Why users must update design contractors' understanding

摘要

In early 2012, a rotating equipment engineer was involved in a machinery quality assessment (MQA). Located halfway around the globe, this engineer's new job was to oversee the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company and to ensure that the multinational owner-operators long-term reliability interests were understood and carried out. However, as best-of-class (BOC) owners know, EPC companies are primarily geared to low initial cost and on-schedule plant startups. So, reasonable compromises must be found among the initial cost, safe long-term equipment performance, life-cycle cost (cost of ownership) and project schedules. BOC owner-operators have formalized and institutionalized MQA with the goal of identifying the right compromises.