Once your API 700 checklist is 100% complete, you issue the "Mechanical Completion Certificate." This is the handshake moment between Construction and Operations.
To use the API 700 Plant Completion Checklist effectively, follow these steps: API 700 Plant Completion Checklist.pdf
You cannot commission a plant by walking through it with your fingers crossed. An transforms chaos into order. Once your API 700 checklist is 100% complete,
If you are managing a refinery, chemical plant, or processing facility, you have likely heard the term thrown around during those tense final weeks of a project. If you are managing a refinery, chemical plant,
Before analyzing the checklist itself, we must understand the parent document. is titled "Management of the Mechanical Integrity of New and Existing Facilities."
A standard is typically organized by equipment type. Here is what you will find inside the document:
Published by the American Petroleum Institute (API), RP 700 provides a framework for ensuring that plant equipment is designed, installed, and maintained to prevent loss of containment. The "Plant Completion Checklist" is the annex of this RP—a comprehensive, line-by-line verification tool used during the final stages of construction and pre-commissioning.