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About the course

Proper preparation will make the difference between a successful turnaround and a failure. While turnarounds are so critical to a plant reliability, and therefore the company’s profitability, it is amazing how many difficulties organisations have in planning and executing them properly. This course is also available as Live Virtual Course. Learn more about the online learning experience.

What you’ll learn

By the end of the course, you will have gained:

  • The phases and processes of a turnaround.
  • How to plan for cost, time, safety and quality and prevent common pitfalls.
  • About all aspects of turnaround project controls.
  • The processes and techniques, supported by realistic case studies.
  • To be ready to directly apply what they have learned during their next turnaround.
Our Clients

The Cost Engineering Academy is trusted by many industry leaders, such as:

This course is aimed at:

  • Turnaround/shutdown manager;
  • Plant/Site manager;
  • Project/ maintenance managers and engineer;
  • Finance executive/manager;
  • Cost engineer;
  • Work planner;
  • Cost estimator;
  • Contract manager;
  • Scheduler;
  • Cost controller;
  • Risk manager;
  • O&M Supervisors/staff;
  • Members of the purchase department;
  • Members of a tendering team;
  • Members of a turnaround team;

The course content and practical exercises and cases are focused on the process industry. This typically includes (petro)chemical, power, mining, food, pharmaceutical, waste, etc.

Requirements

Basic understanding of projects, maintenance or turnarounds. No specific educational requirements are defined.

Program

After the introduction to the turnaround world with some concepts and situation analysis, the course program is split between understanding and managing turnaround processes, and the means to control them:

Introduction to the turnaround world
  • Concepts
  • Situation analysis
Understanding and managing the phases and aspects of a turnaround:
  • Initiation phase
  • Scoping
  • Work planning
  • Scheduling
  • Site plan & temporary facilities
  • Safety & quality
  • Execution
  • Close-out
Turnaround project controls:
  • Turnaround economics
  • Estimating & budgeting
  • Contract management & tendering
  • Scheduling
  • Cost control
  • Progress management
  • Change management
  • Benchmarking
  • System integration

During the course, various interactive case studies will be given that need to be solved in groups.

Price

The Turnaround Management & Control course is offered in two different course formats. The prices for the different course formats are:

Classroom Course €4.000,-
Live Virtual Course €4.000,-

Learn more about our Live Virtual Courses.

FAQ

Yes, you will receive a digital certificate of completion which is easy to store and share on platforms like LinkedIn.

We offer the Turnaround Management & Control course in two different formats:

Classroom Course
Classroom course at Cost Engineering office in Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands or at a location of your choice.

Live Virtual Course
An online live classroom setting in which you will be able to engage with the instructor and the rest of the learners. Learn more about our Live Virtual Courses.

The quality of the course and the efficiency of the participation don’t change with the course format. We ensure that we keep all courses at the same, high quality level of Cost Engineering Academy. The prices for the different course formats are:

Classroom Course €4.000,-
Live Virtual Course €4.000,-

Payment will need to be completed before attending the course.

Learn more about our Live Virtual Courses and E-learnings.