Facilities Engineering Training for Projects Personnel

Facilities Engineering Training for Projects Personnel is a critical component of preparing individuals involved in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of industrial facilities such as oil and gas plants, refineries, power generation units, water treatment plants, and manufacturing facilities. Effective training ensures that project personnel understand the technical aspects of facilities engineering, safety protocols, and best practices to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to specification. This is a comprehensive overview of facilities engineering training, including its objectives, key topics, methods, and benefits.

Audience

This course is designed for:

Mechanical projects & process engineers who are working in petrochemical and process industry
Design engineers from different disciplines
Projects managers
Projects planners
Projects engineers

Course objectives

Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be familiar with the fundamentals of:

Facilities engineering historical background
Project definition
Topics related to facilities engineering from project point of view
Project stages from being an idea to establishing the facilities, commissioning and start up
Facilities engineering from operation point of view
Energy related topics
Safety related topics
Basic equipment, utilities & devices
Maintenance related topics

Course contents

Day-1

Pretest
Introduction
Project Initial evaluation
Project execution sequence
Cost impact vs project phase
Activities and deliverables in each phase of project development
Conceptual engineering phase
Basic engineering phase
Detailed Engineering phase
Estimated costs
Facilities design basis
Definition of the main element of the project scope (what would be built)
Definition of the project scope of work

Day-2

Design contractor information
Construction agency to effectively plan and execute the project
Evaluation of probable process strategies
Typical deliverables (FD, main equipment list, preliminary specification of process elements, preliminary risk considerations, uncertainty estimation of product quality, environmental impact estimation, operational philosophy)
Preliminary layout
Evaluation and preliminary sizing of pipeline, piping and process equipment
Review of real case examples
Review of real case examples
Evaluation and identification of main construction elements

Day-3

Preliminary sizing and Cost estimation
Preliminary electrical power requirements
Evaluation of power sources
Power distribution strategy
Identification of instrumentation and control requirements
Evaluation of control strategies
Identification of main instrumentation
Safety requirements
Environmental impact evaluation
Review of operational philosophy

Day-4

Global test definition
Basic engineering (and FEED)
Mechanical engineering
Energy requirements
Material specifications.
Definition of tests for mechanical equipment
Preliminary design of buildings, foundations and main structures
Cost estimation
Electrical power estimated consumptions
Power generation/supply specifications

Day-5

Energy distribution system specifications
Main electrical equipment specifications
Area classification definition
Preliminary P&ID
Control system specifications
General specifications for instrumentation
Specifications of data acquisition system
Control valve preliminary sizing and specifications
Alarm system philosophy
Maintenance guidelines
Posttest

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