Oxygen’s project systems implementation helps improve Transfield Services’ capital works delivery
Handed the task of implementing a capital works solution that would run across all Transfield Services’ business divisions, Oxygen created a blueprint for project management policies and procedures that was aligned with the day-to-day financial management necessary to run large construction projects.
Stuart Miles, Transfield Services’ Project Services Manager says his team worked closely with Oxygen consultants to define the exact business capability the solution needed to meet.
“Oxygen’s consulting work was as much about helping us identify our business need, as it was about introducing the necessary technical framework. We recognised we could win more downstream services work by engaging with customers at the initial construction phase and so it was fundamental that we had adequate capital works controls to run build projects cost effectively.”
Carl McGowan, Oxygen Solution Architect says that the standard SAP project management module didn’t provide all of the necessary tools to tackle capital works.
“After rewriting the blueprint we partnered with third-party capital project software supplier Dassian in order to provide the necessary forecasting and contract variation management functionality and then integrated it into the core SAP R3 product.”
Initiated in September 2006, Oxygen delivered the project under budget and executed the design and build phases ahead of schedule. Transfield Services went live with an initial implementation in April 2007.
Says Miles: “We piloted the implementation at two sites – a water pipeline in Brisbane and another program of works for the West Australian Water Corporation. In each instance, the solution has given us improved control of budgeting, forecasting and planning.
“We have moved away form complicated spreadsheets, consolidating all the necessary data in one place. This has given us increased confidence in the credibility of our data, which in turn allows us to handle any contract variation which may occur during the lifetime of the project.”
Transfield Services is a leading international provider of operations, maintenance, asset management and project management services. It operates in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South East Asia, India and Canada across diverse industries, including mining and process, hydrocarbons, roads, rail and public transport, water, power, telecommunications, facilities management and defence. Clients of Transfield Services include major national and international companies, as well as all levels of government.
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