1. 11th Annual
Outage Management for Power Plants
Measuring Key Outage Project Metrics to Enhance
Overall Reliability & Maintenance Performance
July 31-August 2, 2012
Sheraton New Orleans Establishing and Achieving
Outage Milestones
Through Comprehensive
Project and Work
Management Processes.
Day One Chairman:
Richard Brandt
Regional Outage Manager
Outage & Project Controls
AEP
Featuring Case Studies From Leading Outage Management Experts:
Richard Brandt Albert Vaught Howard Wall
Day Two & Three Chairman:
Regional Outage Manager Maintenance Manager General Manager
Roger Schaver
Outage & Project Controls Calpine Corporation, MHT Group
Manager, Resource Management
AEP Deer Park Plant
Power Generation
Chuck Thornton
We Energies
Jeff Moore Charles Major Pipe Support Manager
Managing Supervisor Program Manager, Operational MHT Group
Project Management Excellence & Human Performance
Attending this Premier marcus evans Ameren Luminant Merrill Jones
Conference will Enable You to: Senior Director
• Utilize We Energies' methods for identifying leading indicators Dave Edmisson Mark Littlejohn of Business Development
to improve overall outage reliability performance Plant Overhaul Management Maintenance Manager Day & Zimmermann
• Understand how TVA sets and monitors priority outage work and Maintenance Support Manager TVA, Kingston Fossil Plant
with a limited budget Xcel Energy, Comanche Ronnie Duncan
• Identify how NV Energy achieves outage goals and milestones Generating Station Wes Havard Operations Manager
through productive scheduling strategies Site Manager, Operational Reliable Turbine Services
• Determine how Ameren utilizes project management strategies Roger Schaver Excellence & Human Performance
to enhance outage execution Manager, Resource Management Luminant Kirk Samsel
Power Generation VP, Product Sales & Development
We Energies Steven Finch P-RO Solutions
Who Should Attend: Production Coordinator
marcus evans invites Electric Fossil Generation professionals Brent Woodside Salt River Project, Bert Rowe
with responsibilities in: Maintenance Supervisor Coronado Generating Station Chief Operating Officer
• Outage Management NV Energy, Harsco Infrastructure
• Plant Management Reid Gardner Station Rich Brennan
• Maintenance / Reliability President Ken Chevis
• Planning / Scheduling / Coordination Tim Flanary Diamond Technical Services Director of Projects
• Production Support Safety, Training Harsco Infrastructure
• Engineering & Loss Control Coordinator Ian Perrin
• Operations Westar Energy, Vice President, Fossil Plant Services
• Safety Jeffrey Energy Center Structural Integrity Associates
Silver Sponsors: Workshop Sponsor: Exhibitors: Media Partners:

2. Day One | Tuesday, July 31, 2012
7:30 Registration and Morning Coffee 2:30 Networking Break
8:15 Chairman's Opening Address 3:00 Interactive Panel Discussion
Recognizing and Reducing the Trend of Deferring Work Scope to Undertake
Richard Brandt, Regional Outage Manager, Outage & Project Controls Emergent Work
AEP • Using a probabilistic assessment of deferring work
• Identifying a process that quantifies true risk of failure as a result of deferring work
ACCOMPLISHING OUTAGE GOALS THROUGH LIMITED BUDGETS due to budget constraints
• Ensuring there is sufficient scope control and milestone assurance
• Making certain that project work is being done while adding modifications and late
8:30 Case Study scope additions
Optimizing and Standardizing Outage Scope Control in a Changing Environment Dave Edmisson, Plant Overhaul Management and Maintenance Support
• Reviewing the scope selection and validation process Manager, Xcel Energy, Comanche Generating Station
• Assessing the scope control and outage review processes
• Reacting to last minute scope additions and dollar infusion or reduction Jeff Moore, Managing Supervisor, Project Management, Ameren
• Identifying overreaching outage objectives to consider and evaluate Steven Finch, Production Coordinator
• Verifying outage preparedness, along with outage execution and completion predictability Salt River Project, Coronado Generating Station
Richard Brandt, Regional Outage Manager, Outage & Project Controls, AEP
3:45 Interactive Case Study
9:15 Case Study
Developing a Comprehensive Outage Schedule to Minimize the Duration
Optimizing Outage Planning Through Detailed Identification of Individual of the Project
Outage Tasks • Using predictive maintenance to create a thorough outage plan
• Determining individual outage task workscope and schedule • Planning milestones and having projects appropriately awarded and scheduled
• Identifying individual outage task risks • Understanding available project scheduling and asset management work order
• Assessing individual outage task resources, materials, tools and equipment tools to bring the scope of projects together
• Reviewing individual outage task closeout and final reporting • Finding the best combination of software and strategies to adequately track
Ronnie Duncan, Operations Manager, Reliable Turbine Services resources, dollars, and time
Brent Woodside, Maintenance Supervisor, NV Energy, Reid Gardner Station
10:00 Networking Break
4:30 Closing Remarks of the Chair and Drinks Reception
10:30 Case Study
Setting and Meeting Budget Expectations to Track Completion of Priority Work
• Finalizing scopes to create sufficient outage budgets when many unknowns
are still present
• Creating a process to keep people on track with their assigned budgets
• Prioritizing the work to ensure the appropriate tasks are completed to prevent
failures and forced outages
Mark Littlejohn, Maintenance Manager, TVA, Kingston Fossil Plant
11:15 Case Study
Reviewing Inspection and Condition Assessment from an Inspection Point of View
• Philosophies to approaching an outage from pre-outage to post-outage
• Prioritization of condition assessment for boilers and piping systems
• Identifying boiler inspection best practices
Rich Brennan, President, Diamond Technical Services Day Two | Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Ian Perrin, Vice President, Fossil Plant Services, Structural Integrity Associates 8:30 Registration and Morning Coffee
12:00 Luncheon 8:50 Chairman's Opening Address
Roger Schaver, Manager, Resource Management, Power Generation
PLANNING AND SCHEDULING OUTAGE PRIORITY WORK TO MINIMIZE SCOPE CREEP We Energies
EVALUATING RESOURCE & SAFETY CHALLENGES
1:00 Interactive Case Study TO MINIMIZE OUTAGE SETBACKS
Planning Outages in Advance to Guarantee Resources and Funding
• Taking a proactive approach to plan large scale outage projects years in advance
9:00 Case Study
• Creating a plan that coordinates needed resources to ensure their availability
• Deciphering outage intervals and frequencies on a unit between major outages Constructing Multi-Faceted Safety Processes to Implement and Promote
• Considering extending the time between outages for cost saving purposes Throughout the Facility
Steven Finch, Production Coordinator • Establishing departmental safety programs that tailor to specific sections involved
Salt River Project, Coronado Generating Station with the outage
• Creating job specific safety assessments for each task that are driven to the asset
1:45 Case Study • Analyzing possible safety hazards and diminishing the risks during the outage
planning stage
Real Time Management of Outages, Scope, and Finance
• Handling safety regulations that are constantly changing and becoming
• Determining how well an outage is executed through scope, budget, and schedule
increasingly strict
• Assessing the attributes of prep phase, contingencies, parts, and rehearsals
• Focusing on boiler specific safety needs that regards hex chrome within coal ash
(dry runs between control groups)
Tim Flanary, Safety, Training & Loss Control Coordinator, Westar Energy,
• Utilizing time control and knowing when to pass work up the chain of command
Jeffrey Energy Center
• Defining who owns the outage, and having the plant manager turn work over
to the outage manager 9:45 Interactive Roundtable Discussion
• Working on jobs during the time periods of shutting down and starting up Improving Overall Organizational Outage Execution to Finish Outages
• Controlling costs by forecasting the amount of labor and materials (committed and non) in a Timely Manner
Kirk Samsel, VP, Product Sales & Development, P-RO Solutions • Executing outages quickly with a high turnover of key personnel
• Utilizing the outage schedule and the best ways to coordinate the resources, time,
and budgets involved
• Implementing additional changes to the project to guarantee adequate resources
PRODUCER INFO: and labor
I would like to thank everyone who has assisted with the research
Facilitator:
and organization of the event, particularly the speakers for their support Albert Vaught, Maintenance Manager, Calpine Corporation, Deer Park Plant
and commitment. Samantha Rice, samanthar@marcusevansch.com.

3. Day Two | Continued Day Three | Thursday, August 2, 2012
10:30 Networking Break 8:15 Registration and Morning Coffee
11:00 Interactive Workshop 8:35 Chairman's Opening Address
Innovative Solutions for Industrial Inspection – Maintenance – Repair (IMR) Roger Schaver, Manager, Resource Management, Power Generation
By attending this workshop you will be discussing: We Energies
• Work Site Access Methods – Rope Access defined
• Inspection (NDT) – Maintenance via Rope Access 8:45 Joint Case Study
• Introduction to Pipe Support Audits
Enhancing Outage Performance Through Human Performance
• Maintenance – Adjustments, Repair and Replacement via Rope Access
Improvement – Reducing Errors, Costs and Injury
• Pipe Support Documentation – Record Keeping
• Learning from errors and near misses- Don't shoot yourself in the foot...twice
Howard Wall, General Manager, MHT Group
• Engaging outage workers and management to create a safer and more reliable
Chuck Thornton, Pipe Support Manager, MHT Group outage culture
• Reducing the number and impact of errors in the plant by 40% in the first year
12:30 Luncheon • Ensuring that supervision and workers are aware of the common identified
human errors to properly prevent them
Charles Major, Program Manager, Operational Excellence & Human Performance
MONITORING RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE TO ENSURE OUTAGE SUCCESS
Luminant
Wes Havard, Site Manager, Operational Excellence & Human Performance
1:30 Case Study
Luminant
Improving Maintenance and Reliability Operations by Identifying
Leading Indicators
10:15 Networking Break
• Identifying key performance measures for maintenance to reduce costs
• Improving cost and reliability efficiency to streamline outage procedures
• Pinpointing leading indicators rather than lagging ones to measure maintenance ASSESSING CONTRACTOR AND WORKFORCE CONCERNS THAT AFFECT OUTAGES
successes and failures
• Balancing giving ownership to the plants and having corporate as the overseers 10:45 Case Study
of the plants Scorecard Contracting With Fee At Risk: How to Manage Your
Roger Schaver, Manager, Resource Management, Power Generation, We Energies Maintenance Contractor
• Reviewing basic requirements for score card contracting
2:15 Case Study • Implementing an Outage Readiness Process
Optimized Engineered Scaffolding Design for Equipment Removal & Replacement • Selecting the correct indicators
• Access for removal & replacement of the steel shell assembly on twin exterior • Managing the indicators and not the contractor
exhaust stacks Merrill Jones, Senior Director of Business Development, Day & Zimmermann
• Access for removal & replacement of the upper nose arch tube assembly inside a boiler
• Access for removal & replacement of the superheat pendants inside a boiler 11:30 Interactive Roundtable Discussion
• Access for removal & replacement of the lower slopes inside a boiler Acquiring Skilled Workforce and Creating Training Programs for New Personnel
Bert Rowe, Chief Operating Officer, Harsco Infrastructure • Bringing in assistant positions and training to recruit skilled workforce
• Determining how to train the new workforce when experience can not be taught
Ken Chevis, Director of Projects, Harsco Infrastructure • Utilizing shadow training for new workers with experienced workers in the plant
• Reviewing options in terms of directly hiring union craftsmen and using
3:00 Case Study a contracting company
Implementing Project Management Processes Within the Outage Facilitator:
Management Procedures Roger Schaver, Manager, Resource Management, Power Generation, We Energies
• Reviewing the similarities between projects and outages
• Putting together a plan that utilizes the project management aspect as well 12:15 Closing Remarks of the Chair and End of Conference
as outage management
• Identifying the new process for managers to be more effectively prepared
• Putting more accountability on the project managers as well
as the outage manager
Jeff Moore, Managing Supervisor, Project Management, Ameren
3:45 Closing Remarks of the Chair and Drinks Reception
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4. SILVER SPONSORS:
Reliable Turbine Services is a full service repair company that offers proven comprehensive Repair Solutions for the Power Generation industry. Our Facilities
in Missouri and Texas along with our 24 hour field services, enables us to provide a full spectrum of refurbishment and manufacturing capabilites for all types
of rotating / stationary components.
Harsco Infrastructure specializes in offering a complete range of access equipment and related turnkey services to the power industry including
a complete range of system scaffolding (QES) and tube and clamp (Tubelox). Harsco Infrastructure has decades of experience servicing
and managing scaffolding related maintenance contracts and alliances with some of the largest utilities in North America.
P&RO Solutions provides refined professional services to industrial clients seeking significant sustainable performance and reliability improvement
of their facilities. P&RO Solutions, as a partner, helps organizations deliver optimum performance from their assets and operations through:
• Optimizing the Reliability Basis for plant equipment • Implementing Condition-Based Maintenance strategies
• Work Management excellence • Organizational Alignment
• Work process integration and optimization
Day & Zimmermann's Engineering, Construction and Maintenance (ECM) group is one of the nation's leading providers of total plant lifecycle solutions
for the power, process and industrial markets. With more than 15,000 employees, a network of strategic locations, and a proud history
of more than 100 years, Day & Zimmermann ECM delivers a comprehensive platform of engineering, construction, maintenance, fabrication
and specialty services. We leverage our deep industry experience, innovative technology tools, rigorous safety culture, and expert project teams
to deliver integrated solutions to our customers' toughest challenges.
Diamond Technical Services, Inc. (DTS) is an engineering consulting and technical services company focusing on utility, industrial,
and manufacturing industries in providing premium unbiased inspection and condition assessment services. We specialize in Visual
Inspection, Non-Destructive Testing and Examination (NDT), Certified Weld Inspection, Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA / QC),
Project Management staffing, as well as CAD drawing and drafting services.
Structural Integrity Associates - an international leader in the prevention and control of structural and mechanical failures – has provided engineering services to fossil
plants for nearly 30 years. Our integrated, multidisciplinary approach combines engineering analysis, NDE, materials evaluation, repair technologies, and data management
to attain the best solutions. Call 877-474-7693 ext. 671.
WORKSHOP SPONSOR:
Innovative Solutions for Industry – Offering the offshore, petrochemical and power industries inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR)
services. MHT provides Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and industrial rope access services, corrosion under insulation inspection and insulation
work, pipe support inspection / maintenance and pipe stress analysis.
EXHIBITORS:
At Rope Access Technology USA, we offer a wide variety of services using Rope Access techniques. Our technicians are able climbers, certified by SPRAT,
and accomplished in their trades. This allows us to perform inspection tasks from simple UT measurements to complex surveys and maintenance work
from small repairs to large projects.
Intertek APTECH, a full-service consulting firm, specializes in Asset Integrity and Life Cycle Management in the energy industry. We provide services
for Equipment and Plant Condition Assessment, Risk Analysis, Mechanical Integrity, Cause and Origin / Forensic, Reliability, Fitness for Service, Cost
of Cycling, Pipeline Integrity, Renewable Energy, and Turnaround Optimization.
WorleyParsons is a leading provider of professional services to the power industry. Through our Improve services, we integrate the best
practices, processes, tools and experience to successfully plan, implement, and execute outages beginning in early design thru start-up.
Success is driven by reducing risks and total installed costs to our customer’s expectations.
O I C Outage is the premier company for excellence in alliance-based outage management and project team development in the power generation
industry. With our unique best practice processes we have created high-performance outage teams across the country by combining our extensive
experience with focus on successful implementation of alliance partnerships and proven outage life-cycle methods.
At ITC, we are firmly established as a leading solution provider for STO's, through implementation of innovative software, processes and industry
professionals. With ITC created software, you will expend less planning man hours on future outages adding to your bottom line. We have
a comprehensive understanding of the technologies, the markets and the skills needed to drive your company forward.
Complete boiler services – 24 hours a day / 7 days a week on commercial and industrial boilers of all sizes and their related components.
ASME Code welding in all alloys. Repairs or new fabrication to economizers, superheaters, pressure vessels, thermalfluid heaters, burner
& control upgrades, refractory repairs, boiler rentals, and boiler parts sales.

5. EXHIBITORS:
Insulation Contracting for Power Plant Outages – The Irex Contracting Group is the parent of 11 specialty contracting companies that provide
insulation and asbestos abatement contracting services operating throughout the United States and Canada.
We provide mechanical insulation, sheet metal lagging, passive fire protection, energy audits and removal and abatement of asbestos professionally,
competently and safely. Please contact James Baldwin at 707.331.3515 for additional information.
Metso Power provides engineering, construction, and manufacturing services, as well as technology (CFB&BFB) products, along with automation, instru-
mentation, and integrated solutions by delivering environmentally friendly combustion solutions to the power sector. Metso boilers use Fluid Bed technology,
combining high–efficiency combustion of high–calorific value fuels with low emissions–even when burning various fuels simultaneously. Our Boiler Service
comprises of rebuilds and repairs including, full spectrum of boiler outage services, boiler chemical cleaning, inspections, Start-up, Operations
and Maintenance Services, replacements in kind; made to order; spare parts. Boiler tubes including a wide range of stock tubing, non-standard tubes and special mill orders
for larger quantities located within our local US manufacturing facilities. Pressure parts include: membrane wall panels, economizers, generating banks, tubular heat exchangers,
superheaters, and loose tube bending. Full metal fabrication, engineered solutions, alignments bars, headers, air heater seals, machining and saw cutting, assembly, shearing,
bending, welding, plating, and powder coatings. Tube shield styles to solve your tube wear problems fast, as well as significant spare parts inventory.
MEDIA PARTNERS:
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consulting engineers across Canada and the United States.
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Our roots are in the Aerospace & Defense markets. Nowadays we also serve markets like Energy & resources, Life Sciences, and Technology
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all of which are distributed to more than 100,000 automation professionals world-wide.
Energy-Tech is dedicated to the engineering, operations and maintenance of electric power plants. The magazine delivers quality technical
information to engineers, plant maintenance and operations personnel, and senior level management in the power generation industry.
Energy-Tech officially partners with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Power Division (ASME-PD) on editorial content, and also
maintains an editorial alliance with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
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trade events & conferences, and electronic media. In all its formats, POWER provides the most important business operations and legal
and regulatory news, as well as operations and maintenance information, for the power generation industry. Through POWER, industry
professionals learn about best practices, safety issues, improved productivity, and more. POWER is the "go-to" resource with print, online, e-newsletters, videos, webinars,
and conference offerings.
WHY YOU MUST ATTEND:
Outages continue to be a challenge for power plants across the industry. Outage and maintenance managers need to determine the best strategies to execute their
outages the quickest and most cost efficient ways possible. This event will deliver solutions for the major issues outage managers face daily, including planning
and scheduling challenges, working with limited budgets, and managing the scope of outage projects. Key to this year’s agenda will be identifying outage KPI's
to achieve project milestones and ensure plant performance. The 11th Annual Outage Management for Power Plants conference will review human performance elements
to minimize errors during maintenance work, while expanding on key issues that are essential to outage success.
TESTIMONIALS:
"Great to be gathering with individuals facing the same challenges. Very helpful information that can be applied at my facility."
NV Energy
"I believe this conference can almost guarantee cost savings with the networking, presentations and vendor exposures."
JEA