PROJECT MANAGEMENT – BOILER HOUSE REVAMPING PROJECT

The need

The client in question constantly invests in technological improvement, energy savings and emission reduction projects. Consequently, the client’s utilities department decided to replace the entire pool of steam generators and relative condensate collection and recirculation system with new state-of-the-art models, smaller in size and with a high level of automation, and a new hot-well skid, optimising costs and consumption and improving supervising personnel shifts. For business continuity reasons, the client requested that the project be developed guaranteeing the supply of steam to the entire plant without any interruption. Alongside the plant revamping project, measures were simultaneously taken to declassify the location according to the ATEX directive, such as increased ventilation and the installation of new gas detection sensors.

Our role

Our project management team coordinated all the different players involved in the various development phases, from basic to detailed design, up to completion of construction and turnkey delivery to the client, actively participating in mandatory assessments such as process safety (PHIRA study) and machinery safety (CCA, MSRA, etc.), not to mention the reclassification of the boiler house according to the ATEX directive. During the most complex phases of construction, we went into the field, supporting the companies involved in the construction activities to ensure that correct construction times were respected, mitigating risks and monitoring the costs of the construction phase, also in light of the usual unforeseen events and changes in direction that can occur during the development of any project, and reporting to the various stakeholders. The operations, which began in September 2020 and ended in August 2021, were successful, with a continuous supply of steam to the plant guaranteed.