
Some of the most expensive and complex projects that the heavy manufacturing industries regularly undertake are major shutdowns, turnarounds, or outages (STOs). Being a top quartile performer at both STO preparation activities such as planning and scheduling as well as execution has a major impact on the company bottom line and achieving operational excellence. In this session, Brett will share the latest industry performance trends on safety, cost and schedule competitiveness, labor productivity, and price escalation by leveraging AP Networks’ research and their leading and comprehensive database on STO performance. You’ll also gain insight into the practices and approaches that the top STO performers utilize to achieve predictable, competitive outcomes on these capital- and resource-intensive events including scope definition and effective capital project integration.