Other Project Management Resources
The following resources are provided for the convenience of our customers and are not to be construed as an endorsement by InterPlan Systems Inc.
Books
STO Handbooks - InterPlan Systems’ handbooks for planning and managing STOs are required references for the professional.
Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages - InterPlan Systems’ review of Joel Levitt’s book.
Guide to Ship Repair Estimates - InterPlan Systems’ review of Don Butler’s book.
Maintenance / Reliability
MaintenanceWorld.com - Includes articles on numerous topics, calendar of events, discussion forums, books and tools.
Plant Maintenance Resource Center - Includes links to maintenance consultants, maintenance software vendors, maintenance conferences and conference papers, articles on maintenance, and many other valuable resources.
Project Management
Eng-Tips Forums - Engineering Project Management Forum - Engineering peer support forums on many engineering topics (free of advertising or recruiting).
Planning Planet - Free online database of project planning build times, benchmarks, effort hours and construction cycle times. Includes an active project management forum, networking facilities and job opportunities.
Project Management for Construction - Free, on-line book by Chris Hendrickson, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.
Project Management Knowledge Base - Free portal for project planners and managers includes an events calendar, discussion forums and software and book reviews.
Estimating / Cost Engineering
The International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) - Nonprofit organization promoting cooperation between national and multinational cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management organizations worldwide.
Training / Consulting
The CBT Workshop - Corporate training and professional development with a focus on project management disciplines.
Other
Refining Online - features an interactive Q&A forum, a directory and search engine for refining industry Web sites, free ROL Assistant software, technical Knowledge Base, Events Calendar, and Member Directory.