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Alessandro GebbiaMember for 15 years 9 months
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Hello friends, I have been asked to develop an EPC work-breakdown. I just completed the construction wbs but i have no ideas about E and P, I am too new in this field. Would you please suggest me an example or an already made structure so I can start working on it and adequate it to my needs?

 

Thank you very much

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    Gary Whitehead ·
    #1

    wbs = work breakdown

    wbs = work breakdown structure. the clue is in the name. How do your engineering & procurement departments breakdown their work?

     

    They might break it down like the following example, they might not. Speak to them to find out

     

    1) Engineering

    2) Discipline (civ, mech, elec, etc)

    3) Sub-discipline (groundworks, paving, buildings, etc)

    4) Area / workfront / whatever you call it

    5) Deliverable type (calcs, drawing, survey, etc)

     

    1) Procurement

    2) Discipline

    3) Procurement Item (rebar, piling contractor, etc)

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    Evaristus Ujam ·
    #2

    Just for the sake of

    Just for the sake of emphasis,  your WBS  for engineering and procurement  in a typical  Oil and gas environment may  look like this:

    (1) Process, Mechanical, E & I Design

    (2) Location (pipe racks, Flare, inlet manifolds, utility area,etc)

    (3) Work items (pipes, KOD, Tank, heaters Pumps, valves, etc)

    (4) Deliverables(P&IDs, Plot plans, Isometrics, etc)

     

    Procurement

    (1)Discipline ( Civil/structural, M&E, Instrument)

    (2) categories ( local, Foreign)

    (3) Shipment (Discuss methology & procurement sequence with experts in procurement Dept)

    (4) Work item (equipment, valves, pumps, specialists of diff trades).

    Note that process leads in engineering while  Civil structural activities take precedence in most construction activities.

     

    Regards

    Ujam

     

     

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    Dinesh Kumar ·
    #3

    A raw example (curtailed

    A raw example (curtailed version) of a typical FPSO project WBS may look like

     

    PHASES

                    Milestones,Management

                    Engg, Proc,  Const

    WORK PACKAGES

                    Vessel

                    Topsides & Process

                    Turret & Mooring

                    Subsea system etc

    AREA/MODULES

                    Gas Compression

                    Polishing

                    K O Drum

                  Power Generation / LocEqpRm

                    Utilities

                    Helideck

    DISCIPLINES

                    SMP E&I              

    MISC

     

    Project Name

    1. Milestone

    2. Project Management

    3. Statuary Approvals

    4. ENGINEERING

      1. client deliverables

      2. Detailed dwg development & Approvals

      3. QC documents

    5. PROCUREMENT

    6. CONSTRUCTION

    7. Completion & COMMISSIONING

    8. Load-out / Handover

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    Masoud Sedaghat ·
    #4

    Hi . I Need WBS for EPC

    Hi . I Need WBS for EPC Project

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    Dhon Bartolome ·
    #5

    hi,Simple WBSEnggineering

    hi,

    Simple WBS

    Enggineering 

        > Submissions (Drwgs) 

        > Review and Approval (Drwgs)

    Procurement 

       > Submissions (Material/Technical) 

       > Review and Approval (Material/Technical) 

       > P.O 

       > Fabrication/Manufacturing Cycle 

       > Onsite Deliveries 

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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #6

    Ideally, you should never

    Ideally, you should never develop WBS on your own. It should always be a team effort corresponding to concerned disciplines or specialties. Like for example: You were asked to develop a process flow diagram when you were never a process engineer. So how could you be able to do that? However, reality in construction projects is so difficult to understand or managed. And just ultimately resulting to whatever they can just do best and fast (even copying other works that were totally different from what they intend to do), only to satisfy some stupid contract requirements or not defaulting the contract. So still wondering why most construction projects (if not all) fail? Or always spending beyond budget and always late?
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