Project Management

Effective Project Management for the Power Project Professional

December 7-8, 2014

As you may know, Project Management PANORAMA is Pathfinder's industry focused newsletter.  We present the "World as seen by Pathfinder Associates" with regard to "trending" or "controversial" industry related topics.  

In this issue we discuss Strategic Planning - A Combination of Need & Capability - Part 3 and Engineering Quality Concerns. 

OWNER GAPS IN PROJECT CONTROL - AN INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Paul Williams is facilitating a workshop at the 2014 Ocean Energy Conference in Atlantic City, NJ on June 3, 2014 Key Drivers for Success: The Power of Project Management Follow the link for more information and to register. 

Pathfinder is presenting “Cost Containment through Effective Project Management” at the 2014 CIM Convention. This session will be Tuesday May 13^th from 2:00 – 4:30 in the Construction to Production block. Below is the abstract, to register go to http://vancouver2014.cim.org/en/Register/Register-here.aspx

Costs Containment through Effective Project Management

On February 19th, Pathfinder's Mickey Collins presented "Plant-Based Large Project Organizational Alternatives" to the attendees at the February HBR dinner meeting.

Please contact us if you would like to receive a copy of this presentation.

Pathfinder's presentation/paper on "The Owner's Role in Project Execution" received a 2nd place award in the Industry Trends/Competitive Power Generation Track at the 2013 Power-Gen Conference in November.

The capital project planning and execution environment in the chemical industry is ever changing.  In the late 1990s, we were in a pull back position and only executed small in-plant projects.  In the mid-2000s, the industry went haywire and large and small projects were abundant throughout the industry.  In the late 2000s, the world economic crises hit and owner companies pulled back any expansion plans and capital projects came to a halt.  The industry has rebounded and, with the resurgence of the natural gas and oil in North America, capital spending and grow