01Feb 2020 by Alan Mills

Alan Mills helps ECITB to develop Training Standards in CSU

Industry News, Training
Falcon Global's MD, Alan Mills has been working closely with the UK's Engineering Construction Industry Training Board to produce the first training standards in Systems Completion, Commissioning & Start-Up. “Throughout my career there has not been an internationally accepted standard for the CSU of facilities in the Process industries. If you think about it, that is quite extraordinary. Not surprisingly, there were not any training standards or recognised qualifications either.", said Alan Mills, Managing Director of Falcon Global, adding, "I spoke with ECITB about the gap and they agreed. I am delighted to have been working with the guys at ECITB, helping to ensure the new talent joining our profession can learn about Systems Completion and CSU in a structured manner, and be recognised for their achievement. Of course all…
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30Apr 2019 by Alan Mills

MasterClass Online gets 5 Stars!

FGL News, Industry News, Training
The MasterClass Online Commissioning & Start-up course met my expectations, I had more than enough of detailed materials including references and video clips from past commissioning projects. The one to one review after completion of each Phase module has been very helpful. I would give this course 5 stars and would highly recommend it to anyone interested. . Lawrence Imonigie - Commissioning Engineer
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14Mar 2019 by Alan Mills

Alan Mills talks with Thomas Stuenkel about Systems Completion, Commissioning and Zenator

FGL News, Industry News, Training
Commissioning Coach, Thomas Stuenkel talks with Alan Mills about Systems Completion, Commissioning and Zenator The Search for a Silver Bullet - Listen to the the full conversation here: Thomas Stuenkel is known worldwide as The Commissioning Coach and has done terrific work to advance the professionalism of CSU and Systems Completion. His classes and podcasts reach the widest audience of CSU professionals. In March 2019 Thomas interviewed Falcon Group CEO, Alan Mills, with deep and important questions in, “The Search for a Silver Bullet“. Grab a coffee or a cup of tea, sit back and listen to the interview in full. Don’t forget to post any comments or replies to Thomas (support@ccc.com.pa) or Alan (masterclass@globalfalcon.net). Background Alan Mills specializes in Commissioning & Start-Up (CSU) and is a subject matter expert in Systems…
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21Feb 2019 by Alan Mills
Part 1 – MasterClass Introduction to Systems Completion, Commissioning & Start-Up with API RP 1FSC

Part 1 – MasterClass Introduction to Systems Completion, Commissioning & Start-Up with API RP 1FSC

Books, FGL News, Industry News, Training
The foundation training course developed by Alan Mills has been produced in four books for Kindle and is now on sale at Amazon. This book is the first in the series and it describes the purpose, objectives, definitions and outline of commissioning and start-up. The next three books in the series will be published soon and cover the phases of commissioning and start-up, applying the methodology laid out in the foundation training course.
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05Oct 2018 by clive
Falcon Group 1-Day CSU Course

Falcon Group 1-Day CSU Course

Case Studies, FGL News, Industry News
We are pleased to announce that in response to customer feedback Falcon Group has added a 1-Day CSU course specifically for senior management, including investors. The course director for the 1-Day and 3-Day classes is Alan Mills, CEO of Falcon Group. The 3-Day course, aimed at project teams, folks new to CSU and from Operations, has been kept evergreen and continuously improved. It is packed with essential subject matter on Systems Completion, case studies and group learning exercises. Classes can be organized for private CSU training and this is especially beneficial to a newly formed project team about to embark on the journey that is Systems Completion. If your project is just getting started, this would be an excellent time to contact MasterClass@GlobalFalcon.net and arrange a class. To get the…
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10Oct 2017 by clive
Chevron delivers first LNG from Wheatstone

Chevron delivers first LNG from Wheatstone

FGL News, Industry News
Alan Mills, President of Falcon Global commented on the milestone achieved in the Wheatstone project It took all of 5 years, which is not unusual for such large mega projects, but Wheatstone eventually got there, producing its first shipment of LNG. Falcon's involvement on the project was with the upstream offshore production facilities, not the downstream LNG plant.  Falcon are very proud of our involvement in helping bring Wheatstone to this major milestone and a step nearer to completion.  Zenator has contributed to the outstanding success of this landmark project. We continuously monitored all activities through design through construction and commissioning to final handover, ensuring the facility was safe, verified with no bottlenecks or built in faults. SAN RAMON, California -- Chevron Corp. has started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
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