IBBL offers engineering and consulting services throughout the complete lifecycle of an industrial plant. This lifecycle comprises three major phases:
- Pre-investment phase
- Project execution phase
- Operation phase
Within the pre-investment phase, typically the conceptual design and the basic design and tendering is happening.
Within the project execution phase, the project is executed.
In the operation phase, the plant is modernized, product range is extended, the operation is optimized, another fuel will be used, etc. More and more important within the lifetime of a plant becomes the decarbonization of production.
Pre-investment phase
The pre-investment or planning phase of a project is the first stage, before the final decision on the investment is made.
The works in this phase is usually referred to as conceptual design. The starting point is an idea which might be to install a new production plant, enlarge production, widen product range, and many more. This idea is developed into technically and commercially feasible project.
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Based on this concept, the plant and the project are developed further during the basic design. Together with the basic engineering, the tendering processes are executed. After these works, supply contracts for the plant are ready for signature.
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Project execution phase
When signing the supply contracts, the execution of the project commences.
There are two important approaches for project execution – EPC and EPCM. The decision about the approach for project execution is already done during the conceptual design or the basic design.
The services an engineering consultant provides during the project execution are aligned to the selected approach.
Read more about the project execution and the different approaches here.
Operation phase
Within the operation phase of the plant, there are many reasons for upgrading, optimizing or revamping a plant. For example,
- Legal requirements, often due improvement on environmental protection
- Increased product quantity
- Use of others fuels, for example natural gas instead of HFO or coal
- Wider product range
- Decarbonization
- Use of alternative fuels
- Improve plant availability
- And many more…
On a high level, the approach is for most of these measures similar:
- To analyze the current situation
- To investigate suitable measures to improve the situation
- To determine the targets for improvement
- To plan the actions to be taken
- To determine the commercial feasibility of the measures
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