When the Project Ends and Operations Begin: Ensuring Safety During Commissioning Through Boundary Work

Anne Russel (1, 2) , Stéphanie Tillement (1, 2)

1 LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique
2 IMT Atlantique - SSG - Département Sciences sociales et de gestion

Ensuring safe performance in inter-organisational projects involves managing a whole range of organisational, occupational and spatio-temporal boundaries. Regarding future safety, the commissioning phase is crucial. Drawing from the case of the commissioning of a new nuclear installation, we highlight the challenges associated with the transition between the project and operations and show the socio-material and temporal arrangements that support or hinder boundary work.

Mots clés: Nuclear industry; Inter-organisational projects; Commissioning; Boundary work; Process safety

Domaines: Gestion et management; Sociologie

Anne Russel, Stéphanie Tillement. When the Project Ends and Operations Begin: Ensuring Safety During Commissioning Through Boundary Work. Jan Hayes; Stéphanie Tillement. Contracting and Safety - Exploring Outsourcing practices in High-hazard Industries, Springer International Publishing, pp.69-78, 2022, SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-89792-5_8⟩. ⟨hal-03702127⟩