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Engineering Practices Working Group Accomplishments & Plans

Engineering Practices Working Group Accomplishments & Plans. John H. Gertsen BWXT Y-12, L.L.C. June 7, 2005. Engineering Practices Working Group. Nearing 2 years in existence Working Group is growing – membership is up Sub-groups are being re-energized

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Engineering Practices Working Group Accomplishments & Plans

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  1. Engineering Practices Working GroupAccomplishments & Plans John H. Gertsen BWXT Y-12, L.L.C. June 7, 2005

  2. Engineering Practices Working Group • Nearing 2 years in existence • Working Group is growing – membership is up • Sub-groups are being re-energized • Significant interest of members continues • As WG matures, ad hoc use of member pool as a resource is increasing

  3. Engineering Practices Working Group • Membership • 106 members (33 in WG, 63 in sub-groups) • 31 DOE contractors • Five DOE sponsors of WG or sub-groups (includes OECM, EM, EH, and NNSA)

  4. Structure / Leadership • Engineering Practices Working Group Chair John Gertsen BWXT Y-12 Vice Chair Dave Lowe Kaiser-Hill (RFETS) Secretary Tobin Oruch Los Alamos National Lab (UC) • Fire Protection Sub Group Chair Richard Lewis Westinghouse Savannah River • Configuration Management Sub Group Chair Tom Reed BWXT Y-12 • Engineering Standards Sub Group Chair Stan Palmer Idaho National Laboratory (BEA) • Value Management Sub Group Chair Richard Harrington CH2M Hill Hanford

  5. Accomplishments (12 mos.) - EPWOG • Design Adequacy of Safety SSC’s (Backfit) – published recommendation – topic of significant DNFSB interest • Design Basis Threat – conducted review of engineering approaches • Third Party Financed Facilities – conducted informational telecon • Value Management Initiative – organized and chartered sub-group on this topic, based on member and board interest • Engineering Procedure Sets – voluntarily shared among members • Excavation/Penetration Permitting – completed survey of site practices • Drawing Management – completed survey of practices, and shared 3-D model practices – more work to do • HEPA Filter Testing (in cooperation with ISMWG) – completed initial effort on need for and availability of independent testing capabilities – more work to do

  6. Accomplishments – Fire Protection Sub-Group • Implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance for Fire Systems • Benchmarking of Fire Protection Resources and costs across the DOE Complex • Developed a list of NFPA technical committee members amongst EFCOG • Developed consensus comments to Draft DOE Order 420.1B • Conducted four teleconferences and one meeting

  7. Accomplishments – Configuration Management SG • Clarified purpose of Sub-Group • Updated and expanded roster • Selected new Chair • CM during Transition, Deactivation, Decontamination, and Demolition – Draft guide published • Held meeting in Spring 05 • Well attended, including over 5 DOE employees • Facilitated Value Management session held as part of meeting

  8. Accomplishments – Engineering Standards SG • Subgroup in transition after formation of EPWOG • Membership poll conducted • EPWOG endorsed continuation of Sub-Group • New Chair selected

  9. Accomplishments – Value Management Sub-Group • Interest confirmed • Members solicited • Charter written • Chair and sponsor selected • Organizational meeting held (including integration with 6 sigma tools) • First meeting held – in conjunction with CM Sub-Group • Value Management study conducted in conjunction with meeting

  10. Ongoing Initiatives - EPWOG • Design adequacy of existing safety systems – SME Mentoring and follow-up to SAWG and DNFSB comments • HEPA-filter testing within DOE – standards/acceptance criteria (with ISMWG) • Criteria for engineering involvement with maintenance • Engineering for Non-Nuclear work – combining with above, and Value Management session is probable in Fall 05 • Best practicesin engineering • Drawing Management

  11. Ongoing Initiatives - EPWOG Sub-Groups • Fire Protection Sub-Group • Active involvement at DOE Fire Safety Workshop & NFPA Conference • Configuration Management Sub-Group • As-built documentation • Document Control and Records Retention • Scope of CM Application (graded approach) • Engineering Standards Sub-Group • DOE contract for online national standards • Refocus Sub-Group direction • Value Management Sub-Group • VM as a tool within EFCOG

  12. Potential Future Initiatives • Exploring possible engineering training event (modeled after SAWG) in 1-2 years • Maintaining list of potential initiatives, including: • DNFSB Recommendation 2004-2, Active Confinement Ventilation ( in conjunction with SAWG) • D&D technology • Cost drivers for engineering • Human Factors Engineering • Common item—approved vendors list

  13. Lessons/Challenges/Effectiveness • Increased communication among members • Diversity of members in how Engineering is organized and executed at individual member companies • Use of Value Management on Engineering Processes

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