Capital Projects

The WINFIELD approach to Capital Projects is one of best practices and customer-centric services. While a generic approach can be applied to the design and construction phases, each facility will have unique constraints, requirements and circumstances that impact what results in an optimized facility.

Our General approach taken is as follows:

Phase I – Opportunity Evaluation Energy audit:

  • Determine the most economic energy loads by establishing the basis of operation, benchmarking, identifying options, developing conceptual projects, preparing process packages, preparing screening packages and developing the base case project slate.
  • Feasibility Evaluation
  • Preliminary simulation
  • Feasibility study, including capital cost estimate (Class “C”, ±25%)
  • Review and Assessment of Base Case
  • Schedule and DBM for Phase II is prepared
  • Commercial and Financial Closing
  • Any commercial negotiations leading to the preparation and execution of all commercial agreements, including, as appropriate, financing packages.

Phase II – Detailed Design Package

  • Develop basic engineering design package
  • HAZOP and Value Improvement reviews
  • EPC schedule and Project Execution Plan
  • Home office Engineering estimate, cash flow analysis
  • List of permits and approvals
  • Detailed scope of work
  • Revise capital cost estimate (Class “A”, ±10%)

Phase III – Engineering, Procurement and Construction

Engineering

Preparation of all drawings and specifications required for construction, operating procedures, maintenance manuals, testing procedures and commissioning planning, as well as construction schedule.

Construction

Construction design; work packaging, development of contract scope and review of site layouts. Construction Execution; planning, cost control, site procurement, contract administration, labour relations, safety, accounting and reporting.

Commissioning

Preparation of system scope packages, scheduling mechanical completion of systems, loop checking, testing, flushing and cleaning, first fills of lubricants, firing of specific equipment (i.e. turbines and steam blows for a Co-Generation plant). Training, checkout and turnover of systems, start-up and checkout of equipment and services, coordination of vendor reps, troubleshooting, co-ordination/negotiation of warranty work, transfer of as-built drawings / vendor manuals, and turnover to owner.

In all our projects, whether a refinery, power plant or LNG facility, saving construction hours by a modular approach to design will be implemented. Executed correctly, this can result in savings in overall plant costs between 5 to 10% as well as facilitate an early start up and revenue generation.

On successful award of any NOC petrochemical project, it is WINFIELD’s intention to assume all technical lead roles and functions, overseeing any selection process of EPC contractors. Overall project execution, project direction and cost control will be managed by WINFIELD to meet all cost and scheduling constraints. All documentation required to solicit potential bids from EPC firms, contractors and licensors up to design basis memoranda (DBM) level will be the responsibility of WINFIELD.