Procurement of equipments

Other specialist groups will be responsible for cost estimation, and the purchase and procurement of equipment and materials. 

Procurement was handled in two ways major equipment was purchased by individual contractors while non-engineered items, such as piping, steel, electrical cable, et cetera, were purchased by Bechtel. Procurement of equipment was on a worldwide basis. The sourcing of equipment was dictated by the financing arrangements for the project. Significant numbers of major equipment and non-engineered items were supplied by Japanese companies. 

Most projects have a client (operator) who will run the facility once it is complete and an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractor who is responsible for the design of the facility, the procurement of equipment (mostly from vendors and subcontractors), and construction. Reporting to the contractor will be a wide range of subcontractors and vendors. 

Inevitably, any activities directed towards the expediting of vendor activities have an interface with other project activities which are related by physical sequence or information flow - expediting is a two-way activity. For instance, as regards the procurement of equipment, it is also necessary to expedite ... 

This policy applies to all operational changes that may potentially impact on the safety and health of employees and on our environmental controls. This policy will be implemented as an adjunct to all issued Safety, Health and Environmental policies and procedures, but particularly to our Design and Procurement of Equipment and Facilities Procedure. 

In Step 1, the organisation that has the overall responsibility for the design of the plant including procurement of equipment (i.e. the project contractor or the main contractor) has to define the limits of individual machines and assemblies of machines in all areas of the plant. The aim of Step 1 is to clarify the responsibilities for issuing the Declaration of Conformity. Within this responsibility lies the responsibility to perform risk assessments. 

The mechanical integrity program covers the procurement of equipment. 

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