EPC Q & A

E for EPC

1.                  Describe the data sheet development work flow process. 

Start with Rev A and the discipline activity and describe all the way to Rev 0.

2.                  When an engineering department receives a document for the first time, what is the first item on your ‘to-do’ list and why?

3.                  For client, are drawings reviewed in parallel or in series and why?

4.                  When we receive approvals from client and experts for welding documents / inspection / drawings, what is one thing that must be on the drawings before returning to vendor and Why?

5.                  Do purchase requisitions need client approval before we send to procurement? 

Support your answer with an explanation.

6.                  Why do we separate the data sheet from Inquiries when we send to IM?

8.                  When a weld or procedure document comes in as PCERT (in other words to be certified), are you allowed to check and stamp yourself?

9.                  Who is supposed to receive all Welding documents for approval on client? 

10.              What does E+A, E+C, E stand for?  Why do we use the different monikers for approvals? 

11.              If we send vendor data to the client for approval and give a 2 week turnaround…and have not received any comments or approval, what is the proper process for returning the vendor data back to vendor?

12.              If we receive vendor data for a 2^nd round, are we required Engineering Consultants's work processes to send to client for approval/comments?

ANSWERS

1.                  RevA – Process Input with client comments, RevB – Mechanical Input Required, RevC – Submit with Inquiry for Client Approval, RevD – Submit to vendors for quotation, Rev0 – Submit with purchase requisition after bid tab process.

2.                  You must validate the document.  This process is so that you check the document to ensure it was tagged properly and to verify that it was received on the Vendor information requirement form.

3.                  Series – To discourage similar comments made by various parties.  It is engineering consultants’s responsibility to own the design on vendor data, so we must do our diligence in commenting on vendor data per specs.

4.                  Engineering Consultants's Stamp – It signifies that the document has been reviewed and proper approvals provided.

5.                  No, the client approves them in SAP when they release the order to the winning vendor.

6.                  So that the data sheet lives in server as its own entity as it is issued.

8.                  Yes, provided that the comments on the original receipt documents can be easily verified by you.  If you don’t understand the comments, then you should send back to experts.

9.                  Appointed Engineering Consultants's Engineer & Client's Appointed engineer responsible for project – Specialty Engineering gets involved for high alloys

10.              E+A: Electronic plus approval, E+C: Electronic plus comment, E electronic.  Must hold for E+A.

11.              You should make every attempt to call, email, contact the client to encourage comments or timely approval, if schedule is going to slip and all attempts have yielded no results, you are allowed to send Engineering Consultants's comments back to vendor without proper client input.

12.              No, provided that there is no scope or design change, the client is expected to make all their comments and input known on the first receipt of vendor data.  From 2^nd round onward, Engineering Consultant is expected to turn around documents within 1 week time, unless otherwise directed by the schedule.