Project Management Software - ATC Professional Shutdown / Turnaround Management System

Benefits of using ATC Professional™

• Develop realistic budgets with detailed cost estimate reports.
• Improve the bidding process with Bid Package reports containing detailed work descriptions.
• Ensure visibility, communication and ownership of the schedule. Timely, objective and complete progress reports at the beginning of every shift ensure that management has the right information to manage effectively.
• Achieve tight, efficient, realistic schedules with Critical Path scheduling.
• Realize the lowest execution cost of the schedule with effective resource management.
• Qualify field productivity and improve cost forecasting with the Earned Vs. Burned report.
• Avoid most common pitfalls that endanger time or budget goals with Critical Mass analysis.
• Leverage your investment in planning effort through successive turnarounds with archived work order data:
  • increases planner productivity
  • improve estimate quality across turnarounds
  • provide continuity when there are changes in project planning personnel

Our clients typically save 10-15% the first time they use ATC Professional™. While we cannot guarantee such results due to the unpredictable nature of turnaround projects, we can guarantee that with ATC Professional™, you will be in control and be able to manage all potential problems. With ATC Professional™, a manager can prevent a $1M problem from becoming a $10M overrun.

ATC Professional™ Features

• CPM (Critical Path Method) Schedules. ATC Professional™ uses an ADM scheduling engine with a PDM scheduling interface.
• Critical Mass Detection / Analysis. Track effort as well as time.
• 24 Hour Gantt Charts. ATC Professional™ shows working time as well as non-working time on all Gantt Charts. This ensures complete communication of the project schedule and transparency of the critical path.
• Progress Tracking. Track progress independently from the schedule in manhours instead of time (duration).
• Lap Books. Update your complete project schedule and distribute "real-time" reports at the start of every shift with ATC Professional™’s Lap Books.
• Work Order Based System. Easily find, preserve and reuse your turnaround project data.
• Digital Image Libraries. Attach images such as digital photos, scanned blueprints, P&IDs, inspection reports, etc. to every work order.
• Detailed Cost Estimating. Print a detailed cost estimate showing:
  • Straight labor costs for Pre-t/a & Post-t/a work
  • Calculated costs for T/A work includes productivity factors and overtime
  • Lump sum contracts
  • Equipment contracts
  • Overhead costs
  • Material costs
• Earned Value Analysis. Measure productivity for cost forecasting and/or estimate verification / improvements.
• Bid Package. Issue scope workbooks based upon your work order plans.
• Milestones. Track progress by task types by assigning them milestone codes. For example, you can track blinds pulled, initial inspections completed, bundles pulled, etc. by actual count or percent of effort (manhours) as well as shifts to complete before impacting the critical path.
• Procedures. Store and produce step by step procedures explaining how to perform your scheduled activities or tasks in compliance with OSHA/government regulations.
• Permits. Schedule permitting requirements for each task. Generate permit schedule look-aheads to eliminate delays in the work flow.
• Blinds, Tools & Materials. Organize your turnaround by associating work orders with blind lists, required tools and materials for a more efficient field execution.
• Proven Track Record. Since 1977, ATC Professional™ has consistently helped clients manage their turnarounds to achieve the best possible results.