INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL LEADERSHIPFOR POWER GENERATION PROJECTS

Project planning, multidisciplinary team coordination, and oversight of scope, schedule, interfaces, risks, changes and executive decision support; project recovery in case of delay or deficiencies.

• Project initiation, concept development
• Feasibility studies
• Decision support for management approval
• Project planning
• Technical project leadership – including interim or project director roles
• Project recovery (when schedule or quality has slipped)
• Project audits
• Change and claim management

Technical support through tendering, procurement, contract development and negotiation – including performance guarantees, compliance requirements and acceptance criteria.

• Development of Owner’s Requirements and Design Basis
• Project execution and procurement strategy
• Technical tender documentation
• Technical bid evaluation – owner side
• Technical proposal support – contractor side
• Development and review of the technical sections of EPC and service contracts
• Definition of acceptance criteria, technical requirements and performance guarantees
• Contract negotiation support
• Deviation, warranty and dispute support
• Across all major contract types: EPC, construction, engineering services, maintenance, framework agreements and long-term service agreements (LTSA/CSA) – contract development, review and negotiation; including public procurement.

Independent review of technical design and project documentation, supporting their development. Objective assessment of project readiness and delivery confidence, identification and recommended resolution of assumptions, gaps, and risks.

• Technical design and documentation reviews, support – from concept design to O&M manuals
• Owner’s Engineer services
• Independent second opinions
• Project assurance – including constructability, operability and maintainability
• Pre-commitment technical review – before an order, contract or major decision
• Support for permitting documentation and regulatory approval processes
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Technical coordination of engineering disciplines, package boundaries, interfaces and brownfield integration to ensure technical consistency, fulfilment of project requirements and successful delivery of a fully integrated, safe and operable power plant.

• Multidisciplinary engineering coordination and technical leadership
• Battery-limit and interface oversight and coordination
• Brownfield integration and vendor package integration
• Control and automation integration oversight and coordination
• Cross-party technical issue resolution and design closure

Technical leadership of major outages, commissioning and plant acceptance activities, from planning and readiness through commissioning, performance testing, handover and return to commercial operation.

• Planning and preparation of major outages and overhauls
• Technical coordination and leadership of outage execution
• Coordination of multidisciplinary vendors, contractors and commissioning teams during critical project phases
• Preparation and oversight of installation, commissioning and trial runs
• Verification of project readiness, Mechanical Completion and system handovers
• FAT/SAT, performance and compliance test oversight; acceptance and handover support
• Recovery of stalled site work and commissioning activities
• Coordination and verification of punch list close-out