This thesis is part of a research project about Plant Modularisation carried out by the ANIMP-ECI Task force through the collaboration between the Politecnico di Milano and the Loughborough University. The three main objectives of this research are: 1) compare concepts expressed in literature and actual practices; 2) assess these practices in order to identify gaps to fill for an enhanced modularization applicability; 3) analyse some of the identified technical criticalities in order to boost the development of general and on hand design solutions. This study tries to achieve the first two objectives through the analysis of the existing literature and a survey across a sample of experienced members of UK Clients, EPC Contractors and Service Providers Companies. The results of this survey are presented in this thesis identifying the main drivers, barriers and challenges emerged during the interviews with a look also at the project development process, the main critical decisions and the actors involved in modular projects. Main data and results have been analysed with a particular focus on differences between Clients’ and Contractors’ standpoints in order to understand how these perception are shared across the whole modular projects’ Supply Chain. The work also provides comparisons between results emerged by UK contractors and Italian contractors, which reveals very few different points confirming the validity and the reliability of the whole research project.
La tesi si colloca all’interno di un progetto più ampio in ambito di modularità di impianto sviluppato da una Task force tra le associazioni ANIMP ed ECI attraverso una collaborazione tra il Politecnico di Milano e l’università di Loughborough (UK). Il progetto si pone i seguenti obiettivi: 1) confrontare i concetti espressi nella letteratura esistente con le best practice aziendali; 2) analizzare queste best practice al fine di individuare eventuali gap o aree di miglioramento sia in ambito manageriale che in ambito tecnico; 3) analizzare alcuni punti critici da un punto di vista tecnico/strutturale al fine di sviluppare soluzioni più efficienti di design modulare. Questo lavoro di tesi persegue i primi due obiettivi di ricerca attraverso un’analisi della letteratura esistente e un’indagine sulle best practice ad oggi in uso nello sviluppo di progetti modulari intervistando un campione di manager esperti di aziende operanti nel Regno Unito. I risultati emersi sono presentati in questa tesi identificando benefici, limiti e aree di miglioramento/criticità emerse durante le interviste analizzando le fasi di sviluppo di un progetto modulare, le decisioni critiche e gli attori coinvolti nel processo decisionale. I dati e le informazioni sono state analizzate evidenziando i diversi punti di vista all’interno della Supply Chain (Cliente, Contractor e Service Provider) al fine di confrontare trasversalmente le varie percezioni riguardanti questo approccio. Il lavoro, inoltre, confronta i risultati emersi nelle interviste agli EPC contractor nel Regno Unito con quelli emersi dalle precedenti interviste presso i maggiori EPC Contractor Italiani sviluppate precedentemente dalla Task force.
Plant modularisation. Best practices analysis across UK clients and contractors
APICELLA, MATTEO
2013/2014
Abstract
This thesis is part of a research project about Plant Modularisation carried out by the ANIMP-ECI Task force through the collaboration between the Politecnico di Milano and the Loughborough University. The three main objectives of this research are: 1) compare concepts expressed in literature and actual practices; 2) assess these practices in order to identify gaps to fill for an enhanced modularization applicability; 3) analyse some of the identified technical criticalities in order to boost the development of general and on hand design solutions. This study tries to achieve the first two objectives through the analysis of the existing literature and a survey across a sample of experienced members of UK Clients, EPC Contractors and Service Providers Companies. The results of this survey are presented in this thesis identifying the main drivers, barriers and challenges emerged during the interviews with a look also at the project development process, the main critical decisions and the actors involved in modular projects. Main data and results have been analysed with a particular focus on differences between Clients’ and Contractors’ standpoints in order to understand how these perception are shared across the whole modular projects’ Supply Chain. The work also provides comparisons between results emerged by UK contractors and Italian contractors, which reveals very few different points confirming the validity and the reliability of the whole research project.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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