Scheduled shutdowns of the industrial plants for inspection and maintenance of equipment are typically scheduled twice a year to inspectthe equipment and clean the facility.Throughout the shutdown process, it’s vital to have a partner provide the volume and variety of specialized equipment neededfor any application.Theseequipmentsinclude,but are not limited to, air handling equipment,hoist and winches,material handling equipment, and welding andfabrication equipment.Refinery turnarounds are highly complex operations with many interconnected processes and multiple contractors working within a constricted,maze-like site.It involves the removal of decommissioned components,and thetransport,lifting andinstallation of their replacements.A thorough survey of each site’s accessibility for lifting and transporting equipment and loads is carried out,and the entire chainof related tasks and activities is analyzed.By becoming involved early in the process,interdependencies that rely on heavy lifting and transport have to be identified to map out a chain of activities that keeps downtime to a minimum.
