Owner’s Engineer & Project Development

Licensors and contractors have their own interests

On a new ammonia or urea project, the owner is often the least-resourced party in the room. Licensors optimise for their reference lists, EPC contractors for their margins. An owner’s engineer who has started up and operated these plants reads the packages differently: where guarantees are soft, where the design will hurt operability, and which clarifications need forcing before contracts are signed.

What we cover

• Owner’s engineer role for new project development
• Independent review of licensor process design packages
• Project development and management, small revamps through major projects
• EPC bid evaluation and technical clarification support
• Design review participation: P&ID reviews, model reviews, vendor document review

Typical deliverables

• Package review reports with prioritised comments and required clarifications
• Bid evaluation matrices and technical recommendation memos
• Project execution plans and stage-gate review inputs
• Operability and maintainability review findings
• Guarantee and test-run condition reviews before contract signature

When to engage us

From concept onward. The highest-leverage window is licensor selection through FEED, when comments cost a memo instead of a change order. We stay engaged as far as start-up if you want continuity from the people who reviewed the design.