System Control Services 

Project: Construction 

Banyan Utilities Cogeneration Facility, Jurong Island, Singapore

Job Description: Electrical and Instrumentation Supervisor, Completions Manager, Commissioning Supervisor, Document Control

Objective: Installation of Kawasaki GT, HRSG unit and all related plumbing and electriacl works, commissioning, documentation turnover and client sign off.

I was placed into the Banyan Utilities project  while completing the Natural Fuel Bio Diesel turnover package. I took on the roles of Electrical Supervisor, Completions Manager and Document Controller. As more and more team members left for other projects and other duties my work incresed to what seems now to have been a dozen other roles. 

Phase 2 called for the installation of a Kawasaki Turbine, HRSG package and all the final related plumbing and electrical connections. The start-up date was achieved after many external struggles and the units were commissioned. I was charged with putting together and turning over all of the completions package documentation and drawing pakages to the client for sign off. I then stayed on for a few more months to resolve any and all punchlist issues that were ongoing that plagued the plant.  It was a good project and one that should have not been so challenging given its size. In the end however, I really enjoyed the work I had done and had learned a lot over the course of it's completion. There were many things we could all have done differently, but that is how you learn..............

Project: Construction

NFL Bio Diesel Facility, Jurong Island, Singapore

Job Description: Instrumentation Supervisor, Field Engineer, Facilities Support, IT, Documentation Control, Completions Manager

Objectives:  CTEC was awarded the full electrical and instrumentation wiring contract of the tree Bio Diesel and three Glycerine modules. The works expanded to include heat tracing, lighting and other works as they were called for.

After reapeated calls for more manpower from the project manager I was sent to Singapore from Georgia. As the second person from CTEC on board the project I was part of the engineering team as Instrumentation Manager. My responsibilities were to observe our electrical contractor and there design team and to report progress.  It became painfully obvious early on that there was a lack of supervisory skills and engineering staff amongst our sub. CTEC proceeded to take a larger role in the engineering and supervision of our sub contractor.

Once more CTEC employed staff arrived I stayed with the engineering group to finish the termination schedules which I had started, as there were no point to point schedules in place for our terminators.  All the while keeping up my duties as Instrumentation Supervisor. In general I was in charge of overseeing the calibration team. Verifying what was on site, when was it needed in the field, getting it calibrated, installed and terminated and reporting the progress as such. Also tasked with the punch list completions and all electrical documentaion for final turnover to the client for sign off.

Project:  Operational

Gardabani Power Station, Gardabani, Rebulic of Georgia

The Gardabani power plant consists of two P&W FT8 units with a combined output of 110 MW ,  two HOS gas compressors with a cooling water system, water treatment plant for both potable and demin water and a switch yard. The operations and maintenance teams combined for a total of around 40 people on a rotating schedule 24/7.

Job Description: Operations Supervisor / E&I Maintenance Supervisor

Objectives : Operations & Maintenance

 My task was to help put together and construct working operations and maintenance teams. This involved collecting all the relevant materials and documentation and writing the procedures to make the work flow easier to comprehend and implement. The objective was to get the teams to think proactively and not just reactive. After many struggles with the old mentality and old ways of doing things, the teams have really pulled together into functioning units that are able to maintain and cope with just about any situation. 

Project: Construction

Gardabani Power Station, Gardabani, Rebublic of Georgia

Job Description: Field Engineer, Systems Controls Technician

Objectives: Control System Installation and Commisioning

    Gas Compressor Logic & Controls:

     1. Get controls operable so GT testing could begin.

     2. Rewired a large portion of  the existing system.

     3. Recalibrated all pressure switches

     4. Pulled additional cabling and terminated back to DCS

    DCS Systems Terminations and Testing:

     1. DCS Terminations and point to point testing of all field devices.

     2. PLC wiring, modifications and updates, program modifications.

     3. Networking, install and terminate and test fibre optic network.

     4. Install and terminate GC ESD, BOP ESD and GT ESD systems.

     5. Complete documentation for turnover.

         P&ID As-Built, Instrument Summaries, Data Sheets, Installations Sheets,

         Manuals, Termination Schedules, PLC ladder logic programs.

      Systems Integration :

    1. Commissioned the system with the EDGI systems integration team.             

    2. Once integration team had left had to make further SCADA programming

       modifications as they were called for. Added instruments, more or better

       functionality in system screens, missing alarm points, instrument set

       points and further database functionality.

Project:  Construction

Municipal Power Facility, St. George, Utah

Job Description: Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Objectives : Control System Commissioning

    1. DCS point to point testing of all field devices.

    2. Verification of SCADA system alarms and commands functionality.

    3. Pulled, terminated and tested additional field device cabling to DCS.

    4. Valve open close modifications and rewiring.

    5. Transformer alarm modifications and rewire.

    6. Documentation: P&ID As-Built, Instrument Summaries, Termination 

       Schedules, Instrument Test Reports.

I have displayed these two pictures to give you a general idea of the sites I worked on. I can not publish any other pictures of the U.S Navy and Army facilities I have worked on due to security issues.

Project:  Construction

Point Loma Naval Fuel Depot, San Diego, California

Job Description: Field Engineer, Instrumentation& Controls Technician

Objectives: Control System Installations & Upgrades

1. DCS Upgrades:

Replaced 23 DCS back planes with updated units. This was done while the new back planes were wired and site was in operation. Old back planes were pulled out, new ones put in, and the new wiring cut back, relabled, re-terminated, including network cabling and fibre optic cabling.

2. Tank Gauging Modifications:

Verified operational status of new fibre optic mass tank gauging equipment that was being implemented. The system was problematic at first requiring component replacements, firmware upgrades and communication repairs.

3. Field Device Trouble shooting:

A large amount of trouble shooting was done throughout the site. Devices had to be reterminated, rewired, reprogrammed and or retested until all field devices were in an operational status and verifiable from the SCADA system. This included flow switches, temp transmitters, pressure transmitters, flow control valves, flow computers, tank quages, level switches, valve networks and ESD systems.

Project:  Construction 

U.S Army Fuel Depot at Fort Benning, Fort Benning, Georgia

Job Description: Sr. Systems Programmer, Systems Integration, Field Engineer, Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Objectives: Full SCADA System Upgrade, Control Systems and Instrumentation

1. Systems Programmer:

Developed, tested and implemented full SCADA system program for refuelling system.

2. Systems Integration:

 Installed all computer realted hardware, software and related networking devices.

3. Control Systems:

   DCS terminations, point to point testing and commisioning of control system.

Manchester Naval Fuel Depot, Manchester, Washington

Job Description: Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Objectives: Upgrade and Modifications 

1. Truck Rack Refuelling Station:

 Wire flowmeters on truck rack refuelling station for operational control and metering functionality with in the SCADA system.  

2. Flow Meter Firmware Upgrades:

 Pier fueling stations flowmeter firmware upgrades and reprogramming to device specs and fuel types used.

Project:  Operational  

Norwalk Naval Fuel Depot, Norwalk, California

Job Description: Systems Programmer / Instrumentation Technician

Objectives: Upgrades and Modifications and Troubleshooting