Start-Up Begins During Design : Whitley Burchett

Start Up Begins During Design
(Presented at CWEA San Francisco Bay Section Professional Development Seminar,
Berkeley, CA, May 2005)

Tom Hendrey: Whitley, Burchett & Associates

ABSTRACT

Start-up Team Organization: Who should be on the team and when should they be involved in the project. The topic discusses the roles and members of a start-up team. Emphasis is placed on getting O&M staff involved in start-up planning during the design phase. Teams should ask during the design phase how will equipment be tested, where is the supply of process fluids and where will it be routed during testing and start-up. Several useful check lists were provided to remind design and start-up teams of items that must be included in the start-up process. An example project was used to illustrate the process..