Transcript Project Status

Distribution Project Management
Project Overview
SWEDE Conference
San Antonio, Texas
May 11,2007
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Distribution Project Management
Distribution Project Management (DPM) was
created in order to:
• Provide project management oversight on major
projects
• Gain efficiencies and improve collaborative efforts
• Provide single point of contact and coordination over
URD subdivision projects (electric, street lighting and
gas)
• Provide consistencies in the areas of design and the
application of service extension standards
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Business Concept
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Distribution Project Management will receive plans from various
groups, i.e. internally through Engineering, Planning, Joint Use or
Service Centers, externally from Developers, City, State TX DOT,
Developer, Metro, etc.
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Distribution Project Management will be responsible for tracking,
scheduling, coordinating, designing, budget control, permits, logistics,
customer notification, outage coordination, assignment of construction
forces, quality assurance and work order completion of project.
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Responsibility of Group will include Underground Residential
Distribution (including associated residential street lighting and gas),
Street Lighting (decorative, governmental and all maintenance)
Overhead Infrastructure Development Projects, Overhead Road
Widening Projects, Overhead Line Relocations, Distribution Line
Clearance and Contract Services.
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Objectives
• Recognize operational efficiencies through
consolidation of activities
• Improve communication and construction efforts
regarding infrastructure projects
• Provide consistency to repeat customers,
including Developers, Cities, State, TX DOT,
Metro and large customers
• Reduce Cost Per Lot in URD applications
• Reduce Cost Per Foot in Overhead applications
• Achieve CenterPoint Energy’s Business Strategy
of “One Company”
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Risks
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Increased Span of Control results in less oversight
Transition of existing projects to new group
Goals misalignment of various operating groups
Less employees to share peak work loads & EOP
assignments
• Employees become specialized in an activity and lose
flexibility
• Learning Curve – Need time to train individuals to perform
new functions
• Increased drive time
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Opportunities
• Gain Efficiencies and Improve Collaboration
Efforts
– Through consolidation and specialization operational efficiencies
will be recognized
– Increased project management control – One group overseeing
project types rather than 12 service centers battling for resources
– Improved consistency – Developers, Cities, State and TX DOT
will be handled in a more consistent manner due to the
consolidated effort
– Collaboration – All areas of infrastructure development will reside
within Projects Group resulting in improved communication and
timing
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Key Performance Indicators
• Complete all top 10% circuit tree trimming between October
1 and March 31
• Reduce new overhead construction cost per foot
• Reduce URD cost per lot (fully loaded)
• Achieve need date performance greater than 75%
• Achieve material planned versus actual variance less than 8%
• Achieve material returns less than 5%
• TECO (back-office complete) 90% of all work orders within
45 day of field completion
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Key Performance Indicators
• Reduce overhead and underground street light installation
cost per lamp
• Reduce the distribution line mile cost to trim as compared
to 2005 and 2006
• Respond to 95% of street light orders (SLOs) within 48
hours of notification
• Respond to 75% of street light cable cuts and knockdowns
within 21 days of notification
• Achieve an average of 35 days from walk to energize on
URD joint trench projects
• Achieve DPM safety metric for LTI, RIR, PVI
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DPM Functional Areas
Distribution
Project
Management
currently
responsibility over five main functional areas:
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– Underground Residential Development (URD)
– Overhead Projects
– Street Lighting Design and Maintenance
– Line Clearance Operations (Tree Trimming)
– Contract Administration
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Organizational Structure
Distribution
Project
Management
Frank Jeanes
Director
(713) 207-5858
URD
Overhead
Chris Oliver
Supervisor
(281) 561-3214
Herman Haude
Supervisor
(713) 945-4959
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Lighting
Design and
Maintenance
Carlton Porter
Supervisor
(713) 945-3764
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Line Clearance
Operations
(Tree Trimming)
Ron Britt
Supervisor
(713) 945-4731
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Staffing Levels
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URD Group
– 1 Supervisor
– 20 Service Consultants
– 3 Quality Assurance
Coordinators
– 3 Administration
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Overhead Group
– 1 Supervisor
– 9 Service Consultants
– 3 Quality Assurance
Coordinators
– 3 Administration
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Street Lighting Group
– 1 Supervisor
– 5 Service Consultants
– 1 Street Lighting Maintenance
Coordinator
– 2 Administration
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Line Clearance Operations
– 1 Supervisor
– 9 Foresters
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Underground Residential Development (URD)
The URD team manages the following types
of projects:
– Residential Subdivision Projects
• All Joint Trench projects and all URD projects greater than 10 lots
– Apartment Projects
– Town Home Projects
• Non-Overhead service projects
– Condominium Projects
• Single Phase Underground projects
• Non-High-rise projects
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Overhead Projects
The Overhead team manages the following
types of projects:
– Distribution Development Projects - Planned
• System infrastructure development projects
– Distribution Development Projects – Unplanned
• Projects associated with URD projects
– Road Widening Projects
– Relocation Projects
• Greater than five poles
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Street Lighting
The Street Lighting team manages the
following types of projects:
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Decorative Lighting Design Projects
Governmental Lighting Design Projects
System Rehabilitation Projects
Street Light Maintenance
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Gas Design
The responsibility for Gas design and project
management is being integrated into the URD portion
of the Distribution Projects Management team. Full
roll-out will be completed by July 1, 2007.
Upon integration, team responsibilities will include
coordination of the following:
– Consolidated Joint Trench Projects
– Short ties to connect Joint Trench Projects to main
gas distribution lines
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Physical Work Locations
Distribution Project Management personnel will be
located in one of three regional offices:
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South Houston Regional Office
4700 S. Shaver (Between Hwy. 3 and Allen Genoa)
Houston, TX 77034
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Sugar Land Regional Office
13300 W. Bellfort (Between S. Dairy Ashford and Eldridge)
Houston, TX 77099
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Greenspoint Regional Office
2301 Gears Rd. (Between Veterans Memorial and T.C. Jester)
Houston, TX 77067
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Geographic Areas of Responsibility
• Sugar Land Region Office
– Sugar Land Service Area
– Fort Bend Service Area
– Bellaire Service Area
– Spring Branch Service Area
– Katy Service Area
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Geographic Areas of Responsibility
• South Houston Region Office
– South Houston Service Area
– Baytown Service Area
– Galveston Service Area
– Hiram Clarke Service Area
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Geographic Areas of Responsibility
• Greenspoint Region Office
– Greenspoint Service Area
– Humble Service Area
– Cypress Service Area
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Additional Responsibilities
Distribution Projects Management personnel will
also be responsible for the assignment,
scheduling and construction coordination of all
Service Center originated work that will be
assigned to a contractor.
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Transitional State
• Street Lighting design and project management
coordination within subdivisions is being
integrated into the URD projects group.
• Gas design and project management coordination
within subdivisions, exclusive of large feeder
mains, is being integrate into the URD projects
group.
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Implementation Timeline
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10/04/06 - Notification of personnel of new work locations and job
assignments
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10/09/06 – Begin project file clean-up and organization in preparation of
move. This includes notification to developers
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10/19/06 & 10/20/06 – Physical move of individuals and project files to
new locations
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10/23/06 – DPM is Open for Business
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01/02/07 – Begin Street Lighting and Gas training (two months at each
location)
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07/02/07 – Full Operation in all aspects of project plan
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Questions ?
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