Decision to Prepare
EXTENDED BASIC ENGINEERING
Process Engineering
Architecture
Mechanical & Piping
Electrical & Instrumentation
Automation
Safety Engineering
BIM MOdelling
Mass balance
Energy
PERMITTING
Environmental Impact
Assessment
Building Permit
PROJECT DEFINITION
Detailed Scope Definition
Integrated Plant Layout
Budget & Spending Plan
Detailed Time Schedule
Site Supply Negociations
PROCUREMENT
Risk Analysis
Procurement Plan
Supplier Prequalification
Inquiry Specifications
Technical Negotiations
Contractual Negotiations
Commercial Negotiations
Contractual Agreement
INVESTMENT DEFINITION
Project Definition
Budget & Spending Plan
Detailed Time Schedule
Business Plan
Appropriation Request
FINANCING
Financing Structure
Financing Negotiations
Technical Support
Subsidies Request
OPERATIONAL DESIGN
Site Logistics Detailed Design
3D Simulation & Validation (FlexSim)
Warehouse Detailed Design
Material & People Resources Design
Digitalization Plan & Digital Twin
Big Data Analytics
IoT
When a new project is defined, Group-IPS will obtain all necessary permits, perform detailed investment analysis, and begin to procure equipment and facilities. This ensures that when the project is ready for approval (Gate 3), site preparation can begin immediately.
Our strong in-house basic engineering capacity, combined with a strict project preparation methodology, has resulted in record project execution times for world-class manufacturing plants. Today, a substantial number of our customers apply our project preparation methodology within their own organizations.
Twice a year, Group-IPS hosts an intensive Project Preparation Training series in its Technological Centre in Germany.
Investment Analysis
Investment Analysis details project timing and operational costs so that Owners can make informed investment decisions.
Extended Basic Engineering
Extended Basic Engineering provides a competent contractor with the tools to quote, perform, and build within a fixed lump-sum budget. By performing Extended Basic Engineering in-house, we can optimize layout, define technical concepts, and provide an outline for budget and timing.
Detailed design is performed in-house for all critical items or, where risk is a factor, by our engineering partners, bringing added value to projects.
Permitting
We launch in-house permitting activities as early as possible—in most cases, as early as the project feasibility phase. Group-IPS take a highly proactive and open approach in regard to permitting, and we inform the necessary authorities at every project phase or in the event significant changes must be made. This results in a fixed time schedule to which Group-IPS, the Owner, and the authorities all commit.
Procurement
Once the procurement strategy is defined we are able to schedule all procurement activities into the detailed project preparation time schedule. Every activity is scheduled, including all technical and contractual negotiations, and the project team is organized in order to meet this schedule. Potential contractors are informed well in advance and motivated to participate in different tenders.
According to our analysis, the main cause of project delays is the late placement of orders. By working with a fixed schedule, we can eliminate this bottleneck completely.
Financing
For small and medium enterprises, we elaborate a feasible project financing structure and organize all negotiations with banks, venture capital funds, and local governments (in the event that the project qualifies for subsidies).