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The following project represents innovation by utilizing technology and creative workflows to create value and deliver better-performing infrastructure with quantifiable results. The projects nominated in this category employ technology to improve the performance of the infrastructure asset over its lifecycle; reuse and integrate data from multiple sources; use information technology to achieve results or improve visibility and communication for all project stakeholders; deploy technology to speed and/or improve project delivery; and/or extend the benefits of project innovation to the operations of the completed project.

KBR/EOS Oil & Gas Services Joint Venture
The North Rankin Redevelopment Project
Perth, Australia

The Woodside-operated North West Shelf Venture constitutes Australia’s largest oil and gas resource development and currently accounts for more than 40 percent of the country’s oil and gas production. The AU$5 billion North Rankin Redevelopment Project currently under construction will recover low-pressure gas from the North Rankin and Perseus gas fields off Karratha, Western Australia. The project involves installation of a second platform—North Rankin B (NRB)—with gas compression facilities, low-pressure separators, utilities, and accommodations. NRB will be connected by a 100-meter bridge to the existing North Rankin A platform, and the two platforms will operate as the integrated North Rankin hub.

The EOS Joint Venture—50/50 KBR and WorleyParsons—was contracted for front-end engineering and design (FEED), detailed design, and procurement management for the NRB integrated deck float-over topsides and substructure. At its peak, the EOS team had 530 people spread across four global work centers: Perth, London, Beijing, and Jakarta. The information management strategy called for a single integrated information set throughout the asset’s lifecycle. To deliver this value, EOS implemented an integrated suite of engineering tools for project execution. Initiated during FEED, the information management strategy utilizes the ProjectWise Lifecycle Server data warehouse as the central asset register for the whole NRB facility.

The team’s information management work practices and integrated toolset produce a high-quality integrated data set as part of overall project delivery. As a result, real-time information is visible on the project portal dashboard, allowing enhanced decision making and transparency between client and contractor. This data is also populating the project completion tracking system and the operations data management system. The early availability of data allows completion planning and scheduling to be carried out in parallel with design and construction.