Engineering Practices Working Group Accomplishments

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Engineering Practices Working GroupAccomplishmen
ts Plans

• John H. Gertsen
• BWXT Y-12, L.L.C.

June 8, 2004
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Engineering Practices Working Group

• Purpose
• Promote engineering excellence
• Share best industrial practices
• Apply lessons learned
• Provide integrated recommendations to Department
  of Energy officials

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Engineering Practices Working Group

• Membership
• 24 members
• 23 DOE contractors
• Three DOE sponsors (including NNSA and EM)
• Two EFCOG board members

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Engineering Practices Working Group

• Status
• Organized May 9, 2003
• Charter approved May 14, 2003
• Tom Stevens is sponsoring director
• Meetings
• July 16 (teleconference)
• October 20 21 (Washington D.C.)
• January 21 (teleconference)
• April 21 22 (Bechtel SAICLas Vegas, NV)

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Engineering Practices Working Group

• Accomplishments
• Published subject matter expert matrix
• Facility commissioning study
• Engineering metrics survey
• Shared lessons learned/best practices
• Three active subgroups
• Fire Protection
• Configuration Management
• Engineering Standards

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Engineering Practices Working Group

• Accomplishments of Subgroups
• Fire Protection Subgroup
• Conducted two teleconferences and one meeting
• Formed three task teams
• Implementation of Reliability Centered
  Maintenance for Fire Systems Testing
• Standardizing calculation of Maximum Potential
  Fire Loss (MPFL)
• Benchmarking of Fire Protection Resources across
  the DOE Complex
• Organized a review of DOE Order 420.1 by subgroup
  members and provided comments to DOE

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Engineering Practices Working Group

• Accomplishments of Subgroups
• Configuration Management Subgroup
• Conducted one teleconference and attended the
  10th annual Configuration Management Benchmarking
  Group (CMBG) conference
• Redirected priorities and formed task team
• Engineering Standards Subgroup
• Subgroup in transition after formation of EPWOG

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Engineering Practices Working Group

• Current Initiatives
• EPWOG Working Group
• Design adequacy of existing safety systems
• HEPA-filter testing within DOE
• Engineering issues with third-party facilities
• Engineering for design basis threat
• Criteria for when engineering is needed for
  maintenance
• Best practices in engineering
• Subgroup Initiatives
• Active involvement at DOE Fire Safety Workshop
• Phase out methodology of configuration management
  
• for DD projects
• DOE contract for online national standards

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Engineering Practices Working Group

• Potential Future Initiatives
• Exploring possible engineering conference
  (modeled after SAWG) in 1-2 years
• Maintaining list of potential initiatives,
  including
• Drawings/document control practices
• Graded approach
• Value engineering
• DD technology
• Cost drivers for engineering
• Common itemapproved vendors list