Annual Report 2009

AVEVA Plant is the most powerful and comprehensive suite of integrated software solutions available for creating and supporting all types of engineering plants. Whether on complex new-build assets, or the smallest in-service upgrade, AVEVA Plant enables maximum productivity, error-free design, minimum project cost and the most rapid return on investment.

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The challenge

AMEC plc, one of the world's most successful providers of consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world's energy, power and process industries, set out to establish best-in-class project management performance to address several key issues, common across the industry:

• insufficiently standardised project management processes;
• undue reliance on individuals' knowledge, resulting in inconsistent projects;
• unnecessary duplication of effort through the project lifecycle; and
• insufficiently visible project status.

The solution

An established user of AVEVA Plant, AMEC(*) engaged AVEVA in a joint analysis to identify key recommendations to implement an 18-month 'Standard Project Management Methodology' programme (SPMM). This initiative was built on the AVEVA VPRM project management solution, using AVEVA PDMS for engineering design, Primavera for construction management, and other third-party applications such as financial systems.

AVEVA specialists provided training courses, while AMEC held cross-functional workshops to map project workflows and identify key tasks and responsibilities. To validate the SPMM, a pilot project was carried out using data from a completed project.

The outcome

Validated by testing and supported by AVEVA's technology, the SPMM programme has established a fully-defined project management process. AMEC's Project Manager Ted Barker said:

"AVEVA has supported us throughout with good quality training and consultancy. Use of AVEVA products to support integrated project execution has been well-proven and AVEVA VPRM will play a key role in AMEC's ability to successfully execute EPC projects of all types".

(*) 'AMEC' refers here to AMEC's Power & Process Europe business