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Posted By Lisa Cawley
Happy Christmas Everyone!
I am looking for any advice, past experiences etc on the moving of machinery and people to a new plant. We are planning a move in the new year and I am currently drawing up a checklist for issues I need to deal with before, during and after the move. Any information or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Lisa
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Posted By Brando
I'd treat this as a mangement of change issue.
MOC tends to go wrong when things are not communicated and / or unexpected change happens part way through the process.
Your list of issues could be long but I'd start with setting up a suitable team to manage the change and elect an overall change manager who is responbile for bringing everything together and allocating duties to people.
Not sure on the scale of your project but regular team meetings will need to be held. This is where you can get everyone involved in the risk assessment process and brief anyone on the likely risk issues.
You also need a process for dealing with the unexpected - dynamic risk assessment for want of a better term. Someone needs to be in charge of this and they need to have enough clout to be able to shout stop when things start to go pare shaped.
Brando
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Posted By Anthony Rocheford
Hi Lisa
Your first consideration is the location, is your process compatible with the environment that you are planning to move into, i.e. emissions, waste disposal, noise, access to emergency services etc.
secondly is the building in which you are moving purpose built? if not can the structure cope with the stresses that will be placed on it by the manufacturing process i.e. that is the weight of the equipment, the adequacy of space to accommodate equipment and personnel, the ability to isolate hazardous processes etc.
thirdly the safe access of employees to the plant.
fourthly the type of raw materials and the means of getting the materials on to the plant and the impact on the public and the surrounding resedences.
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Posted By anon1234
Depending on the scale of the 'move', the relative locations, whether ownership has changed, etc, you may/will need to consider issues such as CDM, Supply of Machinery Regs, PUWER, etc
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Posted By Alan Nicholls
Lisa
Do you have sufficient electrical capacity to run the machinery in the locations chosen for them, eg 3 phase single phase lighting, etc. Compressed air, water, exhaust ventilation, enough space to get everything in?
Get an accurate floor plan drawn up, plan the locations of the machinery, then check and check again.
Get professional machinery movers if you can!
Set the date and realistic time scale for the move. Me being a pessimist would then double it!
With the best will in the world something is bound to get missed!
Good luck
Merry Xmas
Alan N
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Posted By Lisa Cawley
Happy New Year!!
Thank you for all your responses.
Lisa
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