Engineering
We have experience in all phases of project development, including:
- Screening and technical feasibility studies
- Conceptual design and development of front-end loading packages, process design specifications, design basis memoranda, economic evaluations and preparation of project justification for approval
- Engineering analysis including simulation, design and optimization
- Basic engineering packages on the basis of third-party design and licensor technologies
- Preparation of detailed design specifications and documentation for complete plant facilities, including definitive cost estimates
- Liaison with operating groups to receive input for basic and detailed design
- In-plant modifications and additions, complete with system tie-ins and tight shutdown scheduling
- Project management, planning, scheduling, cost control and progress reporting
- Procurement
- Field inspection, commissioning, start-up and operator training
Process Design
All aspects of process design, from simulation and chemistry modelling through to start and commissioning support:
- Gas sweetening/dehydration
- Sulphur recovery/tail gas clean-up
- Heavy oil recovery and upgrading
- Crude oil treatment
- Oil transportation and storage
- Petroleum refining
- Industrial water and effluent treatment facilities
- Modular RNG Skids
Mechanical Design
All aspects of piping design including:
- Modularization and spooling
- Stress analysis
- Bulk storage, tankage, mixing and loading facilities
- Cogeneration, combined-cycle and simple-cycle power plant development
- Transfer and receiving facilities
- Material handling
- Steam generation and distribution
- Water treatment
- Cooling towers and water distribution systems
- Pressure vessels
- Pumping systems
- HVAC
- Selection and specification of equipment (including major rotating equipment and drivers)
Instrumentation and Controls Design
- Specification, design and programming
- Safety instrumentation systems
- Control room design with multiple consoles
- HAZOP and SIL audits
- Instrument databases
- Technical support of operating plants
Electrical Design
- Plant distribution of power and control wiring
- Lighting, heating and energy conservation
- Protection and control
- Specialized equipment drives
Civil Design
- Site development including grading, drainage, roads and paving
- Reservoirs for storage and pumping
- Underground storage tanks and environmental protection systems
- Dikes, bunkers
- Pile Design
- Structural design
- Shallow/deep foundations, superstructures
- Towers, flare stacks, feeder breakers (mining) and elevated equipment support
- Material storage structures (solids, liquids, gases)
- Modularization of process equipment, piping and lifting and transportation of modules
Environmental and Regulatory Services
We provide high-quality, cost-effective services through our continuous evaluation and incorporation of recent advancements in process systems and designs for pollution control and remediation. Services include:
- Permits, licenses and approvals
- Emissions estimating and reporting
- Waste management planning
Value-Improving Practices
We recognize that the successful application of value-improving practices (VIPs) requires a formal, disciplined approach. To have maximum effect on project costs, VIPs need to be implemented at the optimal time, and therefore must be scheduled and resourced very early in the life of a project. Adequate resources must be set aside, and the activities must be carried out thoroughly. This is why at we routinely use the following VIPs in our project work:
- Technology/process selection
- Process simplification
- Waste minimization
- Constructability review
- Design to capacity
- Energy optimization
- 3D-CAD
- Value engineering