Understanding operations to improve maintenance planning and performance

BG’s engineers will initially make every effort to develop a clear understanding of the operational intricacies of an industrial site or an existing or future facility. It is important to understand these practices for the purposes of integrating them directly into the design and optimising the structure at every stage of its life cycle. We draw on our experience to review the processes of a facility and accurately identify the customer’s needs and constraints.

Depending on the sectors considered, while the nomenclature may change, the basic principles remain the same. The BG Group shares its systematic experience of managing industrial production lines, services for building users, energy plants (waste recovery, hydroelectric power, etc.), road and motorway checkpoints, engineering structures, etc.

Operations engineering to improve the overall performance of your facility and infrastructure

The BG Group’s approach initially involves delving into its customer’s organisation and developing a clear understanding of existing or anticipated operations. This strategy enables BG to get to grips with the processes of a facility, to identity interactions between stakeholders and, on this basis, accurately identify needs and constraints.

BG can design and help its customers to design computer-aided maintenance (CAM) systems or, better still, systems based on a BIM model. The resulting data can be used to optimise maintenance activities and modify the maintenance plan accordingly.

The Group’s value proposition covers a number of services intended to improve the overall performance of an industrial facility or the operation of infrastructure:

Audits, inspections, assessments
Devising maintenance plans, establishing ranges and operating procedures, implementing maintenance indicators
Assisting with maintenance planning, helping to establish minimum operating conditions related to maintenance activities, providing training courses
Implementing CMMS (computerized maintenance management systems) integrated in BIM environments
RAMS studies, assistance to improve systems reliability