Project and Program Management for Plant Engineering and Investment Projects Our Approach Project Management Services Feasibility Studies Project Management Construction Management Supervision Scheduling and Schedule Controls Project and Cost Controlling Contract and Claims Management Tendering and Procurement Expediting Analysis and Lessons Learned
The process industry today faces increased competitive and innovative pressure. New plants must be built, existing plants must be expanded and improved. Thanks to ever sophisticated processes, the products become cheaper, more efficient and of a higher grade. Investment projects increasingly become the motor for innovation in a company. The experts of ep-cm have supported clients in achieving their projects in the process industry for over 30 years. ep-cm takes over the entire project and program management of your projects ranging from EUR 100,000 to over EUR 1.5bn in volume. If needed, we also assume the recruiting and integration of further professionals.
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No matter if plant optimisation, greenfield or brownfield projects: We guarantee precise execution of your projects in all stages of the planning. This is achieved by working together with all parties involved, from jointly setting the goals to feasibility decisions to detailed planning and execution. Place your trust as project manager for your ventures and investment projects in us!
You can look at your project as a large organism: It is alive, growing and changing constantly. Many different disciplines, teams and stages must work together perfectly for you to reach your goal. We support you in planning tasks effectively, managing the different stages, defining intersections while introducing adhering to a coherent structure. This creates continuity, with the high number of parties involved acting like one.
We make sure that changes, improvements, adjustments and expansions do not negatively impact the existing system. That is why we analyse possible correlations between processes and plan necessary steps - keeping in mind your cost and schedule. We implement effective measures to control and counteract, making your project adaptable to changes in the environment. All parties involved are up to date on the current status and future activities at all times. This improves team spirit, motivation and quality, leading to the interaction between all engineering disciplines (structural and civil engineering, piping, media, technical building services, process engineering, cleanroom, etc.).
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Stable and long-term partnerships form the basis of our success: for decades, we have accompanied our clients worldwide, empowering them to be ahead of their time.
The planning stage is proceeded by an analysis of your project's framework and its actual targets. During this process, we take into account the cost and technical aspects, the required internal and external resources, environmental influences and legal factors.
After assessing the preliminary scope of work, ep-cm will be able to present you with an estimation concerning the feasibility, cost and duration of your project. This helps you make the right decisions in terms of further planning and execution.
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We will assume responsibility for the coordination of all necessary activities for your project and facilitate fluent communication between all parties involved. Together, we will define your projects' targets, analyse the methods and their feasibility and implement the appropriate structures for execution and monitoring.
We will work closely with all those involved from your company, your partners and the authorities. Everything will be taken into account: planning of all processes, required resources, infrastructure, teams, documentation and reporting of the project status to stakeholders and involved parties. This also includes jointly working out and documenting lessons learned and finally concluding the project from a technical and financial standpoint.
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Our experienced and qualified professionals assume control and supervision over your entire construction project. Together with you, we will define the concept for assembly and monitor its implementation withing the general strategy. We lead the construction management team and coordinate all activities on the construction site.
We make sure that all required activities are implemented to your expectations while supporting the site controlling in their work. This enables you to reach your goals with us - safely, on time and with the desired quality.
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We are on the ground. Our supervisors ensure the smooth execution of your project either as a whole or for different disciplines only. We plan and control the activities to be carried out, coordinate the involved contractors, take over managing different intersections and document the construction process.
Our experienced teams guarantee performance, quality and safety. We make sure that clear, proactive structures and thorough communication are in place. This helps you in identifying and countering deviations early on, leading to a successful project.
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Time is money, especially during investment projects. Our scheduling assesses and controls all activities of your project. This helps you in optimising workflow and lead times defined during planning. We intelligently map critical and near-critical paths while developing and analysing the different scenarios, thus enabling you to be proactive and initiate adjustments.
We record activities, progress and costs timely and transparently. Based on analyses and a detailed representation of the current optimal path, all upcoming work can be controlled effectively. By putting in place a set interactive structure, we are able to communicate your measures directly to the involved parties. That way, all measures can be implemented in a structured and efficient manner, predicting risks and bottlenecks while making processes more transparent.
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A secure and transparent project and cost controlling minimize risk. We accompany your project with a continuous target performance comparison to spot trends early on, providing you with a chance and the tools to counter proactively. At the same time, we supply you with a transparent and robust preview regarding costs, schedule, resource needs and achieved progress of your project.
Our structured approach encourages close coordination between project teams and the specific divisions, promoting transparency of the upcoming work. This helps you reach your goals faster with us.
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Structured, clear and usable contracts ensure the success of every venture. This is why we believe in implementing your project- and quality-targets into the contract strategy right from the beginning. We will make sure to communicate these to all involved transparently.
Our experts analyse the specific requirements of your project and together determine the right contractual form and accounting methods for each respective area. We are mindful of implementing procedures to deal with overtime and additional work. This enables us to strengthen your position during and after execution. At the same time, we support you in identifying current and future risks, claims and deviations in terms of cost and schedule. This helps you be proactive.
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Turnarounds in the process industry today require the involvement of many specialised contractors from all different areas. Besides price, quality and work ethic, the actual availability of these companies is a key aspect. In times of increasing competition, the right contractors must be identified and employed on time to ensure their involvement.
We support in developing a coherent contract strategy during the entire tendering and purchasing process. We employ a proactive management style through to the order tracking. Defining a clear mandate and scope of work plus a targeted pre-classification and selection of business partners enables early assignment of work packages. All specialists and contractors needed will be involved at an early stage, with the necessary resources allocated.
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Our expediting ensures that your supplies are on time and of the desired quality. Together with you, we will develop an expediting concept and ensure its optimal implementation. For this, we obtain all necessary schedules, status and material reports of the supplies, record all target dates, inform the project team of any schedule deviations and propose alternatives when necessary.
Continuous communication and close cooperation between the project team, purchase and the suppliers allow for the project to run smoothly and for the timely shipment of all necessary goods and materials.
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After the completion of your project, we will conduct our project analysis and lessons learned, compiling all relevant information and discussing them with all involved. This stage of the process represents important information and knowledge transfer. The data collected will form a basis for future actions, helping you identify potential room for further improvement.
This ensures that you will be left with processes and projects that are continuously open to sustainable improvements, leading to lower costs and higher efficiency of your facilities.
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