Institute of Commissioning & Assurance

In this episode, we review the last documents of the ICA Global Commissioning Standard for on-site testing, handover, in-service, closeout, safety & risk management, and lessons learned. These critical aspects conclude the commissioning process that started much earlier during FEED. Don't miss this episode to see how to finish your projects successfully.

Your Commissioning Execution Plan defines what success looks like during commissioning for strong project completion. Find out how to prepare your CEP for project success.

Projects require strong leaders - commissioning leaders to lead project teams to success. It's a choice you make in life - if you want to step up and take on the challenge of leading commissioning. If you know that there must be a better way to complete projects, then listen to understand the calling of leadership.

Welcome to part 1 of 5 of our live workshop series to review the ICA Commissioning Standard. In this episode, we review ICA-001 and ICA-002 to help you and your projects succeed with commissioning.

Projects are data-rich environments, and when we can harness this high-quality data, we're able to make high-quality decisions. 3D modelling systems from detailed design engineering are the source of high-quality data, and a well-structured commissioning process is the bridge to connect this data to asset management systems after the project in-service date. I gave a presentation to USPI on the us...

Get access to the ICA Global Commissioning Standard. This revolutionary standard helps you structure your commissioning processes for success so you can achieve maximum efficiency in completing projects. If you want to achieve commissioning excellence much faster, then listen to this episode to learn how.

Quality data leads to quality decisions on projects. The quality of your data from engineering tools such as 3D modelling software determines success during commissioning. And the commissioning process is the golden thread linking engineering data with asset management systems for the ongoing operation and maintenance of the new facilities.

Do your projects have a commissioning engineering phase? If not, you're missing an important phase of the risk mitigation process for successful completion. Listen to this episode to learn what takes place during commissioning engineering.

Commissioning is a solution to your project success. Projects are complex and require specialized processes to complete on-time and on-budget. Listen to learn how commissioning can help improve your project outcomes.

Get ready for an overhaul of the construction/commissioning industry. AI is revolutionizing all industries, and commissioning is no different. AI Agents are going to help us complete projects much more efficiently, and those that know how to apply this technology are going to be the leaders in the industry. Listen to see how to use AI to help you with commissioning.

Wouldn't it be nice if there was a standardized approach to commissioning - each project used the same terminology - followed the same workflows - used the same set of documents? The ICA Global Commissioning Standard is the first international standard for commissioning - which applies to all plant process and energy projects. See how you can get access to the ICA standard.

Projects transition from area-based construction to systems-based completion at approximately 60% to 70% complete construction. For this transition to go smoothly, precise planning for commissioning must take place at the beginning of projects - early enough to let construction groups know how to plan the completion of their work. Listen to see how to make this transition as efficient as possible.

Most projects have built an Excel empire to manage their commissioning. However, this becomes a constraint when optimising efficiency for improved commissioning processes. To achieve commissioning excellence, project teams must implement a CMS software system to manage commissioning efficiently - Excel or your document management system just won't give you the data you need. For a deeper dive into...

When organizations suffer from optimism bias and uniqueness bias, this ends up costing them millions or billions of dollars. Projects are risky, and organizations must take a proactive approach to commissioning to mitigate risk and avoid expensive delays. Don't learn these lessons the hard way - listen to this episode to learn from others and the best-practices requried on projects.

There are 2 major hurdles to get through for commissioning and on-site testing to go smoothly. Cross these 2 hurdles, and you'll be in good shape for your projects. Listen to this episode for a heads up on how to address these issues and avoid costly delays.

The Industrial Commissioning Association is a global network of commissioning professionals, supporting the commissioning community with best-practices for industrial plant process/energy system projects. Learn more about our local chapters, and see if you would like to start your own local chapter as well.

Commissioning requires a wide range of knowledge and experience to be great. And there is one skillset above them all that is required to truly master the art of commissioning. Listen to learn more.

There is limited information available when searching for commissioning of industrial plant process and energy systems, which is strange for such a complex topic like commissioning - there is a need for guidance and best-practices for projects. Member's of the Industrial Commissioning Association receive a monthly newsletter to fill this gap, where they can stay up to date on the latest trends and...

In order to succesfully complete major capital projects, you must have a clear understanding of what success looks like for commissioning, right from the start. This requires projects to be started with the end in mind.

The ICA Global Cx Standard is your strategic guide to complete projects cheaper and more efficiently. Find out how to apply this standard to your projects to meet cost and schedule objectives.

There are lots of bits and pieces of standards to reference for commissioning, but which ones apply to you industrial plant process and energy system projects? In this episode, we discuss the standards available and which one to use on your projects.

One of the biggest challenges with commissioning is getting management buy-in to support early commissioning involvement and a structured approach to completing project commissioning. There is a mindset that commissioning is only at the end of projects, it's only required for large projects, and it costs money rather than saves money. So how do you break these false beliefs with your management, t...

Think of commissioning as piecing together a complex puzzle. A Commissioning Manager's job is to bring all the puzzle pieces together, ensuring no piece is overlooked and the final picture is complete and successful.

There are several commissioning standards that exist - each of the big companies have developed their own internal and proprietary standards for commissioning. But smaller companies that do not have the resources to create their own standard have no best-practices to follow. Or the standards that do exist to not include a comprehensive overview of commissioning best-practices. This has led to a fr...

Experienced commissioning resources are getting harder and harder to find, as our wise commissioning experts are retiring and taking their expertise with them, and as project workloads are increasing. With the construction industry projected to double by 2040, where are project teams going to find commissioning managers to fill leadership roles? Listen to learn the options available.