Airbus & Boeing Flight Simulators

The production of a full flight simulator requires the co-ordination of many disciplines to produce a one off complex product. With typical project lengths of 18 months and the need for sub-contractors to manufacture multiple modules at differenent global locations, a number of fully resourced multi-leveled project schedules were produced.

Whilst an individual simulator could contain 4000 assemblies, bigger challeneges arise when the next five years work for the entire simulation buiness needs to be planned. A number of resource leveling solutions coupled with schedule and financial risk were required to assist senior management in the selection of suitable projects in their client portfolio. Since the production on the shop floor and stratgeic business plans were constantly changing, basline schedules and tracking were required for all projects across the enterprise. Tracking productivity was further enhanced by the introductions of metrics for deparments actioning work on any project critical paths. Aside from schedules Earned Value Management reports were produced. Tools used in this project were MS Project and some legacy software to extract reports from an Oracle database.

Electrical Power Generation

Provision of primary and stand by electrical power generation including switchboard and network systems have been delivered for many applications working with voltages up to 6.6kV. PSlint has first hand experience working with top name equipment manufacturers in Europe and the Far East.

Thermography

Thermographic survey of electrical networks and machinery for commissioning and in life service is one of the latest tools available to deliver projects to meet client needs. PSlint has the latest Sony equipment and experienced trained surveyors who have been engaged on significant projects for various clients. Thermography is being used more frequently for energy management schemes in an era where carbon footprint becomes part of the every day vocabulary. PSlint’s in house training organisation is ensuring its surveyors are kept abreast of these trends.

 

Surveillance Systems

CCTV and proximity surveillance systems for security and critical human intervention protocols have been completed and delivered to clients, primarily in the marine transportation industry, however this technology is universal in its application.

 

 

Ship Building

Building a new ship needs to be carefully considered, planned and executed. The initial design to suit the client requirement leading onto a detailed specification that enables prospective contractors to produce qualitative tenders requires a structured approach. Analysis of the potential risks, environmental impact and commercial success of the project has to be evaluated and agreed before placing binding contracts for such a major investment.

Detailed design approval and compliance with a myriad of regulations must be scheduled into the project to ensure lost production time is minimised and costly mistakes are avoided. During the building stages the project progress must be constantly reviewed and reported to the client, giving the assurance delays or any variation to the specification and contract are carefully managed. With the large sums involved in typical ship building projects today, overruns in expenditure have the potential to be significant but through application of the latest project control systems and methodology these risks are minimised.

 

Ship Conversion, Refurbishment & Upgrades

Ship conversion or life renewal projects, in some respect, require more detailed planning and management than building new ships. New construction tends to follow well thought out processes adopted by major ship builders, whereas conversion, life extension or return to service after some catastrophic event will rely more on the owners project teams ability to be the driving force throughout the project.

 

Several projects have been undertaken that involve identifying and sourcing ideal ship candidates and then converting them for specialist trading routes and conditions.
Notably whole classes of ships were converted and strengthened to operate in ice conditions and sub zero temperatures of minus 40 deg.C.

The use of methodologies like Prince 2 and planning tools like Primavera are becoming the standard format adopted to control projects that may run into several millions of dollars. Scheduling new or refurbished equipment and materials will be critical to ensuring the project runs true to schedule and costly claims for late delivery of owners furnished equipment are to be avoided. Frequent and regular accurate reporting and progress evaluation and more important compliance with the specification must be rigorously controlled with modern day planning tools.

 

 

Gas After Treatment for Silencer and Exhaust

Due to the introduction of legislation by the EU, exhaust gas emissions need to be cleaner. A project to design and install a new silencer and exhaust gas after-treatment was undertaken.

As the new silencer was a direct replacement for an existing silencer, it could only occupy the same space. A modular build system was used in order that the silencer would fit several variants of truck. The installation needed minimal disturbance to surrounding structures and components. The components to fix the silencer to the chassis were designed with the involvement of production line teams, so that the logistics of production line methods and tooling could be considered. This enabled a smooth assembly sequence on the production line. The system further included a urea holding tank with all the associated piping and electrical cabling.