non-compliance issues and access information, such as equipment datasheet information and documentation.

RFID technology used to provide an indexed location in the database “direct link to the asset” including associated documentation, required tasks and inspections.

Functional Use Case

By scanning the RFID tag a piece of the equipment that needs to be inspected or tested, communicates with the Enterprise Asset Management system and its core modules to extract data that may be relevant to that asset. Search is completed and information provided back to the hand held device such information as:

• Inspection test steps to be completed
• Outstanding punch list items
• Ability to generate non-compliance against asset
• Associated documentation PID/Loop Sheet/Data Sheet

and:

• What isolations are required to work on the device safely
• Previous job safety analysis/safe work procedures,
• What equipment is required to complete the job (scaffold, crane etc),
• Isolation list
• Isolation procedure
• Resources list (required tooling, access/egress infrastructure, labour requirements)
• Job safety analysis and/or safe work procedures,
• Internal planning requirements
• Permit requirements including all relevant permits (permit to work, hot work, confined space etc)
• Relevant drawings and datasheets
• Re-commissioning procedure
• Applicable MSDS‟s
• PPE requirements

Therefore, by simply scanning the RFID, task or system boundaries we can extract all of the above information within seconds. Complete the task in real time or generate punch list items immediately removing paper from the commissioning & completions process.

What?
LNG Technology World Summit 2011

When?
November 29th & 30th, 2011

Where?
W Doha Hotel, Doha, Qatar

It would be great to meet YOU there as well!

Why?

Because it’s a great opportunity to network with industry specialists coming from all over the world!

And by the way I will conduct a workshop at this conference about „Commissioning, leadership & motivation for on time start-up – Recognizing your leadership style and why it matters“. You can’t miss it!

More information are available at Fleming Gulf’s website.

See you soon!

Thomas Stuenkel

Hello my friends!

I am excited to announce something important to both you and me.

You see, right now while you are reading this, I am in the middle of creating the most in-depth training about pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up and trouble shooting of industrial plants.

I got quite a few requests to pepper this training with flavors such as motivation, leadership, communication, team building and personal growth. That is why I promise to deliver the most amazing and practical commissioning training you have ever seen.

In other words you can take this information to the bank and mine it on, over and over again, plus – save time, and avoid the costly mistakes I did in my 20-year commissioning career.

And to accomplish all this, I will need your help…

I am holding a cool contest till October 09, 2011 to help me create & deliver the best training on the market for YOU.

One person will receive the prize: a LED LENSER M14 ($160 value)

The question I want you to answer (which qualifies for the prize) is this:

*** In which format would you like to receive my training? ***

1. Online training with checklists, videos, MP3s, PDFs, transcripts, mindmaps (paid once for the whole package; immediate access to the complete training material)
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2. Online training with checklists, videos, MP3s, PDFs, transcripts, mindmaps (paid monthly; weekly lessons)
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3. CD / DVD with checklists, videos, MP3s, PDFs, transcripts, mindmaps
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4. Live training seminar
   

*** Please share your feedback in the comments section below or send me an email. ***

This is the only way to get automatically entered into our competition; the winner will be announced on my blog on October 10, 2011.

Stay tuned!

Thomas Stuenkel

Update October 10, 2011
It was so great to get so much feedback from all of you! Thank you very much!
I got 40 x feedback by email and 24 x feedback via blog comments.
And here is he … the winner of the LED LENSER M14 ($160 value):
Ettore Pulieri from Italy
Congratulations, Ettore! I will send the LED LENSER M14 to you this week.
Thomas Stuenkel

Why is it important to grow your self-confidence?

When you want to achieve your goals (I will speak about goal setting and goal achievement in future videos and blog posts) you need to have a strong self-confidence. If you already have it – congratulations and there is no need to continue reading and watching my short three minute video.

You want to know more? Great!

On my personal journey for finding the right method to stay focused on my goals I tried different approaches. Finally I found the right jigsaw piece on my way to achieving it. I have to say a big thank you to Jürgen Höller for this inspiration!

Watch my three minute video to get inspired as well. I hope these methods are as suitable for your personality as they were for mine.

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

There are plenty of job websites out there in the internet but only a few are really specialized in commissioning jobs.

A good example for a job site related to commissioning jobs is OilCareers.com.

Have YOU ever used a job website to find a new commissioning job? If yes, what is YOUR favorite one?

Please take one minute of your time and fill in the survey form below.

The results of this survey will be published here on CommissioningCoach.com so everybody can participate on it.

Thank you very much!

PS: Of course, your name and email will NOT be published!

I came back from the commissioning conference in Bangkok and a lot of attendees told me about their problems and challenges during commissioning …

And now, I’d like to GIVE YOU THE CHANCE to talk with me and tell me more about your BIGGEST problem.

Here is what I’d need from you:

Please answer the question below (yes, your comment is important to me and warmly anticipated!)

“What is YOUR (you as a CEO, Commissioning Engineer, Commissioning Manager, Operations Manager or Maintenance Manager) biggest problem, challenge or obstacle during plant pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up?”

Hint — what really hurts you at the moment?

Your answer will help me custom-tailor my trainings, seminars and coachings as well as future blog posts and emails to you.

Looking forward to your answer.

Thomas Stuenkel

PS: You can speak personally with me. Currently, I am in Saudi Arabia and you can call me at +966 (56) 648 9825

What?
Conference „Plant Commissioning & Start-Up 2011“

When?
May 23rd & 24th, 2011

Where?
Centara Grand at Central World & Bangkok Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

It would be great to meet YOU there as well!

Why?

Because it’s a great opportunity to network with commissioning & start-up specialists coming from all over the world!

And by the way I will speak at this conference about „Commissioning, Leadership & Motivation“. You can’t miss it!

More information are available at marcus evans website.

See you soon!

Thomas Stuenkel

Did you watch my first commissioning mini training video? Yes? Ok, then let’s continue with the 2nd lesson: Planning. In this video you will learn all items which have to be planned carefully in order to get a safe and fast plant start-up.

I appreciate your comments and questions below the video very much!

You can watch the same video on YouTube as well.

If you are behind a firewall and video streaming is blocked – You can download the video file from two different server locations below:

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—> Click here to download the video from server 2 <—

I am happy to publish the first video of my 10 parts commissioning mini video training course. In these video I will give you an overview about “The 9 Key Elements of Successful Plant Commissioning”.

Please write a comment and let me know what you like on that video and what I should improve for the next lessons.

You can watch the same video on YouTube as well.

Update March 25, 2011:

Some people informed me that they are behind a firewall and are not able to watch the video because video streaming is blocked. To solve this problem I uploaded the video to two different servers where you can download it.

—> Click here to download the video from server 1 <—
—> Click here to download the video from server 2 <—