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ArgentinaSUCCESSFUL ENGINEERINGDuring 2006, we undertook very significant projects, by means of which we achieved to rapidlyidentify and adapt to our Clients necessities. The operations we carried through for PanamericanEnergy and Repsol YPF are true examples, and our experiences are described in this article, which hasbeen drawn up together with the Skanska Engineering team.WWe undertook the detailedengineering of three importantprojects for PanamericanEnergy's production plans. These consistof: extensions of the Crude Oil TreatmentPlants in Va lle Hermoso and Cerro Dra g ó n ,and the Compressing Station in TresPicos, all of which are located in the CerroDragón Oil Field, Province of Chubut,Argentina, and 80 km west of the city ofComodoro Rivadavia.Daniel González, the Operations Manager,expresses that “we have achieved, as in som a ny other cases, our Cl i ent's full sati s f acti on .PAE's positivism towards us is important1 0 C O NS T R U Y E N D O L ATIN A M E R I C A NO.46 2007
within this market, as generally speaking,the winner is he who presents the bestfinancial bid.”As regards Repsol YPF, our team'sen gi n eering perform a n ce in the Com pre s s i n gStation in El Casquete, one of the mosti m portant in Latin Am eri c a , is out s t a n d i n g.The project should have been terminatedwithin 355 running days, and required thestart-off of 25% of the compressors inmerely 5 months. It was consequentlyn ece s s a ry to finish the de s i gn and po s teri orassembly of 75% of the plant within thatsame period of time. Ultimately, the workwas concluded in a minor term to whatwas established under the contractualterms, was successful as from the financialpoint of view, and achieved outstandingsafety and environmental rates. As aconsequence of these results, the projectwas nominated to compete as Skanska's“Best Project of the Year”.The aforementioned, in addition to thespecific working conditions implemented,and the used systems, are what allowed usto become effective and surpass the initialexpectations. Likewise, our successfulprocess of assembly and start-off receivedrecognition by Repsol YPF. The Client'sSatisfaction form, which was completedby the Repsol-YPF Project Leader, JorgeArgat Mena, textually expresses thefollowing with regard to Skanskapersonnel:“Even though both economic solvencyand logistical strength are importantSkanska performance pillars, I amabsolutely convinced that the key towardsthis Project's success has been the humanand professional quality of the projectteam itself. And, its execution,identification with the Project's objectives,proactive attitude and applied experiencetowards continued improvement,consolidated by means of efficient andeffective procedures, have turned thisproject into a model of synergy betweenthe client and the supplier.”“In general, these undertakings are notcasual”, emphasizes Víctor Mujica,Engineering Co-ordinator. “They are theresult of factors that, when undertakenconcurrently, they tend to favour andstrengthen towards success. To ourunderstanding, these are: organization,effort, and love for what we do and lots ofteam work. This last concept is the mosti m portant factor, wh i ch should be maintainedbetween all actors, such as working teamsfrom the diverse sectors, project leaders,suppliers and contractors, as well as theClient with whom we must work veryclosely in order to detect their necessities.”The principal photograph of this articleshows the engineering team from theProjects in the Province of Neuquén,accompanied by a few key integrants fromother sectors, such as the CommercialDepartment, Maintenance Engineering,Information Technology, andProcurement, amongst others.“The Engineering permanently interactswith all these sectors, by means of aco-operative and proactive attitude. Themost important factor in any undertakingis team work, which is the fundamentalkey towards success. Víctor Mujicaconcludes by stating that “the results runparallel to this frame mind, and have beendoing so for a long time.”C O NS T R U Y E N D O L ATIN A M E R I C A NO.46 2007 1 1
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