1. Key engineering players in an industrial site project

The world of Engineering is made up of different players who work together to ensure the success of an industrial site project. The transfer of information between these different players is key to the success of this type of project.

The main players are (figure 1 ):

• the client or Operator, identified in this article as the Operator, is the initiator of the project. He or she decides on the project's implementation, specifies the production characteristics of the future plant, and selects the engineering company responsible for its realization (§ 1.1