Checking Contractors Schedule and Execution Plan

The project execution plan and master project schedule developed by the Owner s Project Manager during the initial project stages (Chapter 9) set the basis and execution logic for the entire project and, normally, are all that is needed to execute small projects. However, in major projects, the responsibility for the actual execution is eventually turned over to an EPC contractor who must assume the planning and scheduling functions and issue an expanded execution plan and MPS in details commensurate with the size and complexity of the project. 

The Owner s Project Manager still has the overall project execution responsibility and must ascertain that the contractor s proposed plan and schedule reflect all the available data and that they incorporate any out-of-the-ordinary action that will be taken in the course of the project to achieve the stated objectives. 

The following factors must be investigated and taken into consideration in the preparation of the execution plan and schedule it is up to the Owner s Project Manager to confirm that the contractor has done it in a conscientious manner. 

Problem Incompatibility with existing plant equipment numbering system. 

Correction Early in the project the Project Manager must insure agreement between the contractor and plant operations. 

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