• Examining the economic benefits created by the oil sands industry and Syncrude
• Discussion of major sustainability challenge and progress being made
• What we’re doing to communicate our progress to Canadians
• Maintenance industry role in sharing information

• Including robust planning and design early in the project life cycle (Front-End Loading)
• Understanding the planning phases and ensuring all stakeholders know when each phase begins
• Identifying the critical path, milestones and plan of action to share with all stakeholders to complete the shutdown on schedule
• What are the unique pre-planning requirements?
• What are the key role and responsibilities of an effective planner?
• How can you build emerging work into the plan to ensure minimal scope creep?
• What tools are required to enable a smooth execution?
• What is required to establish the pre-turnaround execution schedule and readiness reviews?
• How can departmental cooperation be improved to more effectively share responsibilities and work load?
• Establishing weekly meetings to discuss progress and goals; how frequently should progress be assessed?

• How far in advance of a shutdown do work plans need to be established to execute the turnaround?
• Challenges associated with the influx of a large workforce over a short period of time
• What are the specifi c requirements needed to ensure the workforce can be adequately housed in camp facilities and that security is adequate?
• Tips for managing cultural diversities in housing and plant facilities and ways to ensure that communication needs are being met
• What challenges need to be overcome in order to ensure the safe movement of workers to the job site?
• What requirements are necessary to accommodate the additional staffi ng and equipment?
• What are the specific challenges around work breaks and how can you ensure that breaks take place as scheduled?
• Overcoming the challenges around the transport and staging of rental equipment, machinery and scaffolding

• Reviewing issued for construction work packages
• Developing weld matrix to ensure proper welding procedures are in place
• Notifying Alberta Boilers Safety Association on regulatory inspection
• Preparing inspection test plans as per scope of work
• Progressive turnover for Pre Start-up Safety Review

• Identifying bottlenecks in your shutdown process and areas for improvement
• Assessing which lean maintenance strategies can be implemented to improve your turnaround
• Exploring opportunities to reduce the occurrence and duration of downtime
• What methods can be implemented to mitigate or overcome scope creep?
• Examining strategies to put your asset back into service sooner
• Assessing the cost and setup of scaffolding in your overall project costs and identifying where adjustments can be made to improve costs and productivity with innovative scaffolding systems 

This session will discuss the effective utilization of a fleet of cranes to avoid a scenario where resources are booked ‘just-in-case’, but often under-utilized. Learn about cost-saving opportunities and how to build this into your planning and scheduling

• Planning and scheduling of crane resources
• Schedule tracking for effective utilization
• Managing day-today activities with utilization in mind

• Specialty Contractors Safety and Quality Commitment
• Pre- Planning When and Why?
• Scope Review Process
• Proper equipment, materials and manpower based on scope and anticipated found work
• Execution of work, how to meet or exceed customer expectations, communications
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control/Documentation
• Turnover Packages
• Lessons learned

• How is labour demand in Alberta tied into what is happening in other parts of Canada?
• Which regions in Canada will be competing with Alberta for skilled workers?
• How an aging workforce will impact the availability of skilled construction trades

In this session, hear from the chairman of the Rose Committee who will explore:

• The history and the necessity of the Rose Committee
• What are the Rose Committee’s mandates?
• What are the circumstances surrounding the creation of the Rose Committee?
• How is the Rose Committee focusing on improving turnaround safety?
• How is the Rose Committee moving forward and what is the outlook?

ACTIMS main focus is to identify skills shortages and to ensure that turnarounds are fully staffed with Canadian trades and skilled, qualified workers from workers outside the country. This session will discuss:

• What is the background to ACTIMS and why was it created?
• How can ACTIMS benefit industry?
• How is ACTIMS managing the timely supply of skilled, qualified professional trades people for annual turnarounds?

• Historical turnaround performance in Canada
• A look at Jacobs ‘Beyond Zero’ initiative and what it means
• Current techniques to improve performance
• Assessing recent safety performance

Syncrude employs thousands of contract workers from across Canada and around the world for concentrated, multimillion dollar shutdowns. Learn the techniques and best practices that Syncrude uses to engage these special guests.

• Examining ways to expedite the on-boarding process
• Gaining alignment of contractor general foremen, foremen and workers with Syncrude’s shutdown goals
• Aligning Syncrude’s front line leaders with contractor general foremen and foremen
• Ensuring Syncrude’s safety programs are followed
• Working productively throughout the shutdown event

• What lessons were learned to apply to future turnarounds?
• Analyzing the cost estimate schedule and the general project risks
• Unlocking the secrets of the turnaround development plan and schedule
• Classifying and understanding your added and found work.

• How flexible does your schedule need to be to anticipate found work?
• How can you accommodate unexpected repairs for equipment and extra staffing?
• Evaluating previous shutdown history to manage expectations of the costs of emerging and found work
• Utilizing pre-planning time to identify potential found work
• Budgeting for contingencies and setting guidelines for managing work extras; practical tips for managing unanticipated or ‘discovery’ work
• Using equipment wear patterns to predict the likelihood of more found work and establishing a plan of action to enable necessary modifications to plans
• What needs to be done to get back on track?

Learn best practices in resource management during unexpected forest fires in the Wood Buffalo Region that occurred during the execution of two major turnaround events

• Managing the evacuation to ensure the safety of workers and plant
• Re-mobilization strategy for a safe return to work
• What lessons were learned and how will they be applied next time?..

This session will discuss the Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA) Workface Planning Model and how it can be applied to turnarounds to improve overall project performance productivity

• Introduction to the key elements of WorkFace Planning to ensure workers have the necessary equipment and support before the project starts
• Satisfying constraints
• Planning of risk
• Addressing interdependencies
• Performing work out of sequence
• Assessing how the WorkFace Planning model would fit with your turnaround project..

• What is a transition point and where in your project does a transition point exist?
• How can transition points be used to maximize contractor efficiency?
• How do transition points and effi ciency affect contractor momentum?
• What is the impact of positive momentum on schedule and budget?
• How is safety and quality of work affected by positive momentum?

• Reviewing the turnaround summary report and key lessons learned; what opportunities exist to make the shutdown better for next time?
• Strategies for conducting the post turnaround review meeting
• Ensuring next steps and documentation are in place to manage the quality of the start-up procedure for the next turnaround
• Best methods for storing information to ensure its accessible for next time
• Managing the critical debriefi ng documentation process; what should be documented and when should it be documented?
• Examining ways to avoid losing information from the post-mortem