Applying project management principles to equipment maintenance at Chirano Mine Limited
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2021-06-23
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In the mining engineering companies, effective equipment maintenance strategy has been considered as integral component in achieving sustainable mining and production systems. Maintenance in a broader term is a business function that serves and supports the primary process in an organization. This study explored the effective ways of applying project management principles to equipment maintenance in Ghana using Chirano Gold Mine Limited as a case study. The study was carried out along the tenets of a preliminary literature review and followed by a survey using a structured questionnaire. Fifty six (56) questionnaire were distributed by purposive sampling, and 50 completed questionnaires representing 89% were considered valid for the analysis. The data collected were analyzed using Relative Importance Index (RII). The study reveals that, Intervention and execution strategy, Risk management, Time management, Scope management, Communication management, Cost management, Quality management, Human resource management, Measurement and accountability, Formulating the project team, Integration management, Organizational alignment and Procurement management are the major project management principles that can be employed to equipment management. Considering the challenges in order of extremity, respondents indicated that, Inadequate Skills for the Maintenance Management, Undefined Equipment Output, Ambiguous Contingency Plans, Lack of Manager’s Engagement and Improper Risk Management are the major challenges to applying project management principles to equipment management. Further, a number of Effective or best ways in applying project management principles to equipment maintenance were suggested which includes; establishing maintenance management procedures, Divide the maintenance plan of the equipment into tasks, Estimating resources and creating a resource plan of the equipment etc.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science
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Project, Managemen, Maintenance, Principles