Complete is fixed for every work package type before execution starts and written into the AWP procedure. An EWP is complete when every document in it is IFC, with no HOLDs or accepted HOLDs only, its MTOs meet the data requirements, its model attribution is verified and the reviewed package is transmitted. None of the eleven is renegotiated in the progress meeting.
Eleven Package Types, One Line Each
- CWA, Construction Work Area. A geographical division of the plot, set by coordinates with construction input
- EWP, Engineering Work Package. The documents, model extract and MTO one CWP needs, from one discipline
- VEWP, Vendor Engineering Work Package. The vendor drawings, model and bill of material one CWP needs
- FEWP, Fabrication Engineering Work Package. The fabricator's drawings, lists and model for one CWP
- MWP, Module Work Package. The load, ship and set of a module as one Level 3 activity
- FPWP, Fabrication Procurement Work Package. The piece marks or spools a fabricator plans to feed one CWP
- PWP, Procurement Work Package. The material for one CWP, held as metadata and required-on-site dates
- CWP, Construction Work Package. One discipline in one CWA, one Level 3 activity, one general foreman for 6 to 8 weeks, or 7,000 to 12,000 hours
- IWP, Installation Work Package. A constraint-free portion of one CWP for one foreman and crew over 7 to 10 days, one Level 4 activity
- TWP, Test Work Package. The pre-hydro, hydro and post-hydro work for a line, tied to its IWPs by line number
- SWP, System Work Package. All remaining work on a system, packaged for a commissioning crew at system-based completion
What Complete Means, Package by Package
| Package | Complete when |
|---|---|
| EWP | 100 percent of documents IFC, no HOLDs or accepted HOLDs only, MTOs to the data requirements, model attribution verified, checklist signed, review passed, package transmitted. |
| VEWP | 100 percent of construction-required vendor documents received, approved, allocated and released. |
| FEWP | 100 percent of fabrication drawings issued, fabricator 3D model delivered and validated, package approved and released. |
| PWP | 100 percent of materials received at site, receiving reports completed, purchase order closed. |
| MWP | Module loaded, shipped and set at site, carry-over work list accepted by construction. |
| CWP | 100 percent of IWPs closed, punch walkdown complete, quality documentation delivered. |
| IWP | Scope executed, QC verified, closure completed. |
| TWP | Test executed and accepted, test documentation complete. |
| SWP | All remaining system work complete, walkdown punch items closed, system accepted for turnover. |
A deviation takes written approval from the owner's AWP lead before it applies, and the table goes into the RFQ so every bidder works to the same definition. The package hierarchy entry covers the one-to-one EWP, PWP and CWP relationship.
The EWP Rule of Credit
EWP progress is documents issued IFC divided by total documents in the EWP, and credit per document is binary, so a drawing at review earns nothing. The total includes every placeholder in the master document register, so a late placeholder moves the number. As-built documents count as IFC, and VEWPs and FEWPs follow the rule. How rules of credit work covers the construction side.
The Two Arguments This Ends
The first is whether a package is done, and a package at 95 percent with three drawings on HOLD is not. The second is whose number is right, and with a binary rule and a fixed denominator two people counting the same register reach the same figure, so the meeting moves to the late drawings.
Writing the definitions into the procedure, the RFQ and the review checklists is part of AWP consulting, and the table and registers stay with the owner when the contract ends.