IPA employees periodically have articles or presentations published in a number of trade journals and magazines. These are listed here for your reference.
If you would like a copy of a paper, please contact your local librarian. (This is due to each publisher having its own copyright and reprint restrictions.)
2007
"MegaProjects in a Sizzling Market." Ed Merrow. Presented at the Project Management Institute - Arabian Gulf Chapter Meeting, Bahrain, February 13, 2007.
"Best Practices for Qualification Success: A Statistical Analysis of Characteristics and Practices that Drive IQ and OQ Cost and Schedule." Allison Aschman and Gordon Lawrence. ISPE Pharmaceutical Engineering Online, January/February 2007, 27(1). Access at: ISPE [Membership in ISPE is required to download this article.]
2006
"TriVera: An Efficient Tool for Cost Integration into 4D Models." Theodora Paschoudi. International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction 2006 (ISARC 2006), Tokyo, Japan, October 3-5, 2006.
"Linear Programming Approach to Optimize Strategic Investment in the Construction Workforce." Issam Srour et. al. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132 (11):1158-1166, November 2006.
"Managing Megaprojects." Edward Merrow and Kelli Ratliff. In Fundamentals of the Global Oil and Gas Industry, World Petroleum Council Yearbook 2006, Petroleum Economist Publications, pp. 61-63.
"Speed in Batch Plant Project Execution." Gordon R. Lawrence. Projection (magazine of the IChemE Project Management Subject Group), July 2006, pp. 9-10
"Effective Presentation Skills for Cost Engineers." Andrew F. Griffith. 50th Annual Meeting, AACE International, Las Vegas, NV, June 19-22, 2006.
"Improving Project System Performance through Benchmarking." Andrew F. Griffith. Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Conference, Madrid, Spain, May 2006.
"Efficient capital utilization: the key to world class refining performance." Gordon R. Lawrence. Neftegaz International, Q2, 2006. Access at: http://www.neftegazinternational.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1281
"Express Delivery: Speeding Up Batch Plant Projects Without Hurting the Bottom Line." Gordon R. Lawrence The Chemical Engineer (TCE), June 2006, 780: 36-38.
"Achieving Faster Project Delivery - More Haste, Less Speed." Gordon R. Lawrence. Pharmaceutical Engineering, May/June 2006, 26(3): 20-32.
"Reducing Cost and Schedule Risk in Environmental Projects." Gordon R. Lawrence. IChemE "Project Delivery" Conference, Wynyard Park House, Billiingham, Teesside, UK, February 17, 2006.
"Increasing Steel Price Effect on Equipment Price." Laura Mayo and Raisa Nuriyeva. 50th Annual Meeting, AACE International, Las Vegas, NV, June 19-22, 2006
"Success & Failures in Megaprojects." Ruud Schulte. 7th Annual Middle East Refining Conference, Dubai, UAE, February, 2006.
2005
"Stage-Gated Process for Project Definition of Capital Projects", Andrew Griffith and Mary Ellen Yarossi. 19th World Congress, International Project Management Association (IPMA), New Dehli, India, November 13 - 16, 2005.
“Workers’ skills and receptiveness to operate under the Tier II construction management strategy” Jorge Castaneda, Richard L. Tucker and Carl T. Haas. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(7):790-798.
“Scheduling practices and project success (Paper PS05).” Andrew F. Griffith. 49th Annual Meeting, AACE International, New Orleans, LA, June 26-29, 2005.
“Realizing success in commercializing new technology.” Emily Helmes. AIChe 2005 Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, US, April 10-14, 2005.
“Key success factors in choosing the right projects.” Emily Helmes. AIChe 2005 Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, US, April 10-14, 2005.
“Clean Fuels Hydrotreaters: A cautionary tale about contract strategy.” Gordon Lawrence. 6th International Conference on Petroleum Refining, Technology & Economic in Russia, The CIS and the Baltic States, Park Lane Sheraton Hotel, London, England, March 17-18, 2005.
“Has engineering percentage had it’s day?” Gordon Lawrence. TCE, June 2005, pp. 40-41.
“It’s time for capital excellence in pharma Projects.” Edward Merrow. Pharma Summit on Asceptic Technologies, Cork, Ireland, June 1-3, 2005.
2004
“Exploring techniques for contingency setting.” Scott E. Burroughs and Gob Juntima. AACE 2004 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 2004.
“Cost effectiveness of offshore pipelines benchmarked.” Rene Klerian-Ramirez. Fundamentals of the Global Offshore Industry, 2004, Petroleum Economist, August 2004, pp. 44-45.
“Pharmaceutical capital investment: Time to rethink corporate culture.” Gordon Lawrence, TCE, August 2004, pp. 28-29.
“Owner-contractor work structures: Process approach.” Stuart D. Anderson, Shekhar Patil, G.Edward Gibson, Jr. and George R. Sullivan. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 130(5):680-690.
2003
“Benchmarking the cost effectiveness of offshore pipeline projects.” John M.G. Alkemade. Oil & Gas Pipelines in the Middle East, 3rd Annual Conference, Al Bustan Palace Hotel, Muscat, Oman, October 19-20, 2003.
“Being portfolio proactive pays.” Paul Barshop. Chemical Investment Sites Supplement 2003, Asian Chemical News, July, 2003, pp. 8-9.
“Best practice pays off.” Paul Barshop. European Chemical News, December 22, 2003.
“Controlling and reducing innovative risk for capital projects.” Paul Barshop. ACHEMA 2003, Frankfurt, Germany, May 23, 2003.
“Outcomes and drivers of Arabian Gulf Region capital projects.” Paul Barshop. PMI-Arabian Gulf Region, 9th International Conference, Bahrain, January 15, 2003.
“Best owner practices for project control.” John Hollmann. Cost Engineering, 45(9):25-30.
“The elements of project system excellence.” Edward Merrow, Proceedings of Government Industry Forum: The Owner’s Role in Project Management and Project Planning. Available at www.nap.edu.
“Mega-field developments require special tactics, risk management.” Edward Merrow. Offshore, 28(6):90-96.
“Benchmarking petroleum asset developments requires individual and system focus: Identifying practices that get results.” Daniel L. Needham and Edward W. Merrow. Offshore, 28(1):48-51.
