An owner runs AWP across several EPC contractors by owning the standard and the oversight, while each contractor executes its own scope. The owner sets the procedure, the package naming, the data requirements, and the register of all packages, flows them into every contract, and audits compliance. The contractors plan, engineer, procure, and build by package inside that standard.
The Standard Comes Before the Contracts
The owner's AWP procedure travels with the engineering request for quotation, so expectations and definitions are agreed before contracts are signed. Its requirements then flow down contractually to every vendor, supplier, fabricator, and subcontractor. No requirement is waived verbally, and any deviation needs prior written approval from the owner's AWP lead.
What the Owner Keeps
| Owner role | What it owns |
|---|---|
| AWP lead | The procedure, the AWP Matrix (the register of every package and its relationships), the package nomenclature, trackers, checklists, and audits. Facilitates interactive planning |
| Information manager | The data requirements and model attributes, the data warehouse, the project portal and dashboards, and system integration |
Each contractor mirrors those roles with its own AWP manager and information manager, so every interface has a named counterpart. The owner steers, reviews, and audits, the contractors run their own disciplines, and workface planning stays with the constructor.
One Naming Convention, Frozen Early
The engineering contractor develops the package naming convention and the owner approves it. It is frozen before the first drawing issues and adopted contractually by fabricators and vendors, because late or inconsistent naming breaks downstream data integration.
Data the Owner Can See
Contractors deliver structured data into a warehouse the owner can access directly, with documents in the document management system and structured data in the warehouse. Data quality is checked weekly against the data requirements, and compliance is verified before each engineering package is released. What information management is covers the framework.
Audits with Consequences
The owner's AWP lead runs monthly process audits and phase audits at set points in construction, scored as a percentage of adherence. Repeated non-compliance leads to a written notice and a corrective action plan, and continued non-compliance can be linked to invoicing and progress payments where the contract allows.
How openAWP Supports It
openAWP lets an owner publish a standard structure for CWAs, CWPs, EWPs, IWPs, and tags, and start each contracted project from it, with contractors adding their own fields. Projects can adopt a published validation standard and are measured against it on every load. Access is set by role down to the table and tab, so each contractor sees its own scope, and openAWP runs on the owner's infrastructure or ours.
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