Large Joint Venture Industrial Projects

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Synthesis

Day 1 : PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND TOOLSDevelopment phase : tools for supporting decision
-Gated process for monitoring project development
-Non-quantified tools (SWOT, risk studies, …)
-Quantified tools (cash flow, NPV, IRR, POT….)

Construction phase : tools for controlling project execution
-Cost estimate and cost control techniques, budget …
-Scheduling (gantt and pert), schedule control
-Progress measurement & reporting

Exercise : economical ratios calculation (computer needed)
-On a real case: Co-generation (steam, electricity)
-Description of local conditions impacting economics
-Exercise on pre-established form using Day 1 notions.

Day 2 : SCOPING PROJECT, ECONOMICS EXERCISE

Key achievements of feasibility studies, in particular :
-Technologies identification and selection.
-Scoping capacities, sparing philosophy, stream factors
-The Project and its neighbouring: Risks and Environment
-Securing feedstock and primary utilities, mitigation

Day 3 : SUSTAINABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES (PETROCHEMICALS AS SUPPORTING EXAMPLE)

Improvement of current conditions, emerging trends and promising developments for a better sustainability
-Thermodynamic principles 1 & 2 : what cannot be done !
-Feedstock : classical, emerging, future (biomass)
-Innovative catalysts & technologies
-Innovative optimization of Primary utilities (Energy, water)
-Waste (liquid, gaseous, solid), Zero Liquid Discharge concept, VOC content effluent. New separation technologies
-End of life of products, recycling

Day 4 : RELATIONS WITH CONTRACTORS

Dealing with contractors
-Contractors what for ? Who are they ?
-Route from pre-qualification to contract execution
-Notions on project managing contractor (PMC)

Contracting strategies and contract forms
-What is at stake ? Contracting routes
-Licensing technologies
-Types and structure of contracts, mode of remuneration

Day 5 : LEGAL AND MARKETING

Joint venture agreement
– JV Organization and Governance
-Dividends and shareholding
-Project contracts
-Deadlock management

Marketing
-General, present trends for organizing JV marketing
-Competition laws, notification
-Marketing strategy

Language

English

Audience type

Any one interested by large Project management activities or wishing to better understand the complexity of an industrial joint venture project: students in Universities or Engineering schools, young professionals, organizations facing such a situation for the first time, etc….

Planned duration

5 days. One exercise consisting in determining economical performance of an industrial investment is proposed in the afternoon of day 1. Another exercise proposed at day 2, related to Stream Factor optimization. Some quizzes may also be proposed Days 3 and 4A conclusive discussion shall end the lecture

Support material

The full set of lecture slides, in English only

Prerequisite

No specific prerequisite. Nevertheless, a minimum of scientific culture would help for assimilating the developed concepts.

Objectives

Sustainability of Industrial Processes, contracting relations and liabilities with Contractors, understanding legal aspects for incorporating JV and organizing product marketing are currently critical managerial activities in addition to technical project management. This 5 day lecture course intends to illustrate such facts and to highlight them with several life experiences.