Avoid These Common Mistakes In Facility Design Most problems share one or more ofthese ten common denominators. Here's how to prelJenl such problems.
Willilm L Reewes. ESllnc. 01 Tennessee
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cannOi spend o\'er 20 years
in the planning. design. and construction of steam and co-
gcncr.lI;On fa<;ililies without seeing projects begin and e\'olve in nlany
different ways. l'rojeclS seem [0 either run like a Walch. or be a model for dcnJ(}flSu'lling most of Murphy's Laws.
This is true for many Olher Iy~ of chemical process indlL.... ries (CPI) fadlilies as wdl. Many of the problems thai plague lhe!;c 5IXmingly ditrlCult projects appear to be IOOl:cd in th::sJ. are .datal by a fl::'N oommon dcnominalors. For example•• '01'0 famili3f phntses have become IXlf1 of our e'''Cf)'tby mcabulary. When someone: ia)'5 -I need it )"CStenby!.- a m'id mernal picIun: appears that Iells us iI normal oouoc of evClltS is IlOII S3lisfaetory bocause lhis proj«t is a1tI:ady behind schedule. And
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we '\'e all seen the canoon of 5CVa31 fllCa laughing wilh 11M: caption "You wanl i. when?!" Both of these phrd.'ie!l indic-"le thal schedule probkms exist that are most likely a direcl =011 of lack of planning and a SObSI:<IIN:nl lJte project st:01. This and Ihe remaining 0011"'1011 denominmOfS. which are undoubtedly equally familiar, are lisl~'d in the box on the nexl page. ReaJing that lisl probably scnt you on a trip down metTlOr)' lalle. Or po:ssibly the trip scem.:d more like a violent mugging in a d.1rJ( alley. This anicle presents our obsl.'l'WI;ons and experiences on why these mistalcs hJPPCn and the prtlblems they ~"'e. M~ importantly, il proVlOCs guiWnc1:: on how 10 a\"Qid these conunon mistakes..
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Some of the cxJmples deJI wilh steam Jnd !XJWcr plams, but the priociplcs apply jusl JS wcll to virtually all CPI facililies.
Schedule delays As mentioned earlier, when someollC say.s they "need il yeslerday:' schedule is already a p•.,blcm. E"en before the pr0ject gelS S1ar1l"d. sch.:dule problems exist Ihat precltKlc a normal or optimal COUI'lllC of C'O'ents bringing about satisfactory
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ing a l:lle st:lrI is failWl' 10 begin en\'ifQllmental pmnining early enough. In onJer 10 apply for an environmental oonsuuction pennit. the pcrf~ of a boiler sys!C1lI. including $learn conditions.. c;apacily. fuels fired. nlle-gas weights. and so on. muSl be est:lblished TiJMly ....uipmenl selections an: often not made because of lhe belief lhat equipment need only be selccl· ed in lime 10 meet the del;\"et)' requirenlC'nlS 10 satisfy the COIl.'\t1ll<.1ion schedule. SUbseqllCntly. when the project gets the "go-:lheJd" decision. the equipment has 10 be hurriedly selected in order 10 complelc the environmental penni! application. The problem now is Ihat the pennit pRlees.s wkes far longer thJn the engineering requirccl to begin sile worJ( and foundJliom, constroctioo. Many people are not aware that fedo.:r;lI law prohibits any pennanent ~'OIlstruetion 3l.1ivitic:s umil the construelion pennit is receival. A 'ubsequcnt deby in beginning concrete anti site ..."01'1;:: resullS in a IQl:II projc:l;t §Cbeduk: conlpre:Won. An initial delay in submining a permit application is
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