Managing Efficient Shutdowns & Turnarounds

Designed for:

• Turnaround, shutdown, and outage managers
• Maintenance planners, schedulers, and supervisors
• Operations coordinators and HSE representatives
• Project controls and procurement professionals

Experience with maintenance projects or outages is recommended.

Scope Definition & Risk Control

• Work listing and gatekeeping
• Criticality and risk filters
• Scope freeze and change control
• Failure history input to scope

Planning & Materials

• Estimating, job plans, and work packages
• Bill of materials and kitting
• Long‑lead procurement and vendor alignment
• Readiness reviews and permits

Scheduling & Critical Path

• Network logic and critical path method
• Resource leveling and constraints removal
• Milestones, look‑ahead planning, and control rooms
• Contingency strategies

Execution Control & HSE

• Daily readiness and shift handovers
• Progress tracking and performance boards
• Change management discipline
• HSE leadership and safe systems of work

Close‑Out & Lessons Learned

• Punch lists and quality verification
• Performance review and benchmarking
• Root cause of delays and overruns
• Playbook updates for next cycle