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Flagship Case · Oil & Gas Security

UOSF — Aramco &
General Dynamics

Upgrade of Onshore-Offshore Security Facilities: a stand-alone Integrated Security Systems Platform delivered to Saudi Aramco across its maritime jurisdiction. Marcelo Robles served as Project Control Manager — Key Personnel, approved by Aramco at grade K3.

Aramco K3 Approved · Key Personnel

Integrated Security
Systems Platform

Design detail development, procurement, construction, commissioning, performance testing and final handover to Saudi Aramco of a stand-alone platform — all hardware and software supporting security operations within Aramco's maritime jurisdiction.

Offshore security platform with long-range radar mast, Saudi Aramco UOSF programme
Client
Aramco · General Dynamics
Duration
~3 Years
Award → MCC
Nov 2017 → Nov 2020
Scope
32 Sites · Onshore & Offshore
32
Onshore & Offshore Sites
3,000
CPM Activities
6,000
Logic Relationships
K3
Aramco Key Personnel

The Platform We Controlled

LRDAS — Long Range Detection & Assessment: Marine Surveillance Radars (MSRs), Long Range Thermal Imagers (LRTIs)
C2I — L3-Harris: Command, Control & Intelligence
Support systems: communications & structured cabling, electrical (power, HVAC), structural (towers, poles, cabinets), fire alarm & detection
Integration with AIS and Vessel Tracking Management System (VTMS); replacement of long-range cameras

The Control Challenge

32 simultaneous onshore & offshore sites under one programme
Offshore campaigns exposed to weather risk and vessel logistics
Strict Aramco standards, performance acceptance tests and handover gates
Active & passive invoicing tied to certified physical progress

Planning & Scheduling

WBS by phase: Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Mechanical Completion, Commissioning, Performance Acceptance Tests
CPM with 3,000 activities & 6,000 relationships — no lag/lead, activities ≤25 days, total floats ≤60 days
4 schedule levels — milestones, phases & disciplines, detailed activities, and site/system/item level with quantity & productivity
Resource loading (labour & non-labour); manhours spread and exported for reporting

Monitoring & Control

Physical progress via Progress Monitoring System (PMS)
Earned value — BCWS · BCWP · ACWP — with Schedule & Performance indices
Forecast what-if on cumulative current trends
Recovery & mitigation plans · claims prevention

Reporting

Weekly & monthly: baseline vs current schedule, critical path without lag, S-curves & histograms
Productivity analysis for steel-structure hook-up (Aramco Tanajib)
Daily reports and manpower lookahead by skill for onshore sites and offshore platforms
Monthly company physical-progress certificate for active & passive invoices

Risk & Logistics

PRM workshops for uncertain activities (e.g. bad-weather offshore campaign impacts)
Vessel deployments and preliminary activities — prefabrication of bulk materials & heavy/medium steel structures
Preliminary tools management (e.g. scaffolding from design to in-field installation)
Lesson learned: as-built engineering documentation & red mark-up data management

Case 02 · Chemical & Industrial

Solvay Spritz —
Wood & Fincimec

A chemical plant programme at Solvay's Usine Tavaux in France. Salerno ran project control for Fincimec Impianti Industriali on the WP-A execution scope, under engineering contractor Wood Italiana — delivered on our own structured project control system.

Owner
Solvay Specialty Polymers
Engineering
Wood Italiana SRL
Execution · WP-A
Fincimec Impianti
Location
Tavaux, France
3
Bunker Sectors · N·C·S
8
Work Package Disciplines
~13,000
Planned Man-hours
100%
Planned to MCC · Dec 2024

The Scope We Controlled

Areas: Bunker (North, Center, South), Degasser, Area AA, Area BB — overall plant
Work packages: Piping, Structures, Supports, Equipment, Electrical, Instrumentation, Painting & Insulation, Punchlist & Test Pack
Small-bore installation across all three bunker sectors
Ramp from 22.4% (Sep) to 100% (Dec 2024) on plan

Our Project Control System

A structured, in-house control database: Units · Areas · Disciplines · Work Packages · WBS
Activity definition by site, discipline and system, with quantity & productivity per item
Budget by area, monthly S-curves and manhour spread, progress by PMS
Earned-value activity analysis (planned vs revised vs actual) per work package
“
I particularly appreciated the continuous efforts and dedication in having punctual and accurate analysis of the project's course and trends — KPI indicators that allowed good governance up to system handover, on time and cost.
Pietro Nicoletti · Site Manager, Fincimec S.p.A. · Signed reference, March 2025

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