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Forecasting Safety: Planning for Accident Free Shutdowns
There’s no such thing as a risk free shut down. Unknown problems can arise, and complications emerge. But not all events are created equal. Your company might be
able to order spare parts, have extra staff on hand, insure against damage, and deal with delays in resuming production. But health, safety, and environmental concerns have entirely different kinds of consequences. Protecting your workers, ensuring good community relations, and following regulations are all critical considerations in shutdown planning.
Shutdowns & Turnarounds from the Contractor’s Perspective
How to Help Contractors Provide the Best Service Possible
This paper addresses shutdowns and turnarounds from the perspective of what the plant owner can do to assist contractors in providing the owner with their best service, so he gets the best overall shutdown outcomes.

- Alignment and Balancing
- Asset Management
- CMMS and EAM
- Green Reliability
- Human Asset Management
- Infrared Thermal Imaging
- KPIs - Reliability Performance Metrics
- Lean Maintenance
- Lubrication
- Maintenance Management
- Motor and Power System Testing
- MRO - Spares Management
- Oil and Fluid Analysis
- Planning and Scheduling
- PM Optimization
- Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring Management
- Reliability-Centered Maintenance
- Reliability Engineering
- Reliability Leadership
- Root Cause Analysis
- Shutdowns and Turnarounds
- Total Productive Maintenance (Asset Care)
- Training
- Ultrasonics
- Vibration Analysis

- May 28
LUDECA 1-Day Machinery Alignment Seminar - May 29
LUDECA 1-Day Machinery Alignment Seminar - June 3
Thermal Imaging Conference June 3-6th, 2013 San Diego, CA USA - June 4
3rd Hydro Plant Maintenance and Reliability Conference - June 11
RCM2 Introductory Course - An Aladon Network Course - Denver, CO - June 18
Des-Case 1-day Lubrication Best Practices Workshop - June 18
Materials Management / Storerooms - Houston, TX - June 25
Des-Case 1-day Lubrication Best Practices Workshop - June 25
Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference - July 22
Skills for Maintenance Leadership and Supervision - Greenville SC

- Reliability Polls and Quizzes
- Give Work a Chance!
- CMMS Cost Justification: How Do You Justify the Purchase of a New CMMS System?
- Missing Link in Work Management
- Reliability Milestones Reached by Plant-Wide Oil Mist Systems
- Business Analytics
- Engagement - A Maintenance Story
- Why Drive Change?
(3) - Delayed Retribution - The Demise of Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Programs
(1) - Did You Get the Memo? A tongue-in-cheek look at the vicious cycle of corporate insanity
- Reliability Polls and Quizzes
- Electric Motor Bearing Greasing Basics
(7) - The 5S Method of Improvement - Enhancing Safety, Productivity and Culture
- Aerial Infrared – An Asset Management Tool for District Heating System Operators
- Asset Management: concepts and practices
(8) - Maintenance of Hydraulic Systems
(3) - CBM 2011 Video Proceedings
(2) - Improving on the Fishbone Effective Cause-and-Effect Analysis
(2) - Reliabilityweb.com 100 Top Web Sites
- Root Cause Failure Analysis Web Workshops

