Module fabrication is construction that happens somewhere else. Under AWP the module yard follows the same requirements as the site, and the only difference the procedure recognizes is location.
The Same Rules at a Different Address
A module yard adopts the project's AWP nomenclature and document naming, complies with the information management procedure, progresses work by CWP and by module work package, reports fabrication status weekly by MWP and FEWP, applies the project's QR code requirements to material and assemblies, and delivers data in the project's formats with the project's attributes. Module execution CWPs are discipline specific, the same as on site, and the yard takes part in EWP reviews so that module scope, engineering completeness and fabrication readiness are confirmed before fabrication starts. Vendor packages installed in modules meet the same packaging, data and traceability requirements as stick-built scope.
Two Packages the Yard Owns
A fabrication engineering work package, the FEWP, is the yard's engineering deliverable set for one CWP, built from the engineering contractor's EWP. It carries a cover page, a checklist, the engineering and fabrication documents, the MTOs for steel and pipe fabrication, a model attributed by FEWP and the fabrication status. Documents are issued individually through the document system by FEWP, and the model is organized by FEWP with the project's fabrication attributes.
A module work package, the MWP, is the grouping, shipment and delivery strategy for completed modules. Fabrication and assembly run through FEWPs, CWPs and IWPs, and once the CWPs for a group of modules are complete those modules ship as an MWP. MWP activities sit in the yard's Primavera P6 fabrication schedule, logically linked to the FEWPs, the CWPs, the shipment and the site need dates, so module readiness is visible in the same place as everything else.
The Review Before Anything Ships
Two weeks before an MWP's planned shipment the owner's AWP lead convenes an MWP review with the yard, the engineering contractor and the construction contractor. It covers the MWP scope, FEWP and CWP completion, fabrication status and remaining constraints, material and shipment readiness, logistics concerns, and the carry-over work list. The carry-over list is reviewed and agreed before the module ships, so site completion work is planned before the module arrives. No MWP is ready for shipment until the review has happened and every action affecting shipment has been closed or formally accepted.
Inside the Yard
The yard runs workface planning. Fabrication and assembly are executed through installation work packages in the project's AWP software, which keeps material data consistent across organizations and gives the site a yard whose progress it can read. Ship-loose items are attributed in the 3D model, listed by module and discipline on itemized packing lists, and reviewed at the MWP review together with everything else that leaves on the truck. The yard's engineering, procurement, material, controls, fabrication and carry-over data loads into the project data warehouse for reporting and forecasting.
Module fabrication is controlled commercially through milestone payments tied to CWP completion, with separate milestones for shipment, delivery and site acceptance where the project chooses. The requirements flow from the package hierarchy and from the material rules on packing lists and QR codes, and writing them into the yard's contract is part of AWP consulting. The yard's packages, status and models become part of the owner's project record.