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PREDICTABLY INNOVATIVE Bechtel Aims to Increase Certainty in Project Logistics
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BY PAUL SCOTT ABBOTT
roject cargo logistics will always entail its share of surprises, but an innovationencouraging initiative under way at construction industry giant Bechtel is taking aim at significantly reducing the probability – and cost – of unexpected occurrences. Bechtel’s Engineered Logistics approach deploys such leading-edge tools as 4-D simulation and virtual 26 BREAKBULK MAGAZINE www.breakbulk.com
reality to further improve the certainty in managing project cargo logistics. “Everyone knows it’s been a tough go for the industry with recent market conditions,” said Stephen R. Spoljaric, who is at the forefront of the Bechtel initiative. “Anywhere we can take out contingency and pin down real probability of risk and pin down schedules helps carriers, Bechtel and clients.” ISSUE 5 / 2016