Shutdown and Turnaround Integrity Work
How major outages create access for inspections and repairs that cannot be completed online.
What this topic covers
How major outages create access for inspections and repairs that cannot be completed online.
Core ideas
Turnarounds bundle inspection, maintenance, modifications and statutory work into a constrained outage window.
Scope growth, discovery work and critical-path jobs can affect restart timing.
Good preparation links known degradation and inspection opportunities to work packs before shutdown.
Program tradeoffs
Condition-based maintenance only works when degradation can be detected with enough lead time to act.
What good evidence looks like
Backlog and work priority should reflect risk, readiness and consequence—not age alone.
Lifecycle perspective
Repeat failures are opportunities to remove causes through design, installation, operating or maintenance improvements.