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TRANSITIONS

this outcome, the pipe racks surrounding each su- A solid and reliable execution
bunit, designed to connect them with the rest of plan and a defined project
the plant, have been extensively modularised, all
the piping systems, including the small bore ones, “management team are
have been engineered to be totally prefabricated prioritised for the success of the
outside the site, the steel structures have been cal- project and road map towards
culated with standard shapes and sufficient mar-
gins in advance of vendor information availability to an operative, cohesive and
expedite the schedule and so on. Then, as soon as collaborative working team
the site office was fully functional and construction
work was ready to commence, the construction
and site engineering group has been progressively Tuscan town of Pisa has been selected to cele-
relocated to the field to oversee building activities. brate the main event around which the teambuil-
The client team, located in Milan during the detail ding path was hinged. There, two days of deba-
design, was shaped in a similar way. Evonik, with tes, discussions, simulations, groups working, and
the aim to strictly monitor the project progress and games have been organised with the support of
provide the technological support, being the owner an external team of moderators specialised in this
of the confidential chemical process, has nomina- activity. The principles of the program were ba-
ted a selected team of engineers and managers sed on the necessity to identify few key aspects,
covering all the disciplines and project functions but crucial, to build up the awareness that com-
and has deployed them to Italy. In this way the fun- mon objectives, as the ones established for Pisa
damentals of the integrated team that, in the idea project, are possible and achievable only if they are
on the management, was at the basis of the exe- recognised by everyone and everyone adheres to
cutions had been grounded. them, and if the enormous potentiality expressed
by hundreds of individuals is ultimately aligned with
Building the team such objectives. Fostering the cohesion around the
clear objectives is a fundamental step in this path
Different nationalities, dissimilar habits, other cu- and it has been considering as the glue to keep
stoms and traditions, diverse approaches, compli- together the different characters mentioned above.
mentary skills and personalities and finally different Without this alignment, the level of cooperation re-
ages of the project stakeholders: this background quested to execute a so challenging project cannot
has been recognised, since the beginning, as a be granted simply by the application of contractual
precious opportunity rather than a problem. For rules and articles that, for their nature, are necessa-
this reason, one of the first actions scheduled by ry tools but not sufficient to stimulate the reciprocal
the joint management was to plan a team building support towards a unique goal.
path aimed to develop this opportunity and provide Central in this perspective is the mutual trust. Each
the solid foundations of teamworking participant must feel the words and the actions co-
Taking as an excuse the name of the project, the ming from their co-workers as the representation

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