How does an energy provider manage its construction projects?

In order to improve the communication between its employees and external project partners, the company decided to introduce an online project collaboration platform to its internal IT landscape.

The deregulation of northern European energy markets in the 1990s enabled Vattenfall to expand its operations beyond Sweden to become one of Europe’s leading energy providers. Vattenfall’s growth demanded an increase in the number of new power plants being built, requiring the participation of multiple external project partners. Vattenfall decided to implement a central database for both internal and external participants, and found that an online project collaboration platform was the most appropriate solution. Its additional ability to provide flexible representation and optimisation of the processes and workflows specific to power plant construction led Vattenfall to opt for think project!.

think project! was extensively tested during a threemonth pilot phase, and was used in the Moorburg power plant project, which was already underway. think project! now also supports communication and document management for the commissioning of the Boxberg power plant and is slated for use in the planned construction of a demonstration facility for carbon capture at the Jänschwalde power plant.

think project! is used by Vattenfall to manage plans and drawings, approval documents, technical documentation, contracts, meeting minutes, emails and faxes – with well over 20,000 files stored for the new Moorburg power plant alone. Over 600 Vattenfall employees and external project partners collaborate via the platform, with roles ranging from project, construction and departmental managers, surveyors and suppliers, foremen from construction companies and safety experts – through to coordinators and team assistants. Even security personnel at the Moorburg power plant are connected to think project!, as visitor registration is managed via the platform.