# Presentation: 018439

## Highly Enriched Uranium Material Facility (HEUMF) Project 

_**Construction Quantities**_
** ****Excavations: 94,000 cubic yards **
** ****Backfill (stone/soil): 55,000 cubic yards**
** ****Concrete: 94,000 cubic yards**
** ****Rebar: 5,800 tons**
** ****Steel: 2,800 tons**
** ****Conduit: 553,000 linear feet**
** ****Wiring: 1,623,000 linear feet**
** ****Piping: 69,000 linear feet**
** ****HVAC ducting:1,126,000 pounds**

**2006**
**Project**
**Management**
**Workshop**

_**Physical Design Summary**_
**Approximate overall dimensions: 300 ft. X 475 ft.**
**Approximately 110,000 Sq. Ft.**
**Reinforced concrete vault, work area (PC-3)**

_**Programmatic Requirements Summary**_
**Provide 50 year storage for Category I & II HEU and selected Category III HEU**
**Minimum capacity = 24,000 containers**
**Loading/unloading capability for SST and SGT**
**Support current security guidance**
**Support PIDAS downsizing plans**
**Operational by 2010**

## Project HEUMF Lessons Learned

_**Construction Quality**_
**Ensure that the project team including subcontractors has nuclear quality experience, training, and culture**
**Do not rely solely on 3****rd**** party independent inspectors**
**Ensure adequate level of staffing & well-defined processes for subcontractor oversight**
**Perform functional and management QA assessments**
**Inspect per design documents – not fabrication drawings**
_**Management**_
**Immediately develop a project recovery/compensatory action plan if an event causes project suspension**
**Develop an integrated project schedule to manage design, construction, and readiness activities**
**Ensure applicable Lessons Learned from other projects are assessed and implemented, and that Lessons are identified and documented real time throughout the life of the project**
**Ensure that all work activities are covered by work control procedures**
**Plan ahead for job site office space and adequate storage of GFE**

## Project HEUMF Lessons Learned (cont’d)

_**Cost Growth**_
**Reject significant design changes late in detailed design or during construction or consider delaying construction until impacts are evaluated**
**Ensure the cost estimating process reflects actual site conditions, uses SMEs and industry experts, and includes adequate allowances for QA, Safety, and Security**
**Carefully assess financial stability of small companies providing key components**
_**Readiness & Startup Planning**_
**Engage Functional Area Managers early to provide detailed scope & resource planning**
**Integrate readiness & startup leads and resources early in the project, and utilize facility mock-ups to identify and resolve start-up issues as well as train personnel**
**Establish credible schedule durations, resources, procedures/plans early**

## Project HEUMF Lessons Learned (cont’d)

_**Engineering**_
**Ensure that the design is mature and includes 3D models to minimize design changes after start of construction **
**Ensure appropriate technical staff for Title III activities**
**Ensure the acquisition strategy and design philosophy (use of performance specs.) are integrated**
_**Procurement**_
**Clearly define flow-down requirements to subcontractors and consider use of incentives**
**Ensure significant weighting is applied to subcontractor selection criteria involving nuclear construction experience of firm & key personnel**
**Staff source selection boards with appropriately experienced personnel**** **
_**Positive Lessons Learned**_
**Facility mock-up area**
**Effective interface with DNFSB**
**Use of nationally recognized consultants**
**Early start of site preparation work**

**2006**
**Project**
**Management**
**Workshop**

## Federal HEUMF Lessons Learned

**Develop a process to audit contractor assurance process **
**Until contractor assurance system is mature, increase Federal oversight**
**Provide resources to Federal project team, e.g., PMSO**
**Failed to consider increased project cost and schedule risk due to compressed schedule**
**Emphasize nuclear QA flowdown to appropriate vendors**
**Made some design decisions to save time, e.g., 3-D modeling, performance vs. design specs, constructability reviews**
**Ensure Title III engineering includes field oversight of construction (i.e., surveillances and assessments)**
**Develop project-specific procedures**
**PEP must be updated regularly**

**2006**
**Project**
**Management**
**Workshop**

## 2006

**2006**
**Project**
**Management**
**Workshop**