The document discusses workface planning, which ensures construction work fronts are unconstrained and aligned with project schedules. It defines workface planning responsibilities and requirements like clear scopes, latest drawings, material status visibility, readiness preparations, and integrated progress reporting. A demo is then provided of a workface planning web platform using Forge that addresses construction needs.

1. Workface Planning With
Forge
Chehade Kassouf
VP Operations at BlackSmithSoft
Ahmad Khairat
AEC Technical Specialist - Autodesk

2. About the speaker
Chehade Kassouf
VP Operations At BlackSmithSoft
Experienced Project Manager with a demonstrated 22
years career history of working in the oil & gas industry.
Championing the workface planning operation at various
mega projects. Produce corporate workface planning
procedure and best practices. Developing a pioneer
workface planning web platform using forge that address
the construction needs.

3. Workface Planning

4. Workface Planning in A
Nutshell
• The Workface planning is a project management method
that ensures all project direct workers (Workface) always
have unconstraint work fronts, in-line with project
schedule.
• What do Workface Require
o Scope
o Drawings
o Material
o Report
o Access
o Safety
o Quality

5. Know your Responsibility
• Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) starts way before
construction.
o Engineering Work Package (EWP)
o Construction Work Package (CWP)
• Workface Planning (WFP) is Contractors’ responsibility
o Installation Work Package (IWP)
o No More than 2 Weeks of Work.
o From Cradle to Grave

6. Scope
• Clear with No Assumptions.
• Differentiate between what you needs as material and
you report as progress.
What You Get
What You Build

7. Drawings
• Get The right drawings no more no less
• Make sure it is the latest
You Get Hundreds
You Send One

8. Material Status
• Material in your store is Dynamic.
• Always have visibility on the status
10 Bolts can
stop all these
Spools

9. Be Ready
• Treat it like a shutdown you won’t go wrong.
Stake Holders
Checklists
Location and Access

10. Progress
• No Guessing in reporting.
• No Guessing in Planning
• Leverage previous
performances.

11. The Whole View

12. If a Tree Fell without an
Observer,
Did it really Fall?

13. 4D for those who need it
• Know how everyone is
progress in your CWA.
• Mitigate Accordingly.

14. Reports
Reports show work, integrated reports show
visibility
How good you performing.:
With respect to Schedule.
With respect to Site needs.

15. DEMO

16. Contacts Information
• Chehade Kassouf
• Vice President Operations
• BlackSmithSoft LLC
• Mobile: +961 3 835326 | US: +1 (281) 509-9821
• Email: che@blacksmithsoft.com | Web: blacksmithsoft.com