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standard as originally planned. In fact, the entire upper Flexibility is the key
part of the pumps surmounting the baseplate had to The design and supply of the 14 centrifugal
be completely re-designed so as to reduce its height pumps to be installed on the PFP1 platform of
and allow installation as well as maintenance of the the Greater Stella oil & gas field has been
pumps in the small space available on the deck. characterized by uncommon design and
management challenges that have not only
tested Termomeccanica’s experience and know
Quality & certifcation how in the oil &gas off-shore sector, but also its

As it is usual for offshore projects, certification has
represented an essential component of the scope of
work of the supply. In addition to CE marking and
Atex certification, project specifications have required
the involvement of the Lloyd’s Register as Inspection
& Verification body for marine classification and
Bureau Veritas as third party inspector. Moreover, TÜV
has been involved to carry out Ped related activities.

Project management

In addition to the technical constrains described
above, this project has also been subject to a major
management challenge due to special customer
requests.
For example, as part of the de-risking project of the
Greater Stella Area Development, both the client and
the end user have requested Termomeccanica
Pompe’s involvement in a series of activities aimed
at reducing the delivery lead-time by one or two
months according to pump type. flexibility to adapt and customize to the most Fig. 6 – Cooling
Termomeccanica succeeded in moving up delivery diverse requests from both its client and end medium circulating
as requested and it managed to do so by involving user. From this point of view, the positive pump (OH3)
not only many departments across the company but feedbacks received by Petrofac and Ithaca
also its main sub-suppliers as well as the client itself Energy have confirmed the successful completion
(Petrofac). of the project by Termomeccanica.

Cesare Nardini

After attending the University of Wollongong in company of Gruppo Industriale Tosoni, which
Australia and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya of focuses on the railway market. He was first in charge
Barcellona (Spain), Cesare Nardini completed his of all projects related to foreign markets but later
studies in 2000 at Politecnico di Milano obtaining a moved on to the domestic market, being also the
graduate degree in Management Engineering. project manager for the engineering and supply of
He started his work experience the same year at the components for the ETR 600 / New Pendolino
Alstom T&D in Montpellier (France), where he worked project, developed in co-design with Alstom
for two years on the development and installation of Transport and Giugiaro Design.
digital control system for electrical networks and He finally joined Termomeccanica Pompe’s Project
substation, starting with product engineering Manager team in 2008, with whom he has followed
development and then moving on to site- and to date more than 30 projects in the power generation
project-management. market (including the nuclear sector) and oil & gas
In 2002, he changed to the automotive industry and market (including both the onshore and offshore
went to work as a project manager for Saira SpA, a sectors).

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