Scope of work

The most important document in securing a consultant is the scope of work, which provides some guarantee of attaining the expected outcome when evaluating the consultant. The scope of work should include a description of the needs or project, the company s expectations, any unusual challenges for the consultant, a timeline for completion of the project, the provision of a detailed financial estimate for completing the project, and the expected outputs from the effort such as reports, data, results of testing, or other specified outcomes. The methods and action plan should be part of the response to the scope of work, as well as the resources, manpower, and specialized equipment needed to complete the requirements of the scope of woik. 

The consultant submitting a proposal for the scope of work might benefit from a visit to the site to consider the problem prior to providing a response to the scope of work. Be careful of proposals that appear overly optimistic or overreaching, quote extremely low bids or unrealistic timelines, contain conflicts of interest or hard-sell approaches, minimize or maximize potential technical or legal problems, or contain unsound approaches to solving the problem. 

If the process of using a consultant is to work, it must be in full cooperation with the company thus, the consultant can fail if he or she is not an integral part of the company s team. For this reason it is important to provide all the information needed. Clearly define the problem. Set objectives. Agree on realistic requirements. Get a clear and complete proposal from the consultant. Review the progress from time to time, and stay within the scope of the problem. The consultant can only be as effective as the company allows him or her to be. The company must do its part to ensure success. Make sure that a cost-benefit analysis is performed before pursuing a consultant. Agree on costs and fees prior to starting. 

The consultant is not a friend. The company has hired him or her based on an evaluation that this is the best person to help solve the problem that the company cannot solve, does not have time to solve, or does not have the resources to solve. The consultant should define the problem, analyze the problem, and make recommendations 

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To protect both parties in a contract arrangement it is good practice to make a contract in which the scope of work, completion time and method of reimbursement are agreed. Contracts are normally awarded though a competitive tendering process or after negotiation if there is only one suitable contractor. 

Lump sum contracts tend to be favoured by companies awarding work (if the scope of work can be well defined) as they provide a clear incentive for the contractor to complete a project on time and within an agreed price. 

In unsteady states the situation is less satisfactory, since stoichiometric constraints need no longer be satisfied by the flux vectors. Consequently differential equations representing material balances can be constructed only for binary mixtures, where the flux relations can be solved explicitly for the flux vectors. This severely limits the scope of work on the dynamical equations and their principal field of applicacion--Che theory of stability of steady states. The formulation of unsteady material and enthalpy balances is discussed in Chapter 12, which also includes a brief digression on stability problems. 

Batteiy limit defines the boundary of the unit equipment, which is used in a processing faciUty, by an imaginary line that completely encompasses the defined site. The term distinguishes areas of responsibiUty and defines the processing faciUty for the required scope of work. 

The technical review team should compare the thoroughness of each scope of work related response between the candidate toller proposals. 

Once adopted, plans should be periodically reviewed (depending on the project) and evaluated for effectiveness and cost/benefit. If the scope of work or any worksite hazards change significantly or if lessons learned indicate a review, the plans should be revised promptly... 

Subcontractor may be used in support zone or nonhazardous site activities. Eor limited activities at a hazardous waste site, the scope of work must be reviewed with the health and safety professional before work is started (examples landscape service, electricians, software development, training, etc.). The subcontractor must meet the following minimum requirements ... 

Different requirements may be filled by a single team member. One member of the team should be appointed as the team leader and the team should agree about the division of other responsibilities. The team leader should be given clear instructions on the scope of work for the team and the schedule within which they are working. This will most likely be achieved through the application of Quality Management analysis techniques. Staff can be involved in more than one team, but avoid having one person lead more... 

SAIC s data bank focuses on pumps, valves, and other common major components, but due to its depth has also been applied to studies on items such as strainers and bursting discs. Access is based on the scope of work and the estimated labor hours required to search and sort the data. 

Provide a readily understood and concise description of the scope of work for all involved in the project in order to facilitate easy communication between all parties ... 

The first phase is a clear definition of the scope of work that is to be performed during the shutdown or maintenance outage. This definition must be more than a macro-level listing of the major tasks that are to be performed. Instead, each of these major or macro-level tasks must be fully defined. The purpose of this procedure is to provide an effective method of planning, material control, and follow-up of repetitive, non-repetitive, and capital shutdown work. 

Most outages are comprised of multiple wish lists that are generated by operations, plant engineering and maintenance. In most cases, these lists contain poorly defined tasks with little or no attempt to prioritize them. These lists must be consolidated, prioritized and a universally acceptable scope of work defined. The steps required to create this scope of work include ... 

The fundamental requirement of an efffective outage plan is well-defined work orders for each task that must be performed during the available time interval. Too many plants fail to fully plan each of the tasks that are to be performed. Instead, they rely on a master schedule that defines the sequence of events that must occur in order to complete all of the tasks included in the scope of work. 

Considering the wide scope of work performed by maintenance craftspeople, the development of engineered labor standards represents a major effort, almost prohibitive from a cost standpoint for a single company or a single facility. 

The implementation phase is comprised of the actual outage duration. During this period, all of the tasks included in the scope of work are scheduled for completion. 

The plan is not complete until all data from the outage are collected, evaluated and the outage plan closed. For non-recurring tasks, no further action is required. For each of the tasks included in the scope of work that will be repeated at some point in the future, the planner must... 

The scope of work for each of these processes varies enormously with the various types and designs of boiler, with, not unexpectedly, the largest and highest pressure boilers requiring the most comprehensive protocols. 

Doing it more cheaply (outsourcing contracts can face cost escalation, or painful and expensive break clauses when the real scope of work is discovered)... 

Modifications to the Geldart (1973) fluidization diagram have been proposed by Molerus (1982) and Zenz (1984), but are not considered here as they require some knowledge or measurement of particle adhesion forces and bulk surface tension, respectively. That is, detailed investigations into evaluating and/or developing such fluidization diagrams are beyond the present scope of work. 

Once one or more vendors have been selected, contracts are produced that detail the scope of work, timelines, budgefs with milestone payment schedules, and change order... 

Because the scope of work for JACADS closure is too uncertain to permit fixed-price competition, contracts for services under a cost-reimbursable contract with an award fee will be used (Bushman, 2000). The entire process of chemical demilitarization has been a novel experience, both for the Army and its contractors. Consequently, a fixed-price contract for the first closure of a disposal facility was not practical. Fixed-price contracting for JACADS closure... 

Incorporate the planned VIPs into the project scope of work and schedule... 

The conceptual phase The team then reviews the ideas against relevant project criteria such as potential impact on long-term project economics, impact on operations and maintenance costs, effect on the capital cost for the project, validity to the project scope of work, technical risks associated with implementation of the new concept, impact on project schedule, and cost required to implement the improvement. Each study has specific criteria against which proposed alterna-... 

The presentation phase The VIP team formally presents the profitability recommendations consistent with the objectives and constraints of the workshop and their implementation plans to the steering committee or the project management team. The steering committee then approves those recommendations that pass muster and authorizes the project team to begin the implementation effort. Often, this approval is conditional on early validation by subject matter experts within the project owner s organization, but not present within the workshop. This external feasibility check is meant to provide support to the project team for any additional resources and schedule time needed to fully incorporate the improvements into the project scope of work. 

Report and follow-up After completing the intensive VIP workshop, the workshop facilitator completes the written VIP final report for the project record. During this time, the project management team assigns each approved recommendation to a member of the project team, estimates the engineering time and resources required to incorporate the improvement into the project scope of work, and communicates the results of the VIP within the integrated project team. This follow-up action plan creates a very positive and cost-conscious attitude within the project team that leads to Further improvements in project value. 

FIG. 10-127 Scope of work covered by process piping code ASME B31.3-2004. 

Quantity and Scope of Work 800 ft of concrete with 800 of concrete with... 

Testing at stress condition is performed to determine the ability of the system to remain stable at all times during operational conditions defined as continuity. Create stress conditions to determine the span of control for an individual system or rooms. Execute temperature, particle counting, etc. Verify obtained results with adequate operational conditions and determine whether the system is acceptable if it is not, then alert systems are set to report the unacceptable condition. Determine the ability of the system to recover after an unacceptable limit has been reached. Stress testing and alert systems for hardware and software are an important part of the scope of work for the validation team. 

The information (reference literature) adequate for the scope of work is maintained. 

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