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New Factory

What are the 80/20s through this process?

Feasiblity Study

How much capital required and when?

Milestones.

Return on Inestment

MetricConservativeAnticipated
Discounted Cash Flow
Payback Ratio

Request for Proposal

Raw input now, projection into the future

Consent Costs:

ServiceCostAuthorityStateDate
Land
Electrical
Gas
Water
Waste

Desired Output

Date of Completion:

  • Product
  • Quality
  • Quantity
  • Price
  • Profitability projection
  • CAPEX justification

Engineering Solution

  • Process and Instrument Diagrams
  • Sizing Calcs
  • P&ID nomenclature
  • Database
  • Procurement Budget
  • Equimpent sizing / floorprint
  • Factory Layout (Floorplan & Height)
  • Civils (budget on square metre cost)

Deliverables

  • Cost Schedule
  • Ghant Chart with Milestones on Critical Path

Sales

If you have an existing relationship you are in the box seats. Can be worth taking a loss leader on a small project.

  • Point to prior history if possible
  • RFP process must be fast and accurate
  • Prove strength of procecess
  • Prove depth of resources (off books and on)

Pricing

ServiceCost
RFP Engineering
Consent
Turnkey project
Contingency

Delivery

Project Management

Civils

  • Cleanout
  • Foundations
  • Structure
  • Roof
  • Roof Party
  • Floor ready
  • Walls
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing

Mechanical

Equipment states for monitoring progress:

  • Designed
  • Signed off
  • Budgeted
  • Ordered
  • Delivery
  • Onsite
  • In Progres,
  • Ready
  • Approved
  • Commissioned

Electrical

Equipment states for monitoring progress:

  • Design Signed off
  • Budgeted
  • Sized (consideration)
  • Connected

Automation

Equipment states for monitoring progress:

  • Functional Specs
  • Coded

Signoff

  • Commissioned
  • Party
  • Holiday

Tools

ToolJTBD
AutoCAD
Standard P&ID Library
Equimpent Drawings Library
Excel / Forecasting SoftwareWhat if Analysis