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A concurrent engineering approach for oil & gas development in the Gulf of Thailand

AuthorTisan Yoosook
Call NumberAIT Thesis no. ISE-98-42
Subject(s)Concurrent engineering--Thailand, Gulf of

NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractUnder Concurrent Engineering Management philosophy, construction project planning and scheduling has played a major role in determining whether the project would be a complete success or a total failure. It is also a fundamental and highly challenging task for the project management to come up with optimal planning of the project and the best schedule. One of the concurrent aspects that needs to be considered is the way we plan the project under limited resources and time. Even though numerous scheduling programs are available for the optimal planning and scheduling of complicated projects, the choice of methods for scheduling still remains as a task, which continues to rel y on the skill, judgment and experience of the project manager and team members. The major concern of this study is 'to look at how to improve the scheduling tasks by emphasizing the leveling of tasks for construction processes due to limited resource constraints. This is made possible by early investigation of various constructing tasks' times along with their impact on the overall completion time of the project. The PERT Network model along with an Integer goal programming are developed and then formulated to generate the best scheduling plan for all tasks. An Extended PERT Network is also introduced and serves as a basis for mathematical modeling. The main construction processes of two existing types of platforms are investigated, and the developed models are applied to determine the best scheduling of all tasks considering limited resource requirements. The results from the formulated models show that there are various ways to schedule tasks so that overall project completion time will not be delayed. Concurrent control is also introduced to provide information useful for enhancing decisions made among cross-functional team members. Finally, a framework for future and further development of the proposed system is mentioned 1n this study.
Year1998
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Advanced Technologies
DepartmentOther Field of Studies (No Department)
Academic Program/FoSIndustrial Systems Engineering (ISE)
Chairperson(s)Pandey, P.C.;
Examination Committee(s)Hasin, M.A.A.; Anulark Pinnoi ;
Scholarship Donor(s)Asian Institute of Technology Partial Scholarship; Unocal Thailand, Ltd.;
DegreeThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998


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