Engineering Design Across Four Disciplines.
Electrical systems, mechanical equipment, steel structures and foundations, and instrumentation and controls, designed together from design basis to construction release.
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One coordinated design team working to a fixed design basis, with interfaces between Disciplines resolved before issue, and site queries answered quickly.
Drawings across all four Disciplines, coordinated in one model before issue, so utility and Client review passes without the back-and-forth that was eating your float.
An independent design review against the code and your specification, with clear comments you can put to the designer.
Review comments referenced line by line to the code and your specification, so you can put them straight to the original designer instead of arguing generalities.
Detailed design packages and calculations delivered as your Design Partner, confidential or white-labelled.
Detailed design packages delivered confidentially or fully white-labelled, so the extra capacity is invisible to your Client — the deal, and the credit, stay yours.
Engineering Scope.
The support is selected around your Asset, the decision ahead and the agreed Project Stage.
Electrical
- Single-line diagrams, layouts and sections
- Protection philosophy and setting calculations
- Earthing grids with step and touch potential verification
- Lightning protection
- Cable sizing, routing and schedules
- Hazardous area classification
Mechanical
- Process skids and packaged systems
- Pressure vessels, storage tanks and heat exchangers
- Boilers, thermic fluid heaters and chimneys
- Piping layout, pipe stress and supports
- Cooling and ventilation
Civil & Structural
- Pipe racks, platforms and equipment structures
- Substation gantries, towers and poles
- Equipment, tank, chimney and tower foundations
- Cable trenches, ducting and drainage
Instrumentation & Controls
- Control philosophy and instrument loops
- SCADA and substation automation to IEC 61850
- Energy and building management systems
- Metering and signal lists specified with the electrical design
At Each Project Stage.
Where you are in the Project decides what you need from us.
Feasibility & Concept
Fix the concept before capital is committed.
- Preliminary design and layouts
- Design basis and applicable codes
- Concept sizing of equipment and structures
Detailed Design
Construction-ready engineering.
- Coordinated drawings across four Disciplines
- Calculations against the governing code
- Equipment specifications and schedules
- 3D coordination and clash checks
Tender & Procurement
Specifications that make bids comparable.
- Technical specifications and datasheets
- Vendor drawing review
- Technical bid evaluation
Construction
Keep the build faithful to the design.
- Site query resolution
- Design-change control
- As-built mark-up review
Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning
Support through testing and energisation.
- Commissioning support against design settings
- Punch-list review
Operation & Maintenance
Modify with the design basis in hand.
- Retrofit and upgrade engineering
- Modification design for plant changes
Proof in Practice · Chemical · Detailed Engineering
Detailed Engineering of a Multi-Specialty Chemical Plant
Mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and thermal design delivered together for a multi-product chemical plant.
- Sector
- Industrial & Process Plants
- Year
- 2023
How We Work on It.
The method behind every engagement. The detail is set out in the proposal and the design basis.
Inputs and Deliverables.
A practical starting point and the Engineering outputs to agree for your Project.
What We Need from You
- Available single-line diagram, plot plan and equipment layout
- Connection voltage, capacity, loads or process design data
- Site survey, geotechnical information and existing-asset records, where relevant
- Vendor equipment data and interface loads, when available
- Current Project Stage, programme and approval requirements
- Client, utility and authority specifications
Send what is available. We will identify missing information before confirming the scope and programme.
What You Receive, by Discipline.
- Single-line diagrams and protection schematics
- Protection setting calculations and coordination curves
- Earthing grid drawings with step and touch potential results
- Lightning protection layout
- Cable schedules and routing drawings
- Hazardous area classification drawings
- Process and instrumentation basis for skids and packaged systems
- Vessel, tank and heat exchanger calculation packages (ASME VIII / API 650)
- GA and fabrication drawings
- Piping layout and pipe stress reports
- Cooling and ventilation calculations
- Structural analysis and calculation reports
- Foundation drawings for equipment, towers and gantries
- Pipe rack and platform GA drawings
- Cable trench, ducting and drainage drawings
- Control philosophy document
- Instrument loop diagrams and signal lists
- SCADA and automation architecture (IEC 61850 where applicable)
- Metering schedules coordinated with the electrical design
The exact deliverables and formats are fixed in the agreed scope for each Project.
Standards and Compliance.
We engineer to the standards and regulations that govern your Project, fixed in the design basis.
Typical references for this Service: IEC 61936-1, IEC 60364, IEEE 80, ASME Section VIII, API 650.
Applicable standards and editions are agreed and fixed in each Project's design basis.
How We Assure the Work
Appointed the Way You Need.
Detailed Engineer
Coordinated engineering from bid to construction release and site support.
Design Partner
Design packages delivered confidentially or under your name.
Design Review
Independent review of another party's design, as Owner's or Independent Engineer.
Questions Clients Ask.
Which disciplines can you cover on one project?
All four: electrical, instrumentation and controls, mechanical, and civil and structural. Most Clients use us for two or more together, which is where coordination pays off.
What voltage range do you design for?
Up to 765 kV for substations, switchyards and transmission lines; plant and facility electrical systems from LV to 132 kV.
Can you work under our name?
Yes. For OEMs, fabricators and sub-consultants we deliver confidential or white-labelled packages.
Read more: Owner's Engineer or Detailed Engineer: Which Appointment Do You Need? →Can you review a design as well as produce one?
Yes, but not on the same Project. We never act as Detailed Engineer and as Owner's or Independent Engineer on one Project.
Where This Service Applies.
This Service appears in the scope of 6 Sectors. Select a Stage to see the full scope for that Sector.
This Service in Practice.
Selected engagements, described without confidential details.
From Our Engineers.
Practical engineering notes related to this page.
