Engineering

Project procedure

For new projects a logical and constructive procedure will be the quickest way to success. We recommend the following:

Phase I:

Workshop

To compile basic background information a 1-2 day workshop will be held at the customer's site. Goal of the workshop is mostly to define the customer's requirements as well as to assess the peripheral equipment parts/influences and space.
Conclusion:
Summary report including a preliminary rough estimate of investment required.

Phase II:

Project feasibility study

In the project feasibility study the customer is provided with documentation to support internal decision making about the feasibility of the project. This documentation will allow the customer to conceptually work with the complete plant set-up, such as putting together equipment layout plans, taking into account safety aspects of the infrastructure etc. Based on this evaluation the customer will also receive estimates of the expected costs of investment. The customer can incorporate the project design into his overall proposal, allowing him to use this for initial exploratory talks with the authorities to have the approvability chances of the project evaluated.
Conclusion:
Feasibility study including investment estimate (± 20%)

Process technology related clarifying experiments

Concurrent with the project design, clarifying experiments in the laboratory or pilot plants may be necessary to assess certain trends in process behavior.

Phase III:

Project basic design

More and more customers are taking advantage of the completion of a basic design. One of the reasons is that for this some basic engineering takes place within a manageable budget and time frame. The cost for such a basic design usually amounts to 3 to 5 % of the overall investment sum. The goal of the basic design is to perform the necessary engineering tasks so that the customer can merge this information with the peripheral plant units to set up a safety analysis. An accompanying cost estimate of investment with a precision of ± 5 to 10 % is in integral part of the basic design. Of course equipment and consumption figures are determined, enabling a more precise economic feasibility calculation of the entire plant set-up.