Integrated teamwork and 3D technology helped to deliver a brownfield project for BASF Heerenveen on schedule - despite a three-month site closure due to the COVID-lockdown. BASF project manager Mark Lazonder and his Bilfinger Tebodin counterpart Erik Eppinga look back on a job well done.
In September 2019 Erik Eppinga and his engineering team started work on a brownfield project at the Heerenveen site of chemicals company BASF. The client engaged Bilfinger Tebodin for basic engineering, detailed design, environmental permitting and contracting. The contract related to the new buildings to raise additive production and filling capacity within the existing plant. The project would add 30% extra capacity. The smaller ADDFILL (Additives Filling) project would help the client meet new mandatory environmental requirements and boost filling capacity to keep pace with production.
Integrated approach
Since the new buildings were to be built within the existing site, BASF was keen to work with an integrated project team with regular face-to-face meetings. Erik Eppinga: ‘This approach is entirely in line with how Bilfinger Tebodin works. It’s important to be on site to familiarize ourselves with the local situation and regulations. So every Tuesday our core team of 6 travelled from the Groningen office to site visits and meetings in Heerenveen.’ The BASF engineering core team was also around 6 people but other departments were involved too. ‘We also had meetings with experts from operations and maintenance. Getting their buy-in on the projects was very important for BASF.’ Mark Lazonder adds: ‘When starting a project it is important to involve the party that will eventually operate and maintain the installation. Because Bilfinger Tebodin was present at the start, two worlds came together from design to use.’
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