What can we do for you in Project Services?
We don't necessarily want to manage your whole engineering & construction project - but we can get you through some of the tough spots.
Carmagen Engineering specializes in these areas of project management practice:
- Planning for overall project execution
- Validating cost estimates and control tools
- Ensuring constructability of the facility
- Providing contracting services
- Supporting project procurement
- Controlling the quality of design/engineering
- Making Independent Project Reviews
- Strengthening construction planning and safety
- Assisting in plant completion and start-up
- Staffing the Owner’s Project Team
Planning for Overall Project Execution:
- Evaluation of project execution strategies, assessment of risks, and development of approaches to minimize adverse risks
- Front end engineering, including testing of design bases
- Development of critical issues associated with the project
- Developing staffing plans for all project phases and work locations
Validating Cost Estimates and Control Tools:
- Objective and detailed appraisal of capital cost estimates for methodology and completeness
- Scoping and assessment of project cost control organization and systems for responsiveness
Ensuring Constructability of the Facility:
- Develop and apply a structure program to apply comprehensive construction knowledge and experience from design development through construction
Providing Contracting Services:
- Development of contracting strategies for the overall project and each major job, with appropriate commercial approaches for each anticipated contract
- Assistance for owner’s legal and project functions in preparing bid documents to get targeted results
- Assistance with screening of potential bidders, identification of qualified bidders, and determination of a bidding slate for each job
- Assistance with planning for and administration of the bidding process, review of proposals, and preparation of an award recommendation for each contract
Supporting Project Procurement:
- Definition and documentation of responsibility splits and interfaces between the Owner and contractor(s)
- Identification of procurement items critical to project schedule, quality, and/or cost
- Development of a comprehensive purchasing plan, including expediting, shop inspection, and related activities as well as cost-effective procurement of low-value items
- Development of a logistics plan appropriate to project size, complexity, and location, including packing and shipping, export/import considerations, receiving and temporary storage
Controlling and Quality of Engineering Design:
- As an extension of the Owner’s Project Team, conduct a program for selective, detailed review of engineering design for mechanical, machinery, fired equipment, instrumentation, safety, electrical, and civil engineering aspects of the facility
Making Independent Project Reviews:
- Conduct planned, in-depth, quick-response appraisals of project performance at key milestones to give Owner’s management an unbiased picture of strengths and weaknesses of the project
Optimizing the Construction Process:
- Implement comprehensive planning of the entire construction process to provide basis for safe and effective worksite activities
- Perform specialized Construction Safety Execution Planning to provide specific worksite safety programs in appropriate depth and breadth to meet Owner’s safety goals
- Provide specialized Mobile Crane/Lifting Safety Program including onsite training for crane operators, foremen, supervisors, and field engineers, as appropriate
Assisting in Plant Completion and Start-up:
- Plan for and assist implementation of required coordination among contractors and project team at interface between near-completion of construction and initial operation of facility, including such items as:
- Detailed identification of systems for turnover
- Documentation of pre-startup checkout requirements
- Delineation of procedures for punch lists
- Turnover statements
- Records management
- Close-out/acceptance
Staffing the Owner’s Project Team:
- Filling Project Manager and other PM Team leadership positions
- Filling PM Team gaps to meet functional or time requirements
- Fielding a completion PM Team