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October - 2008

Oct. 15-17
Operations & Maintenance
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Operations & Maintenance Technical Papers

4 Keys to Success with Metrics
Bill Ritchie, PE, Senior Maintenance Engineer
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE), June 22 - 25, 2003, Orlando, FL
A Mixed Integer Optimisation Model for Preventive Maintenance of Production Plants
Nathalie Pixopoulou, Fluor Ltd, Surrey, UK, and Lazaros G. Papageorgiou, University College London, London, UK
ESREL, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL (University College London), London, UK
Achieve World-Class Maintenance Turnarounds
Paul Hayes, Director Planning, Productivity and Controls
Hydrocarbon Processing, December 2002
Advantages of Profit Centered Maintenance
Jeffrey Ray, Director Performance Technology, Fluor
Petroleum Technology Quarterly, Summer 2004 Issue
AK Steel Rockport Works 2001 North American Maintenance Excellence Award Winner
Dave Schrader, Director Plant Engineering Technology
Maintenance and Reliability Conference (MARCON) Conference, May 2002, Knoxville, TN
An MILP Model for Medium-Term Production
Nathalie Pixopoulou
ESREL, European Safety and Reliability
An MILP Model for Medium-Term Production and Maintenance Management for the Process Industry
Nathalie Pixopoulou, Fluor Ltd, Surrey, UK, and Lazaros G. Papageorgiou University College London, London, UK
International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM7-ESREL’04), Berlin, June 14 – 18, 2004
Asset Performance Improvement – A Road Map
James B. Humphries, Vice President Performance Technologies, Fluor Operations & Maintenance; and Bradley K. Cunic, Executive Director, Fluor Operations & Maintenance
Chemical Engineering, Feature Article in the August 2004 Issue
Best Practices For Performance Based Contracting
Brad Cunic, Executive Director Sales, and Jim Humphries, PE, Vice President Performance Technology
World Refining, September 2003
Effective Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Robert Kertis, Director Technology Transfer
Carolina Plant Engineering and Maintenance Conference, March 5 - 6, 2003, Greenville, SC
Employing Performance Measurement Data to Ensure Goal Achievement
Bill Ritchie, PE, Senior Estimator
Pharmaceutical and Bio Tech Manufacturing Performance Conference, May 18, 2005, Philadelphia, PA
Identifying and Managing Owner Risk in Major Capital Projects
Mike McGee, Director of Operations, Fluor
Daratech Plant, Houston, TX, January 24 – 25, 2005
Improving Maintenance Workflows Through the Use of Activity Sampling to Identify and Remove Barriers to Productivity
Steve Berquist, Fluor
Inaugural world Congress on engineering Asset Management
Industry Proven Shutdown Management Model
Paul Hayes, Senior Director Operations, Fluor
Institute for International Research (IIR), July 26 – 28, 2004, Johannesburg, SA
Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices, a Four-Phased Approach
Michael Eisenbise, PE, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Maintenance and Reliability Boot Camp, Maintenance and Reliability Center (MRC), University of Tennessee, May 12 - 16, 2003
Maintenance Improvement – Strategic Outsourcing
Jim Humphries, Vice President, Fluor; Jim Leitch, Senior Director, Fluor
International Iron and Steel Institute, April 7, 2005, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Maintenance Simulation for Plant Improvement
Steve Berquist, Manager Performance Technology, Adrian Buckley, Operations Engineer, and Peter Bodon, Senior Simulation Consultant
International Conference of Maintenance Societies (ICOMS), Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia, May 22 - 23, 2002, Brisbane, Australia, by Adrian Buckley
People Development for the Dynamic Operations & Maintenance Team
Richard (Dickie) Jones, Director of Human Resources, Fluor
Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals SMRP, St. Louis, MO, October 23 - 26, 2005
Performance-Based Asset Life Cycle Optimization
James Leitch, Senior Director
Aspen World, October 27, 2002, Washington, DC
Productive Asset Management
James Leitch, Senior Director
World Aviation Congress 2002, November 6-8, 2002, Phoenix, AZ
Profit-Centered Maintenance
Jim Humphries, PE, Vice President Performance Technology, and Brad Cunic, Executive Director Sales
AISE Annual Convention, September 28 - October 1, 2003, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Root Cause Failure Analysis - A Key Element of Systematic Failure Elimination
Michael Eisenbise, PE, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), and Dave Schrader, Director Performance Engineering
Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals Workshop (SMRP), November 5, 2003, 8am - 5pm, Indianapolis, IN
Start-Up Readiness for Production Facilities
Jim Leitch, Senior Director
Oil Sands Trade Show and Conference, September 3 - 4, 2003, C.A. Knight Centre, MacDonald Island Park, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Strategy for Improving a Maintenance Program
Michael Eisenbise, Director Performance Technology, Fluor; Dave Schrader, Director Performance Engineering, Fluor; and John Barker, Director of Operations, Fluor
Maintenance & Reliability Conference, Marcon, May 3 – 6, 2005, Knoxville, TN
Sustaining Maintenance Improvement Efforts Using Total Cost of Ownership as a Guide
Mike McGee, Director of Operations, Fluor; Terry Laird, General Manager, Mittal Steel
Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals SMRP, St. Louis, MO, October 23-26, 2005
Sustaining Maintenance Improvement Initiatives
Mike McGee, Director of Operations, Fluor
AISTech, Charlotte, NC, May 9 – 13, 2005
Systematic Failure Elimination
Jim Humphries, PE, Vice President Performance Technology
Pipeline & Gas Technology, September 2003
Systematic Failure Elimination: An Essential Business Competency
Dale Higginbotham, Manager of Fossil Maintenance, Texas Utilities (TXU); and James B. Humphries, Vice President Performance Technologies, Fluor Operations & Maintenance
National Petroleum Refiner’s Association (NPRA), May 25 – 28, 2004, San Antonio, Texas
System-Based Turnaround Work Packaging
Paul Hayes, Director Planning, Productivity and Controls, Fluor and David K. Clark, Reliability and Maintenance Manager, Olefins Specialties & Derivatives, BP Amoco Chemical Company
National Petroleum Refiners Association (NPRA), May 6-7, 2002, San Antonio, TX
Tackling the Root Cause in Equipment Failure
Michael Eisenbise, PE, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CRMP)
Carolina Plant Engineering and Maintenance Conference, March 5 - 6, 2003, Greenville, SC
Total Cost of Ownership
Brad McCaleb, Sale & Marketing Manager, AMECO, and Jim Humphries, Vice President – Performance Technologies, Fluor Operations & Maintenance
Plant Engineering Magazine, July 2004
Turnaround Lessons Not Learned – Why?
Paul Hayes, Senior Director, Fluor; and David Clark, Reliability & Maintenance Manager, BP
National Petroleum Refiner’s Association (NPRA), May 25 – 28, 2004, San Antonio, Texas
Turnaround Performance Optimization
Paul R. Hayes, Senior Director, Operations, Fluor Corporation; and David K. Clark, Reliability and Maintenance Manager, Olefins Specialties & Derivatives, BP Amoco Chemical Company
Petroleum Technology Quarterly, Autumn 2003
When the Rubber Hits the Road. Will Your New Asset Meet the Owner’s Expectations Up Front?
Steven Berquist, Manager Performance Technology, Fluor
International Conference of Maintenance Societies (ICOMS), Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia, May 25 – 28, 2004, Sydney, Australia
Zero-Based Maintenance Budgeting: Establishing Maintenance Staffing Requirements
Michael Eisenbise, PE, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Maintenance and Reliability Technology Summit, May 25, 2004, Chicago, Ill