David Lawton
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12 years 8 monthsDavid has experience that blends years of engineering, procurement, construction for the nuclear capital projects and operating stations with years of information technology, business consulting for the nuclear, manufacturing and oil & gas industry. David’s belief is that good business processes lead to savings. David’s approach to business change is through business processes based on industry best practices from many years working in major capital projects operations and application software implementations.
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A Configuration Management Interoperability Solution David Lawton writes that with a few changes to capital project business processes and the implementation of a content management interoperability services (CMIS) database, operations content can be extracted directly from originating tools and populated into a data model that helps operations manage the lifecycle configuration. Consuming the project content during the project provides a vehicle to transform and feed subsequent processes. |
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Configuration Management of Facility Capital Project Deliverables Many large-scale projects require a remarkable number of deliverables that can be challenging to manage and maintain. This article explores the facility capital project information and the need for the owner/operator (O/O) to explore the individual deliverable documents to develop a listing of digital content necessary to support facility lifecycle processes. |
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Managing Capital Project Interoperability Capital projects inherently involve integrating the work of numerous subcontractors for the on-time delivery of hundreds of facility systems and millions of project deliverables. If your company is involved in any of the lifecycle stages of a process facility, this article will help you learn some of the current pitfalls. |