Managing a 50,000+ Activity Turnaround Schedule
Lead Scheduler on a Gulf Coast light hydrocarbon turnaround: more than 50,000 Primavera P6 activities executed in a roughly 40-day window.
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The Scheduling Challenge
A light hydrocarbon unit turnaround for a major chemical producer on the Gulf Coast required more than 50,000 activities to be planned, sequenced and executed in a roughly 40-day window. Josh served as Lead Scheduler, with many work packages and crews competing for the same unit access, equipment and time.
The Approach
- Structured WBS and activity coding for multiple management views
- Aligned contractor work with owner milestones in one controlled network
- Used path analysis and exception reporting to avoid losing critical information in the schedule’s scale
- Connected update cutoffs, narratives and management reporting to a consistent data date
The Management Value
In a turnaround, every day offline costs the owner production. The schedule gave the team a common framework for forecasting completion, tracing what was driving the critical path and communicating priorities across crews and contractors.
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