North America is set to embark upon an energy infrastructure build of unprecedented magnitude. As project counts climb, costs mount, and asset types evolve, critical decisions made early on during the planning and development stages are impactful to project success. As North America accelerates capital invested into hydrogen, offshore wind, and other asset types, increased volumes of traditional energy resources will continue to be built.
However, this growth is accompanied by complex challenges, and the authors Christine Oumansour and Tyler Tamasi evaluate the necessity of project teams to build more structured, thoughtful processes into-early-stage decision making in this paper. These decisions will have direct and substantial impacts on the safety, cost, and schedule, and taking the time to invest in enhancing decision-making and confirming critical decisions pays dividends over the life of the program.
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