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How is Graham putting commissioning standards into practice to improve project delivery?

Join ICxA's Mike Kilburn alongside Graham's Spencer Yaredic and Darryl Chipman as they share real-world experiences, lessons learned, and how a structured approach to commissioning helps teams improve project readiness, reduce risk, and achieve better outcomes.

Discover practical insights that other project teams can apply to close the readiness gap between construction and operations.

What does it take to move a data center from construction complete to truly ready for operations?

Paul Turner and David Tain of ICxA are joined by commissioning leaders Rodrigo Otarola and Stephen Hedley for a global discussion on commissioning, systems integration, operational readiness, and the critical transition from construction to live operations.

In this episode of Commissioning Conversations with Leaders, ICxA’s Mike Kilburn speaks with Ed Reynolds, Vice President of Completions, Commissioning & Start-Up - Americas at Kent, about the changing role of commissioning on major capital projects.

They discuss completions, start-up, operational readiness, and the importance of planning the transition from construction to operations early - so projects are not just built, but ready to perform.

What does it take to demonstrate that a capital project is ready for operations?

In this episode, Paul Turner, President of ICxA, joins David Tain, Chairman of ICxA’s Technical Committees, to introduce the ICxA Operational Readiness Global Standards - a global reference for demonstrating readiness before the transition from construction to operations.

Explore why construction completion alone does not establish operational readiness, what a structured approach to readiness means for projects and operating teams, and how shared standards can support more predictable transitions.

For project leaders, operations professionals, owners, and capital providers, this conversation puts a critical question at the centre of project delivery: We’ve built it - but are assets ready to be operated?

Heinz Inabnit - VP of Cx & Completions at WSG Energy Services - joins Mike Kilburn, VP of ICxA North America, to explain how WSG is applying the ICxA Standards on live energy projects. The conversation traces the shift from commissioning as a delivery activity to commissioning as project outcome risk assurance: what changes in planning, scoping, and evidence, how clients respond, and what the team has learned putting a new standard to work.

The new ICxA Commissioning Standards give alignment to all groups working on projects, to elevate from the practice of commissioning to project outcome risk assurance. Learn how you and your organization can leverage these standards to align project delivery.

ICxA’s Second Global Knowledge Roundtable brings together international experts to discuss how commissioning, operational readiness, and artificial intelligence can strengthen project delivery and assure operational outcomes.

Hosted by Paul Turner with global contributors from the UAE, Brazil, New Zealand, and the United States, this episode explores practical ways to build capability, improve readiness, and support outcome-based project delivery.

In this ICxA Global Knowledge Roundtable, Paul Turner and David Tain are joined by international commissioning and assurance leaders to examine a critical project delivery gap: why “ready to start” is not the same as “ready to operate.” The discussion explores startup, transition to operations, operational readiness, commissioning discipline, and the leadership practices required to move major projects safely and confidently from construction completion into sustainable operation.

Activities and deliverables are strong on their own. But activities do not equal progress, and progress does not equal outcomes. The integration between activities is what determines if projects are successful. Listen to this interview with David Tain and Graham Temke to understand the importance of interfaces that decide your commissioning success.

Most projects don’t fail because of effort, they fall short because capability is never measured.

In this episode, we explore how leading organizations benchmark their project delivery capability, uncover hidden gaps, and shift from activity-based progress to outcome-based performance.

If you’ve ever wondered why “on track” doesn’t always mean “ready,” this conversation will change how you see your projects.