ABSTRACT
Designing the facility around available equipment, using an abbreviated procurement cycle, and fast-track construction with engineering and procurement allowed the making and burning of coal-oil mixture to take place approximately seven months after the project began. This chapter describes the importance of the project, the physical modifications made, and the results obtained to gain an appreciation of the magnitude of this accomplishment. It discusses the application of project management and how it was used to make the demonstration successful. The Project Management Department has authority and responsibility over all activities associated with assigned major projects from the time of assignment until the project is complete. The Project Management Department is directly responsible, through its project controls staff, for planning and scheduling, budget and cost control, estimating, and project reporting. The department is also responsible for directing and coordinating all project-related functions including engineering, procurement, licensing, quality control, construction, contract administration, preoperational testing, accounting, and inventory resources.
