Engineering Quality Management

Engineering Quality Management

By Corne Thirion and Jurie Steyn. Projects are often remembered for their cost overruns or delayed delivery, rather than the quality of their deliverables. Yet, it is the quality of those deliverables that dictates the potential financial gains or losses throughout its lifespan. This article discusses an Engineering Quality Management (EQM) approach that ensures the delivery of technical quality in engineering projects.

Natural Gas for Road Transport

Natural Gas for Road Transport

Natural Gas for Road Transport By Freek van Heerden, Corne Thirion and Jurie Steyn. Introduction Natural gas is a fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane (CH4) and is the cleanest of all hydrocarbon fuels. It generates carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, upon...
Small-scale versus Large-scale LNG Plants

Small-scale versus Large-scale LNG Plants

Small-scale versus Large-scale LNG Plants By Jurie Steyn.  Introduction Consumption of natural gas (NG) has grown rapidly over the past three decades and today accounts for nearly a quarter of the world’s primary energy supply. Although global primary energy...
Natural Gas for Power Generation

Natural Gas for Power Generation

Natural Gas for Power Generation By Corne Thirion and Jurie Steyn Introduction The world needs an abundant supply of clean and affordable energy to support economic and social progress and build a better quality of life, particularly in developing countries. Until...
Introduction to Constructability and Constuctability Programmes

Introduction to Constructability and Constuctability Programmes

Introduction to Constructability and Constuctability Programmes This article focuses on the benefits of constructability, and implementation of a constructability programme in companies, at both corporate and project level Introduction Constructability is a project...
Effective Handover of Projects to Operations Teams

Effective Handover of Projects to Operations Teams

Effective Handover of Projects to Operations Teams This article focuses on project handover of large scale, complex industrial projects to operations teams. However, the complexity and number of activities and deliverables are huge and cannot be covered in detail in...