Projects controls on a 900 project substation network upgrade ppt
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This presentation discusses how a utility uses Primavera to manage hundreds of projects to upgrade 900 substations over two years. It summarizes that Primavera will be used to create standardized project templates, assign resources, track costs, and report status for the $30 million project to migrate communication circuits from Frame Relay to MPLS at each substation by 2015 to comply with new cybersecurity regulations. Lessons learned from previous projects demonstrated the importance of consistency and integration of project data across systems like Primavera, accounting, and maintenance databases.
Projects controls on a 900 project substation network upgrade ppt
- 2. • This presentation • Objective 1: How a utility prepares to manage hundreds of projects within the enterprise using Primavera • Objective 2: How to manage cost from within Primavera • Objective 3: Why lessons learned will be visited throughout the project life cycle
- 3. • Georgia Transmission Corporation • GTC ‐ owned by 39 Electric Membership Cooperatives (EMCs) in Georgia • Build, operate and maintain Transmission Lines and Substations – not only for the EMC’s but also for the ITS – ITS – shared transmission system in Georgia with 4 members: GTC, GPC, MEAG and Dalton
- 5. What is a Substation? • Purpose is to transform voltage from low to high (from generation) or high to low in transmission • It’s a connection point and is part of a greater grid • Substations are not like plants, they are unattended because they can be monitored and controlled remotely ‐ SCADA
- 6. Substation Communication • Substations communicate status, metering and can be controlled by a central location • SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition • Reliance on the phone system or wireless backup
- 7. ATT, Frame Relay and MPLS • Communication circuit • ATT provides the circuit but is discontinuing and replacing with MPLS • Multi‐Protocol Label Switching • Frame is old and tired, MPLS is new and fresh
- 8. NERC and CIP • North American Electic Reliability Corporation – Under FERC – Reliability Standards • CIP – Critical Infrastucture Protection – Physical and Cyber Security – 2015 is a milestone for our project
- 9. The Scope of Work • Migrate from existing Frame Relay to MPLS on all GTC, GPC, MEAG stations where an EMC takes service, each EMC headquarters, coordinating sites with GPC and on campus ECS and off campus backup site. • Field ‐ 852 Stations, 39 EMCs, 3 communication centers • Approximately 900 facilities means 900 project numbers for each ‐ accounting driven as each is an asset • So we have 894 projects to complete in two years
- 10. Projects in Primavera • All capital projects and some others for timesheet users • Schedules created from standard templates – Provide standard lead times for common projects – Proper coding for time, contracting and invoices • Resource loaded – Timesheet users may be assigned in template or • Assigned by their matrix assignment or • Assigned by department – Expense codes for payments • Consistent across all projects • Project schedule has all cost – BAC, AC, ETC, EAC • One Stop Shop (almost)
- 11. Primavera • Scoping and 12 Pilot Projects – Estimating ‐ ~$30M project • That is a LOT for the EMCs to swallow – Scoping of equipment and installation of different combinations – Configurations, testing, data gathering – Vendor – Workforce planning
- 12. Size and Scope • Primavera will have dedicated EPS nodes based on project status – This is for ease of maintaining projects that need to be open vs closed • Why not in speadsheets? – Primavera is linked to our accounting system and creates all the charge codes – Budgeting and Capital projections
- 13. How to • Templates – Likely only a few templates will be used to create all of the projects – Activities will include • Scoping • Materials procurement • Construction and Testing • Closeout
- 14. Resources • All activities have resources assigned – Expense codes for OFM and contractors – Assignments for work force planning – Primary resources for status updates
- 15. Primavera and Status Reporting • Cost – all capital project cost that is scheduled is budgeted in Primavera • Status reporting will be higher level than captured in P6 and likely reported via spreadsheet to PDF.
- 16. Consistency of Data • Here is the lesson learned from our CTIP program – use a database. Have it linked to other databases. • Maintenance uses Maximo for a good bit of their work – Largely accurate information with few meaningful gaps – Reporting of status to Maximo – lacking…
- 18. Questions?