Optimus Seventh Generation, an Aberdeen headquartered behavioural change consultancy, will be exhibiting at the sold-out 2015 Offshore Decommissioning Conference, on the back of the successful completion of its first projects in the sector.
The three day conference, hosted by Decom North Sea and Oil & Gas UK in St Andrews from November 17-19 2015,will address the rising demand for innovative and cost-efficient approaches to the sector, welcoming decommissioning and late life engineering teams from operators and contractors to come together to share their experiences and knowledge.
Optimus Seventh Generation’s Mark Hutchinson, Business Development Manager, and Mark Walker, Client Partner, will be at the conference to showcase the company’s experience, services and processes. They will share the importance of having a workplace culture that performs beyond compliance, by using the tools that most organisations already have in place, but in a meaningful and impactful way.
Discussing the event, Mr Walker said: “With the pace of decommissioning activity accelerating, there is a vital need for innovative approaches to be adopted, and for full workforce engagement to be encouraged to help ensure projects are delivered without harm to people, damage to equipment or loss of production.
“With the annual average spend on decommissioning on the UK Continental Shelf over the second half of the decade expected to increased to £1.8billion, and with more than 600 offshore oil and gas installations in the North Sea and over 10,000km of pipelines – one of the biggest concerns is how the infrastructure can be removed in a safe and cost effective manner.
“This is particularly true in the current climate where many operators are seeking cost effective approaches to deliver decommissioning work, but want to ensure that safety remains a priority.”
Optimus Seventh Generation contributes to this approach by imparting the skills and capabilities to deliver incident-free projects by motivating the workforce to make decisions and behave in a way that follows the rules and makes intervention an act of caring.
Earlier this year the company secured its first decommissioning contract with a major North Sea operator to supply safety support during the decommissioning of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO). Optimus rolled out its Induction Plus™ programme, and back to back behavioural coaches were deployed to support the safe decommissioning of the vessel.
The bespoke Induction Plus™ programme is aimed at projects experiencing a large influx of new, often subcontracted labour during decommissioning and construction projects and shutdowns. The programme educates on the company’s expectations with respect to compliance with the company’s safety rules, alongside a motivational element to engage the project team with ‘why’ compliance is important and how they can raise their awareness of the hazards specific to the asset.
“When embedded by our behavioural coaches, the programme helps to change decision-making and behaviours of all involved, ensuring rules are followed and incident-free projects are delivered, an outcome that can significantly impact not only safety, but also time and costs saving,” concluded Mr Walker.