Environmental Parametric Cost Model in Oil and Gas EPC Contracts

Journal of Sustainable Development, 2011

Measures for assessing the environmental impact and long-term sustainability will become an increasingly important requirement in industrial project management. The concept of sustainability influences all aspects of a project, from its earliest phases: development procedures, design of facilities and infrastructure, operation of the industrial facility, and economics. Project management researchers and practitioners are working together to find effective and efficient methods and techniques to minimize the environmental impact that projects carry. Sustainable rating systems are structured decision-making tools in support of measuring environmental performance throughout the project life cycle, not only complying with government & non-government regulations, but also meeting internal and external standards, procedures, processes, and requirements. The majority, if not all, rating systems created to date focus on buildings and residential housing construction. This paper introduces the development of a rating system to measure the environmental performance of oil sands and heavy oil projects, called the WA-PA-SU project sustainability rating system. A brief history of the concept of sustainability is discussed, and correlated with the three integrated areas related to the development of a sustainable rating system for this industrial sector: oil sands and heavy oil projects, regulations, and rating systems. The paper also discusses the tools and techniques applied in the development methodology of a sustainable rating system, lists some of the expected benefits based on previous use of others ratings systems around the world, and finally concludes with an outline of future research.

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2014

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Organization, Technology & Management in Construction: An International Journal, 2013

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2020

The construction industry and the implementation of civil projects are considered to be one of the causes of environmental pollution. Given the impacts and pollution created by the implementation of projects, it is necessary to identify the environmental impacts in order to reduce their effects. The purpose of this paper is to present a discrete time-cost-quality-environmental impacts trade-off problem for the construction industry with multiple execution modes for project activities in order to reduce the environmental impacts of the project implementation. A multi-objective planning model was developed in this problem to address the four objectives of minimizing time, cost, and environmental impacts and maximizing quality of the project implementation. Then, the problem was modeled as a single-objective programming model by converting the objective function to a constraint. The Leopold matrix method was used to evaluate environmental impacts. Finally, part of a rural water supply project was used as a practical example to demonstrate the applicability and efficiency of the model. The results of this study showed that the proposed method to optimize the aforementioned objectives is highly efficient, and planning and decision making in the early stages of a project to choose the method of doing the project activities will result in reducing costs, time, environmental impacts, and enhancing the quality of the project. By calculating the environmental impacts of project activities in each execution mode, project managers and stakeholders can take into account the environment around them, along with pursuing the economic, time, and quality objectives of the project, and minimize the project overall negative environmental impacts as a measurable amount. This research can help project managers choose the most appropriate method to execute their activities so that the project will ultimately be delivered with the least amount of time, cost, and environmental impact, and with the highest quality.

Energies

This research emphasizes the analysis and assessment of the environmental impact in the construction sector. It aims to propose a model for analyzing the management of environmental resources in the building process. This specific sector presents a significant potential risk of negatively affecting the environment, through pollution, energy consumption, and waste generation. Environmental responsibility involves analyzing the environmental impact and implementing effective solutions for an adequate governance of the environmental resources. Various life cycle assessment methods are employed to design a new model of management of environmental resources, starting from the factors impacting the environment. The resulting model takes these factors into account and carries several advantages from an organizational point of view. One novel result is that the model can be applied at a microeconomic level as well as at a macroeconomic level. By implementing this model, the preconditions fo...

African Journal of Business Management, 2011

The oil and gas industry is a multi-million dollar industry, which operates both onshore and offshore. The industry is one of the largest high cost industries that require high cost of maintenance and projects. It is also one of the highest paying industries in the market. However, less is known about its compliance to the Project Management Triangle (PMT) concept and their focus. This research has investigated the extent of the application of the PMT in Miri, Sarawak for project success. The aim of this research is to critically identify ...

2010

In recent years, an increasing number of private and public-sector organizations have been engaged in the implementation and use of environmental management systems (EMSs). Usually, organizations worldwide certified EMS according to ISO 14001, the global EMS standard. But thousands organizations in Europe had registered an EMS according to Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) The aim of the paper is to build up the model for environmental management assessment on enterprise's activities based on ISO 14001 standard requirements. The model foresees elaboration of ecological radar consisting of 16 indicators that can serve as efficiency indicators of the environmental management system. The author suggests displaying on radar axis the respective titles of ISO 14001 requirement clauses and sub-clauses and the opinion assessment average value indicators of the respondents. Environmental management assessment model was approbated in five construction companies and the approbation r...

Journal of Sustainable Development, 2012

Anthropogenic emissions have a significant effect on Earth's atmosphere and contribute to changes in the global climate. These emissions and their impacts need to be tracked in order to understand their potential consequences and to be able to determine how these impacts can be eliminated or reduced by changes in methods, behaviors, and tools. A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions generated by an entity over a specific time period or lifecycle. Developing a consistent and clear approach to determining the sources and quantities of these emissions is important due to the emerging demand to account for carbon impacts. Unfortunately there are very few approaches that can accurately estimate and track carbon to determine the climate change impacts of organizations, businesses, and activities. In this paper we propose an approach to carbon footprinting in which the amount of one or more types of carbon gas emissions can be estimated. We propose that by adapting cost estimation standards to carbon footprinting practices, a standard approach can be developed, thus providing a clearer and more focused approach to carbon footprinting. In this study, we have adapted the cost estimation standard of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This adaptation results in a new methodology for carbon footprint quantification that provides more clarification and robustness to carbon footprinting processes. By breaking down the whole process into three key steps, i.e., inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs, and by introducing relevant steps to take, the methodology can function as a guideline for carbon footprinting studies.

An Environmental Management System is a framework that helps an organization achieve its environmental goals through consistent review, evaluation, and improvement of its environmental performance. This paper deals with advantages of environmental management system in construction companies and advantages are assessed from the point of view of the construction company managers. This paper outlines the advantages of environmental management system in construction companies and such indicators are quantified and analyzed. This paper concludes with some interesting findings. Introduction An Environmental Management System is a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency. The environmental management system provides a framework that helps a company achieve its environmental goals through consistent control of its operations. In order to truly improve environmental performance in their business, companies are required to integrate environmental sustainability into all of their activities (Azapagic, 2003). This means they need a systems approach, where the environmental vision of the company is adopted in all parts of the organization. Hillary, (2004), Iraldo, Testa, and Frey, (2009) and Zorpas, (2010) note that environmental management systems are the approach that companies take to deal with the environmental aspects of their organization. The environmental management system of a company is the way in which it processes any demands it encounters related to environmental aspects, and how it embeds these demands into its organization. Just as organizations differ in their structure, goal, culture etc., so too do they differ in the way they can most effectively handle their environmental aspects. Numerous approaches have been developed that aim to improve the environmental performance of companies, and to help them in setting up an environmental management system. While some of these approaches provide guidelines that cover all aspects of an environmental management system, others focus on a specific part of this system, or provide a different angle that may suit a different kind of company. The ISO 14001 standard and EMAS are approaches that aim to include all facets of the environmental management system, and are meant to be applicable for companies of any size, and regardless of the sector they operate. An environmental management system helps an organization address its regulatory demands in a systematic and cost-effective manner. This proactive approach can help reduce the risk of non-compliance and improve health and safety practices for employees and the public. An environmental management system can also help address non-regulated issues, such as energy conservation, and can promote stronger operational control and employee stewardship. Basic Elements of an environmental management system include the following: These include reviewing the organization's environmental goals , analyzing its environmental impacts and legal requirements ,setting environmental objectives and targets to reduce environmental impacts and comply with legal requirements , establishing programs to meet these objectives and targets , ,monitoring and measuring progress in achieving the objectives

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