One Team From Design Through Startup
Complete EPCm or targeted support for specific phases. CPE manages procurement, construction, and commissioning for industrial installations, or supplements your project team where you need it.
WHAT WE MANAGE
From Procurement Through Commissioning
CPE provides complete project delivery or supplements your team for specific phases. Scope ranges from full EPCm to owner’s representative services to targeted procurement, construction, or commissioning support.
Full EPCm delivery: engineering, procurement, construction management, and commissioning under single-source accountability.
Procurement and vendor coordination: bid packages, equipment evaluations, bid comparisons, expediting & logistics, shop inspections, and factory acceptance tests (FATs).
Construction management: on-site supervision, safety coordination, quality control, contractor oversight & coordination, shop drawing review, and change order evaluation.
Commissioning and startup: commissioning procedures, systems check-out, hydrostatic tests, refractory cure, steam blows, and performance and emissions guarantee testing.
Owner’s representative services: represent the owner’s interests to contractors, vendors, and suppliers during engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation.
Project controls and reporting: schedules, cost tracking, risk registers, RFIs, document transmittals, and regular stakeholder progress updates.
DELIVERABLES
What a Project Management Engagement Provides
Scope varies by project. Typical outputs include project schedules, bid evaluations, pre-commissioning check-out, commissioning procedures, progress reports, handover packages, and division of responsibilities documents.
Project schedule
Gantt-based schedule with critical path, milestones, and resource assignments. Managed in Smartsheet with client access.
Illustrative timeline — actual phases and durations vary by project scope.
Project documentation
Commissioning procedures, handover packages, as-builts, variance/deficiency register, final acceptance documentation, punch lists, and regular progress reports
Commissioning procedures
Step-by-step procedures for hydrostatic testing, refractory cure, steam blows, and system checkout.
Field oversight and documentation
On-site supervision, quality inspections, progress photography, and construction documentation.
Bid tabulation and evaluation
Side-by-side vendor comparison on cost, lead time, technical compliance, and commercial terms.
| Criteria | Vendor A | Vendor B |
|---|---|---|
| Equipment cost | $485,000 | $512,000 |
| Lead time (weeks) | 18 | 22 |
| Technical compliance | Full | Full |
| Warranty (years) | 2 | 1 |
| Reference installations | 12 | 8 |
PROJECT EXAMPLES
Project management
project examples
Power Boilers
BFB boiler for high-moisture biomass - South America
Complete BFB boiler design for a biomass facility in South America, handling high-moisture fuels with custom combustion and heat transfer engineering.
Debottlenecking
Biomass boiler capacity limits identified across 17 subsystems
Component-level performance and capacity assessment of boiler, fans, ESP, fuel handling & metering, ash handling, economizer, air heater, multiclone and emissions controls systems. Boiler and appurtenant systems were modeled at existing and target conditions to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement, required to achieve target conditions. Capital cost estimates were then provided for each option for determination of the best option to proceed with.
Root-Cause Investigation
Steam contamination pathway traced to source
Multiple contamination pathways identified across the steam and condensate systems. However, the primary driver for the issue was galvanic corrosion in galvanized piping downstream of an RO system. Corrective actions and appropriate metallurgies were identified and deployed.
APPROACH
Typical Project Management Delivery
Phased delivery with clear milestones and governance at each stage. For targeted engagements, CPE joins at the relevant phase(s).
Project Charter and Baseline
Define scope, schedule, budget, and contracting/governance structure. Identify project risks and mitigation strategies. Establish reporting cadence, decision-making protocols, and division of responsibilities.
Vendor Selection and Coordination
Develop bid packages, evaluate proposals, develop bid comparisons, select suppliers, and coordinate long-lead items. On integrated projects, critical equipment is procured during engineering so designs reflect actual specifications and reduce as-built and field-variance workload.
On-Site Oversight and Quality Control
Manage contractors, track progress against schedule, coordinate safety, and resolve field issues. Review shop drawings, evaluate change orders against contract and market pricing, and maintain the risk register.
Check-out & Commercial Operation
Pre-commissioning check-out performed to develop punch list (pre- and post-commissioning) for systems before being commissioned. Develop commissioning procedures. Commissioning of sub-systems up through the entire facility/project. System and loop tuning. Performance and emissions guarantee testing. Validate commercial operation.
As-builts and Closeout
Gather as-built information through drawing redlines and/or 3D laser scans. Resolve post-commissioning punch list items and deliver as-built documentation with project debrief and lessons learned.
THE CPE DIFFERENCE
Project managers who understand the systems they're managing
CPE's project managers are engineers with hands-on design and commissioning experience. That technical depth shows up in how equipment gets evaluated, how field problems get solved, and how commissioning gets planned - not just in how schedules get tracked.
Engineering-Led Procurement
CPE evaluates vendor proposals on technical merit, not just price and lead time. Because our project managers understand nozzle loads, material specs, design margins, and potentially adverse operating scenarios, equipment is recommended for how it performs in the overall system, not just how it looks on a bid tab.
Field Issues Resolved at the Source
When a field conflict arises, CPE's team can assess whether it's a design issue, a fabrication error, or a construction sequence problem, and resolve it without waiting for a separate engineering review cycle. Fewer RFIs, faster decisions.
Owner's Interests, Not the Contractor's
CPE represents the owner to contractors, vendors, and suppliers. The client retains purchasing authority. CPE advises on award, evaluates change orders against both contract terms and market pricing, and verifies quality against design intent
Scaled to What the Project Needs
Two weeks of commissioning support or eighteen months of full EPCm. CPE supplements an existing project team or provides complete project delivery - with the same engineering depth either way.
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OUR SERVICES
Engineering Depth Across the Project Lifecycle
From initial assessment through construction-ready deliverables - boilers, combustion systems, steam and condensate, emissions control, and energy infrastructure.
