When a new control system or a new plant is put into operation, it is important that future users know what they have at hand and how to best operate it. This is particularly true when several different user groups are represented. To this end, LBP Engineering put together project material for each individual system and offer targeted training.

“Different users have different needs and may also have very different competencies. Some may be doctors, others are bakers. Therefore, we always begin by analysing all future users of a system as well as their needs and technical capabilities. Only then do we proceed with our training courses. These are typically two or three modules held over the span of a few days, during which we go through operational requirements and pull together theory and functionalities. In our experience, this method is far more effective than reading a handbook,” says LBP commissioning manager, Asger Schade.

“In Tórshavn, a boiler on the incineration plant was due for replacement, along with all its valves and instruments. It was a technically very complex project, in which we assisted with the overall functionality. The new boiler was built in advance, so the framework was already in place when we came on to provide our particular processual understanding, aiming to make the system manageable before handover to the users,” says Asger Schade.

“The technical walkthrough is vital. If you’re supposed to operate a new switchboard, you need to know how it is constructed. This is why we go through all relevant equipment bit by bit and side by side with future opera- tors. To ensure that they know how to maintain, calibrate and shut the system down. It is a mutual endeavour, in which we need to understand the needs of our client and to describe all technical elements in a user-friendly way. We are very precise about this, because quality is something we create together with our clients,” explains Asger Schade.

In the Tórshavn project, around 200 wires were required to integrate the new boiler. LBP Engineering have spent roughly 720 hours on just the commissioning of the new systems. It has been a successful project. So much so, that Tórshavn Incineration Plant have asked LBP to examine whether the entire plant can be constructed in a fashion similar to that around the new boiler. Simultaneously, the neighbouring town of Leirvík has expressed interest in an equivalent method for district heating.