Power Plant Construction Management ― A Survival Guide

Hessler, who works in the construction business and as a consultant, offers a guide to power plant construction management that covers building a new plant or the rebuilding, repowering, or modification of existing components. He emphasizes performing tasks in a cost-effective manner and addresses preplanning, planning, and contingency plans; bidding; permitting, codes and standards, third-party vendors, specialty subs, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), equipment, small tools, and consumables; terms and conditions; risk management; setting up the job site; ensuring quality; safety; managing financials, site activities, and cost control; decision making; and technology. Focusing on how to maintain a cost-effective process as underlying forces are changing, this edition incorporates discussion of pursuing and ensuring a manageable contract and structuring it correctly. It has been revised and updated with new data and technology trends, regulations, and new examples of the changing power generation mix between gas and coal plants. It also incorporates examples and information on what to do and not to do early in the project cycle, including more on initial decision making, specifications, budgeting, and estimating. It no longer addresses working outside of North America. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Peter G. Hessler is the president of Construction Business Associates. With almost 40 years of domestic and international construction management experience, Hessler is a highly sought-after consultant, lecturer, teacher, and subject-matter expert on a variety of projects in the electrical, energy, and chemical process construction industries. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.