Awards & Certifications

2021/12

PMI Taiwan Recognizes CTCI LPIC EPC1 Project with Distinguished Project Award

TAIPEI, December 14, 2021—CTCI Corporation has announced that the LPIC EPC1-870 KTA Steam Cracker Project has clinched the 2021 Distinguished Project Award (DPA) by Project Management Institute (PMI) Taiwan Chapter in the “Large Project” group. Deemed as the highest honor for projects delivered with exemplary management expertise, this exceptional recognition demonstrates CTCI Corporation's professional and reliable capabilities in project executions.

Co-organized by PMI Taiwan Chapter and Institute of Taiwan Project Management (ITPM), DPA, along with a series of related awards, are the highest recognition in Taiwan for project management profession. Participants of DPA are judged based on four criteria: execution process, human resources, business environment, and values delivered.

Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) petrochemical project in Sohar, Oman, in which CTCI Corporation plays a substantial role in steam cracker and utilities portion of the project (EPC 1), is also the winner of Top Project Awards 2020 by the prestigious Hydrocarbon Processing magazine.

To carry out EPC1-870 KTA Steam Cracker Project, one of the four EPC projects on the complex and the most important portion. CTCI Corporation and US-based McDermott International formed a joint-venture, or CCJV, in 2015.

This project is particularly challenging to execute and manage in that the four LPIC EPC projects were being executed simultaneously at site, and that the products produced by each plant are related in the supply chain either to the upstream or downstream, resulting in highly complex interfaces.

According to Min-Lin Lee, project director of LPIC EPC1 Project and Vice President of CTCI’s EPC Operations, “Despite the challenges and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, CTCI managed to push the project forward steadily with proactive management, effective communication, and innovative solutions such as spent caustic treatment. Not only did it become the only project able to progress in Oman without any suspension of work during the pandemic, significantly saving costs, but it also achieved a record of 77 million man-hours without lost-time injury, a perfect score for the project team which ultimately delivered it on time and to quality standards.” Lee added, “This highly acclaimed project helps our client Oman Qaboos extend hydrocarbon product lines to the downstream sector and hence provide comprehensive product lines in Oman and also allows them to achieve the goal of developing high-value-added petrochemical products.”

Looking towards the future, CTCI will constantly update technologies and continue to provide clients with diverse, economical, environmental friendly quality engineering solutions with rich experience in EPC project management.
ML Lee (right), President at EPC Operations, CTCI Corporation, receives the award from Jong-Tsun Huang, President of the Examination Yuan.