Project progress
Project management - The case of an oil refinery

It is obviously out of the question for this booklet to cover all the events that can arise during the course of a large-scale project.

There are, however, a few examples of significant facts, particularly in terms of costs and timescales (excluding technical impacts).

Let's suppose that we are at the end of the 18th month following the decision of Typol's Board of Directors, and that the situation is as described in the following paragraphs and reported to CP by its correspondents: area engineers, buyers, planners, costers, and supervisors, etc. (we express ourselves in constant kiloeuros, those of the initial budget outlined in paragraph...