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[Mach21]

Good day,

 

I have a question.

 

How do process engineer who involve in detail design to cater or avoid human mistakes during documents /datasheet preparations for FEED or detail design stage expecially for big project i.e LNG plant.

 

I understand that to concentrate, be clear on what your are doing, have a good rational sense( which depend on experience) and always double check would imporve the work quality.

 

any other effective method to avoid mistakes?

 

Yours sharing is highly anticipated.

Edited by Mach21, 11 March 2014 - 11:25 AM.

[markymaark]

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[Bobby Strain]

Eliminate the human and use computers.

 

Bobby

[Art Montemayor]

Every process design document, calculation, form, data sheet, etc. that a process engineer produces while on a project is subject to peer review and subsequent revision if found defective.  This is well-practiced procedure that every major engineering company in business employs and follows on a strict basis.  Every engineering company that has worked for me on projects and others with which I have worked have followed this rule.

 

Engineering companies are subject to contractual guarantees on their product.  Should they fail to meet contractual, expected results they are subject to litigation - and a loss of clients.  They are not going to tolerate either.  That comes with common sense, and that should explain the strict rule of peer review with subsequent approval by engineering management.

[Bobby Strain]

Art,

    I am one of those engineering company people. And I saw a lot of junk produced. There are rules and procedures, but often they are just for show. And some of the design methods are bunk. Most of the stuff works, though, in spite of more than a few botches. I't the good operators that can make anything work.

 

Bobby

[gegio1960]

You can have the same job made in two very different ways when you use two different engineers of the same company applying the same procedures.

A good operator can't make working a wrong design.