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(09 EDITOR'S PAGE 21 RESOURCES
Beam me wp Cybersecurity
Youve boon my inspiration uti takes se of eal A moni sie to web-hosted papers, tui,
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10 CONTROL ONLINE 35 DEVELOP YOUR POTENTIAL.
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Conta om Opti the conversions bsneen sence signals
and process variables.
12. FEEDBACK
Help align ecaton and indus, Wants rea-woid 36 ASK THE EXPERTS
cyber nigh; Gutenberg your facts straight Pressure regulator fail position
How can seu presse regulating ves
14 OTHER VOICES bo mado total eased?
Reasons to consider using an MV
‘A main instrument vendor contact can consoldate 38 ROUNDUP
and contol potent probes. “Temperature and pressure
Recent and nerestng products uncer the
16 ON THE BUS topic ofthe month
Patches the doe retus
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Industry wants and what academe usualy
teaches. Te ltanational Federation of
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the contol course to help rattow the gap.
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where DCSs, PLCs and fil instruments
(4 ICS) in eineres and other pero-
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cyber attacked, how it ocurred and haw
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Reasons to consider using an MIV
‘A main instrument vendor contract can consolidate and control potential problems.
‘THE classe dation of main nsumert vender 2
(MI) contact placod wan a singe inst
ment specials partner to provide oa solution
fora proc, including vales,Encress+Hauser
has takon MIV and main vale vendor (MV)
nate oe
MIVis@ concept founded on solid business. 3,
principles of costa risk reduction, scheduled
‘savings and improvement on manual, cumber-
some, taditonal pojct methods. I's about
providing solutions to challenges ou customers
face, and in some instances are not even aware
6, and providing the solutions and services nat
‘nay dt know they needed, We nave creatad
aneffectve, measurable, concise ana process
ven way for the valve and instrumentation
scope that ako alan wih compressed project,
schedules and time savings, reducing cost and
‘sk o our customers
We, asa company, have but onthe MIV
concept to itarentate and augment mare vale
to al parte and stakoodes involv in a
project. We've taken our years of exceronce of
‘working on projects, and adapted the concept
{0 meet our customers needs onan inghidual =,
lovl wate continuing to mos the concept
to continuously improve the process and mest
specie projet nae. From fed to operation,
cur customers work with one parnero ensure
consistany, leverage purchasing from multiple
ples, elign whon the proc! imsine shits,
201 ambigulles, and provide a oa solution fr
thet projet.
‘Some companies have simiar offerings, but
not all that offer MIV as a service can effectively
expedite and execute al the aspects thal are
ded,
‘Top 10 reasons to consider MIV
1. Customers woul ke to speed markt ac
cess fo their product. Success impleman-
taton ofan MIV project uring constuction
can significantly reduce time-o-marke fora 7.
new product.
Customers want to maga isk during peo
‘ects, The MV takes on he rskassocated
‘wth execution performance, documentation
rework, lost feat, estan eors in orden,
and space tization
[MIV manages and executes toa compressed
Project schedule by pretizaton across all
suppliers, OEMs and contractors based on
ject pers. When and 2s projects shit,
tho MW must tay labo and aio to accom-
‘modate the project changes. As schedules
and plans change, eng ale to adapt ina
lmely manner wtrout skipping 2 bea sox.
pected and isa must
‘The Mis the single pont of contact for every
‘stakelotder mvc in the process. It pro-
‘ides one vantage point to conto, manage
and report projet progress. When the cus
tomar, EPC an ther vendors have questions,
‘thoy contact the MV. Simply is Ky for tho
customer,
‘Yaatioal mzthods Ineude a sow, cure
‘sume, manual process wn ng ead tines.
The MV improves efficiency an consocstes
rts, and decreases time imested bythe
customer’ procurement department by rec
ing total numberof purchase odes, quot-
‘ions, invios and resources, The MI reduces.
‘customer procurement staff requements by
‘wanserting tne procurement and qual tasks
torts,
‘Managing documentation for each ins
‘mant and vv canbe overming The
[MLV manages all docurentaton digtaly and
‘transmis it trough one location as neces
Stated bythe projet When W's needed, ts
‘organized and in one plac,
Customers want to make sure they rece
ingthelr instrumentation and ates, and
waver omwant to know at what price, The MIV consbdates reporting,
analysis and auditing of pricing projctwide,
Knowing the status ofthe projects rica for stakeholders
“The MIV produces and dsrbutes customized, consolidated
Project reporting to al stakenodes
9. The MIVreceies, erties and valetes each tg and its
‘ocumeniation against select, projeckspeiic needs, I
ensures consistent tgsingo all tems for the cect, en-
bling confidence in raceabity o engineering and design
specications.
10. Customers want an expect quay work. The MIV mainains
the abity to imploment, adhere to, and folow rigorous proj-
oct quay contol standards.
How Endress+Hauser manages an MIV
‘One crtical area where our expertise ads value is we can
‘execute and expedite more effectively because of our 60-plis
ysars of manulacturing experience, and because we bring
{o the table a mri of solutions to suppbersto help them
‘horton lead times. We ad value tothe process by working
wth our suppliers to help improve thei lead times, We take
necessary steps and ations to ensure ems are in conor-
‘mance before instalation, 1 mere 2 nancontormance issue,
it idontiied during our rigorous receipt ortication, and wo
\workto gett corrctad before toms ao installed. Onco evar:
‘hing fs ordered and shipped, we do onsite services, startup
and commissioning. Although the peojct Seems compete, we
dor just wa away, we colorate unt he plant sup and
running prope.
We've worked on MIVIMIYY projec ranging from 50 to
40,000-pus lags an soe key benefits meniioned by EPCS
‘and castors canbe summed up in tes catego:
1, Accelerated project ramp-up/motizaion
2 Contol rhe project, effecive execution during the project
3. Easeot startup
IF you think about everything EPCs and customers must
propre in oder to execute and expedite a project, most ofthe
time, resources, project timeline and budget become chal-
lenges that hold up project progress. Having an MNV partner
accelerates project ramp-up ime. Depending onthe sizeof
‘2 project what can somtimes take a company six months to
‘align and propar, would take us just a few wooks. EPCs and
Customers aren't only getting an MV, they're receiving all the
resources that come with the people suppor, technical and
wena com
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1, Reducod tim to markt
2, Rsk management
3 Soedule manogomont
4 Communication and callaboratin management
5, Optimized sup chain
6. Coniteny a documentation
1, Commercial (cast) management
8 Status opoting
4. nspectioneciptvertication tagging
10. Quality management
engineering support, know of processes tools ait
space for executing and expedting
Think about some ofthe projects you've worked on. What
cnalenges and shits occurred during the project? How dit
‘hose affect the project's timeline, budget and people? Were
the challenges handled in an efficient manner? How many
sakehoders di you have? Wasi easy communicating back
and fort between the stakeholders andthe other parties to
the project? The MIV’s responsiblity isto manage pirization
of he projet. Wnen he project shits, ine EPC and customer
‘communicat tothe MI, and the MV takes car of to rest,
Including expoating and reportng. The MIV ports back to tho
EPC and customer. One sine paint of contact acting and
‘managing the communication ofthe projact reduces complox-
fy of the entre proc.
Simplifying startup forthe customers key. Before any in
struments installed, we check it for conformance. We mek
sure our customer has all necessary documentation, including
drawings, or each instrument and vate, Wo align schedules
‘and provide pre-commissoning and startup support. This en
sures instruments and valwes are working propery, ard our
customers’ process and wil run efficent.
‘ter beng part of projects wih inefficiencies, we knew there
had to be beter way to execute prect, and we made tour
‘mission o improve the process. Working wih our customers and
EPCs on projects has enabled ust come up wth new ways to
‘meet, achieve and surpass our customers expectatons. Inthe
end, cur customer successes are or suncesses, and weeny
paring wih our customers to tackle changes, stramine
thai processes and erceed gral. 20
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We don’t want to make
a bet we can't afford to
lose, but at the end of
tthe day, we really don’t
want to be Windows:
systems administrators.
Patches the dog returns
[Upgrading operating systems hasn't reduced the frequency of unwelcome visits.
DO you have tends rrltons who insist on
binging tne cog o your use round the na
ays? Even it youte an aim ve, he srup-
‘in, distraction and special accommodation for
‘an unfair, undisciplined and poteniy de
structive citr—he yu trying to enjoy your
human guests—can be especially unwelcome
‘That's about how I eel when “patch Tuesday”
‘ols around forthe Wevdows operating systems in
conta ystems and supporting infrastructure. Put
down some newspaper.
‘And with he obsolescence of Windows 7 and
‘Servet 2008, an tne eras tcktown of Win-
owes systems in pursuit of ISA Secure System
Assurance (SSA, you may nd that Patches"
sheds, stinks and has become a more burden
some and annoying guest than eve.
en though our DCS aod ts programs and
services are fom the same supp, the programs
themselves arin many ways separate and ine-
Penden. The operator itrtace and contguation
tool ato thir cnn ting: tre engineering interface
‘or configuring, compling and dowrioading con
‘ool and fled device configurations is another.
‘There’ the asset management sys and as-
soriod otter appeaions or ae lagnostes,
(0PC applications, alam anal, advanced con-
‘roth mana is substantia
‘are unsingon Windows. We rly on our
‘jsloms supple to vt the myriad and routine M-
sof patches and ensure allo thr numerous
state proucts—some from hid parties ke
‘Aeron o OSisat—contnue to uncon rab.
‘And sil sometimes, we have to rll back a Miero-
sot securty update to eta function tke OPC or
‘alarm management to function post Patches.
‘Subseribing to ou DCS supplier's ongoing sup-
pot ofring nites us toa tof wet testa)
patches we might need. Sometimes isnot obvi-
us whether one needs a specif patch—Pow
many bores ae runing SQL 20147 If you read
the actual KBA (Microsoft's discussion ofthe
wulnerabily being addressed), you may wonder
at attack vector out realy chasing. Were
‘ruta dened one ofan engineer’ mast
Valued tots, tne aity io assess wher ass
real and severe enough to endure te touble. We
ont want to make a bet we can ation to ose,
boutat the end ofthe day, we realy dont want to
be Windows systoms administra.
‘Then the numberof ther utes and acti
ties that equite a Windows PO—analer system
maintenance, ladder loge fr PLCS inluding
safety ystms), continuous omissions montor-
ing stom (CEMS),trborachiney, mobo
_worker—is ot getting smaller. Typically, none of
these are canned to business network ar the
Internet where ty might get patches push 0
them automaticaly. That’ prcbably ntl bad,
since the mission of supporting safle and ficient
production of saleable product is ou core duty
(not sending amas o invoices) ut, i youre
religiously patching the DCS toil cybersecu-
rity duties, pow man ofthese ancilry machines
‘ae languishing? We wete stocked afew montis
‘agp when we watched our instr gas supplier's
PLC ntrtao boot upon Windows 2000. Egad.
Now we've isa the DCS to Windows 10
‘and Server 2036, and wining athe prospects ot
‘moving otter PCs io the ne-obsoote OS, ensuring
applications and engineering os are compat-
ie (and backwards-compatbie to the controls
appliances they serie), whether new hardware
'snaeded, and how or wheter Heanses wil vans-
fer tothe new platform, On the DCS, SSA group
poles and lnckdown measures mean more com-
ly for previous outne tasks ike mapping a
shared civ. t's only been six weeks, and already
six new patches are avalable (mandate?) —three
for various versns of SQL alone. Nonetheless,
we'eadonishad by our corporation and our
‘supplier to keep everything up to date.
Wie we'e laying down newspaper forthe un-
‘welcome Patches, ft's hope thes ti ime to
ursue the ackancement of cur process contel
and monitoring system. Lnvortunaty, there's no
‘er hep to look ater Patches, and as usual the
lousy mutt cant be tin his kennel, 2
senvcctroyshdomMQTT and open SCADA
The publish/subscribe protocol is getting what it needs to go industrial.
MESSAGE quouing tet tansport MTT),
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{othe serer (boker that receives the infra:
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protocol uses a many-to-many paradigm, andthe
broker decouples the pubisher to the subscriber
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discrete chunk of data, opaque othe broker
(MGTT’s publshersubscriber model enables c-
ents to communicate one-to-one, one-to-many
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ceives every message pubised tothe topic. The
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lar payload data encoding though MATT topes
‘xe hierarchical, hea fing system (e.g, sles,
‘vlunarowrcorecte). Wdcards ae allowed
when regstrng a subscription (bu nt when
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observed by clients.
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MATT clens can registra custom “ast wil and
testament” massage, snt by the broker when a
device knownay disconnects
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stored on the broker, When pubishing messases,
lenis may request thatthe brokar preserve the
massage. Only the most recat persistent mes-
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cent However, une a message queue, MQTT
brokrs dont alow persistont messages to ack
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crypt with SSLITLS.
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has two drawbacks for very constrained devices:
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‘ossfeomputing envgenmeont
+ MQTT topic names are often log stings, which
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ios eoorments.
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“Topic Namespace, payad, and session stata
management eppicable othe SCADAAIGT mar
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Is based ona Iighivelg, bandwidth,
low-latony payload encoding acitcture
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Rockwell Automation Fair extends reach
Partners, young innovators, technical advances and social responsibilty highlight 2019 event in Chicago
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‘Automation Flr wast enough, Rockwall
‘Automaton (wen rockwellauiamaton,
com) surpassed isa a Aulomaton Fal
2019 with even mare nus end-user
presentations, traning and technical ses-
‘Sons, and exhib for an everwidening
‘cide of participants. Staged at Moor
rick Plcein Chicago on Nov. 20-21,
this years eon hosted almost 20,000
aterdees from more than 40 countries,
wo experienced more than 150 exhibis
‘and mare than 95 technology sessions.
*wereduco compet, duce risk
‘and achive better results with compre
honste, enerprsa-wide experts,” said
Ble Moret, CEO, Rockwel Automation.
“Ths fundamental lsring event.”
PSUG and partnership
Before te 27h econo the ar even
‘opened, Rockwell uioratin Hels Pro
‘ess Solos User Group (PSUG) eet-
Ing utter about 1,000 attends pre-
owed tho July 2020 reas of PlntP,
‘arson 5, which wil farther enable process
cents, soy operators, and o-
ze preguction and support Mey. ts
ty onus i ctu nate aja, 2
duced oct, automatic gross, n=
hanced anal and EC 62143 cyberse-
cary, as well as a concurrent lurch wih
‘wo naw procas contol CompactLogie
15380 for si appcatons and ContoLogi
5585 for DCS appli,
Paral with PSUG, Rockwell Auloma-
ton also staged is Perspectives media
day before the far kicked of, where
Moret unveed is new partnership wih
‘Accenture (www accenture com), rep-
resontad by Mika Sut, group chi
‘executive, Accenture Digital. Rockwell
‘Autoration and Accents Incustry XO
‘item up to dveop a dgialotering
{wolp industrial clnts move beyond
exising manufacturing soutions to rans-
{form their entre connected enterprises
ote the open novation ap
proach,” expand Sulit. This colabo-
‘ation wil alow companies to lok 2055,
supply chains in adation to in te plant,
enables optmizaton across he factory,
the supa cain and the enterprise”
The parneshi is ao expected to lt
hens leverage the Indus item of
“Things (oD), and nas aad ykded a
prototype fr supp chain management
‘hat deers supplier cost optimization
and an improved ably to tack exact
product movemans. Rockall Auto
‘on wil provide industrial automaton
technology and darn experts, inca
Ing FactryTak oxatonSute oT st
wae, ad anatis soon. wi a0
bing network services ane operatonat
{technology security, as wel 2s appicaion
evelopment, staan, nlesraton and
supp. Accenture wl provide enter
prise business ane technical capabilities,
inctuting consulting, analyics,appication
‘deebpmert, ser nlagration, change
managemont and suppor.
Kids win ‘Make It’ challenge
“The Prspectnes event also featured the
wero Rockwall Autmatons "You
Make I chaenge, which inated young
inventors in June osubitideas to salve
big preblems. The thre frais, Mi-
‘hae! wibotne, Louisa Wood and Makai
‘Sammuels-Paige, worked wth Rockwell
‘Automation mentors to refine thei ideas
‘and prepare har presomtatons. They
‘were alo init to present that projects
at Automstion Fa.
‘Wood won the You Make It prize for
har sump pump monitoring soluten tat
apples predictive maintenance to help
basements stay dry Her system employs
mmachinedearning algorithms partnered
‘with local weather dat, whic ls the
‘jst adapt to each instalation, and
predict when a pump wil veriow or
‘when pars ae helt fal
POWER PARTNERS
Blake Maret, CE, Rockwall Automation,
‘and Mike Suc, group chi xt,
Accenture Dig celebrate the launch of
thai ims taming upto deviop ctl
manutaturing, connerted energie and
supa optimization solutions.
In adaiton, Mara Kasparan, excutve
doctor of Edosia (wwwedosianutton.
(fg), oportod tha the ralntrtion-gt-
ing nonprofits using automaton to trans
Term cagabities. Scaled production in
2016, expan sry ren 15,000,
‘9 ttn 85,000 sq, and automating
rocesses that increased is out rom
{3,000 metic tors fod :25,000
matic tons, aswel as achieving another
20% eapacty increase this year.
"We went rom very manual processes
to automated processes” exptaned
esparian, who regrted tht workers
reiousty dumped 50-b bags into mix.
€e, but now one-ton bags ate ade
Into dosing hoppers. "wih ou now
duction equipment, we stared using
Rockwell Autamation’sPantPAx DCS for
batch-pocess contol”
For completo covrago of Rocka Auto-
‘maton Fat 2019, vst wnw-contosobat
‘comeatces 2019 e-em automate fr
avers omIWIM winners call
for inclusion
Nesly 20 honorees and 80 wstors
other at the MxD manufacturing ne
novation contr in Chicago on Oct. for
the second annual nluantal Women
in Manufacturing (WIM) awards banc,
Beyond awards presented by te NM
progam and Putman Meda, he event
featured a presentaton by Enn Guth,
ios Dep. of Commerce and Economic
Development, io presented proce
‘mato from the Sate of inal recogni
ing WIM and ts team
‘The lunch was aso highend by
pana discussion moderated by Chie
tie LaFave Grace, co-founder of IM
2d managing eo of Plant Sorvces
‘magazine. Thelneup nuded: Chanda
row, 2019 1M honeeee and CEO ot
xo, Kate Rome, 2019 NIM hanee
‘2d president ct Reme Grinding Salis,
2nd Nicole Wiggins, corporate drs
‘and incuson leader at Navistar. The
anal focused on creaig dese, nora
{ie and effete werforces, and encrs
age and gro future women in scence,
‘cnnoogy,enginerng and math (STEM
scipnes and industries.
“Dont assume your reality is someone
505 said Wiens. “Cuivate a res
‘onships—women or men—and dot be
‘one oF he women who Ist suppering
‘ther women” Wiggins shared now Nav
Star supports dversy, including bringing
people in and helping them grow. "We
conduct unconscious-bias traning
make people more aware.”
Brown note leas need to encour
_age inclusion and it up those who may
not be heard. “You have to creat sate
‘paces for women tobe head” said
Brown. “Gelting othe table is one sue.
The secon i, ence women are siting at
the table, how are thay heard? When Im
ina meeting, i call onthe more diverse
{ots try fo make tas easy 28 possible
{oc the less-privleged to be heard.”
ono agsoed tha, "it's about encour
‘asing people, Teng them, "You'ehere
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‘panel discussion on deveosing more des, innaatve and fective workforces during the
‘stcond annual ifn! Waren in Manufacturing (IM) awards inch includ (0) Kala
Rom, INP 2019horree an preset, Rome Grinding Solutions; Chandra Brow, TWIN 2019
haoree and CEO, MeD; cole Wiggins, erprae sly and incluso leader, Navistar; and
marae Cristie LaFave Grace IM ofc and managing edt, Pant Serces magazine
‘and Plantsences.com,
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How to fend off trouble with a well written Instrument & control scope of work.
GREG: We tend o veoo he expertise needed
in istrument and electrical UE) constuction to
make sue automaton systems can perform up
thems defined by the design. | have act of war
stories rom when | was in BE construction, The
chemical company I went to work fr right cut of
school had & department in corporat engroering
that was IKE Design and Construction wth about
200 engneets and technicians.
‘Constuction was rarely contracted out back
then, and each majr plant had at east one LAE
corstructon engnear stationed onsite. Enginoas
‘woul rnsfer back and fr between corpo
‘ate design and plant construction assignments,
creating syneray. Design an constuction en-
‘ners partcipated in checkout, wator batching
and commissioning, nding out stand what
lit work.
ike Laspisa ters ists on the cn
tution scope of work needed based on 37-ps
years wortng inthe instrumentation and contro
{1809 csciine, including 32 years as lead V&C
engineer or manufacturing pant staff ers
nee. Mike's goats are very sia o mine n tes,
of wanting to share our knowlege, often lsrned
‘he hard way, help automation engineers do
hat’s best,
Mite, whats the purpose a contractor IC
scope of work (SOM)?
MIKE: An 120 contractor SOW must provide an
accurate dascription of althe work needed in
the fold to have a systom roacy fr commission-
ing, including all constraints and requirements.
| prefer detailed scope, isting the standard
14 tasks an highighting any special instal
lation, alton or modification task. It so
holp to clarity IC-relatod work that may bo
done by other contractors (ninefvessel device
instal, contol and power wing) if nanated by
‘he electrical contractor; device receipistorage;
piant technician vs contractor device caltra-
tion; and specialty work fe, fiber or network
wich instalation and configuration, et.
Modiication/etroft projects need acktional de-
scrition to convey demo work and staging, of
phased instalation equeements. A good SOW
‘wi esut in receiving soi contractor bids,
minimizing bidder omissions andlor infated es
limates due to misinerprettions or guesswork,
and subsequent construction. phase cost sut-
pisos or squabbles rer extras.
GGREG: Have you seen any deficient contractor
scopes in your creer?
MIKE: Unfortunately Ive seen more than a ew
OWS with deficiencies. They it provide
‘enough description ofthe work to cay or com-
plomentthe scope attactents (eg, drawings,
specications, reference documents, 0). They
iit any special work requirements,
and were very vague in general Why would any
‘me ink tis would be adequate fr selecting a
contactor or obtaining an accurate cost forthe
‘constuction phase? Ive come acrss a ew r3-
sons fr engineering fms choosing a bare-bones
‘SOW appoacr:
1 tttakes more engyeering time to creste ade
tailed SOW. The amount of time estimated for
‘SOW preparations ften criticized during the
‘oques-or quote (FO), bid. jroparaton phase
bythe engineering fms project manager.
2. Atalse bel that making a vague SOW wil
‘benefit he project by geting the contractor to
Include werk that was nt clearly fined or
{te in my experiance ths has never worked
‘out wel Fighting withthe contactor over extras