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EPCM Services
Feasibility Studies & Process Consulting

CDI-Process & Industrial provides comprehensive feasibility studies to help clients maximize their capital investments and maintain their competitive advantage. Specifically, we offer expert review of refining processes, chemicals and petrochemicals, gas processing including gas-to-liquid and coal conversion processes. Studies offered include:
  • - Conceptual design studies
  • - Feasibility studies (technical and/or economic)
  • - Optimization studies
  • - Site evaluations and selections
  • - Capital cost estimates
  • - Yield improvement
  • - Feed and/or product storage and distribution
  • - Reliability and availability studies
  • - Energy conservation studies
  • - Revamp and de-bottlenecking studies
  • - Master planning
  • - Technology evaluation
  • - HAZOP studies
  • - Safety audits
  • - Environmental studies
Front-End Loading

CDI-Process & Industrial has extensive experience preparing Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) packages (FEL I, II and III) for numerous clients. Specifically, CDI-Process & Industrial can provide:
  • - Feasibility studies
  • - Conceptual design/process simplification
  • - Economic analysis
  • - Technology evaluation/selection
  • - Site selection/master planning
  • - Facilities planning
  • - Permitting studies
  • - Energy optimization/waste minimization
  • - Value engineering for lowest lifecycle cost
Detail Engineering/Design

CDI-Process & Industrial combines extensive engineering, design, consulting, and technical resources to provide practical and innovative solutions to meet clients' detail design needs. CDI-Process & Industrial manages detail design of capital projects of various sizes in a host of industries including chemical, specialty chemical, refining, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, power and manufacturing. In addition, CDI-Process & Industrial offers strong process design capabilities, high-tech facility design, advanced engineering tools, 3D applications and proprietary technologies. Specifically, we provide technical solutions for the following engineering and design disciplines:
  • - Civil/Structural
  • - Construction Management
  • - Electrical/Control Systems
  • - Mechanical/Piping/HVAC
  • - Process
  • - Project Controls
  • - Project Management
  
Engineering - Focused IT Solutions

CDI-Process & Industrial provides comprehensive IT solutions tailored to the engineering environment. We can assist clients in optimally configuring communications systems throughout their organizations, including both home office and site-based networks. Additionally, CDI-Process & Industrial can provide on-site support personnel to perform daily functions to keep users productive and technology optimized. IT services provided include:
  • - Project management (scope, gap analysis, budget, resource loading, etc.)
  • - Work process integration
    • - Blend engineering work processes with applications
    • - Establish IT work processes for new technology
  • - Existing systems analysis (infrastructure, security, work processes, procedures, policies, user knowledge/training needs, disaster preparedness, etc.)
  • - Installation, implementation, configuration of applications
  • - Testing, evaluation and reporting new hardware and/or software
  • - Systems engineering (new or optimizing existing systems)
  • - System administration (both general IT and engineering specific - 2D and 3D CAD)
  • - Training
  • - Support Services - remote or on-site
Project Management

CDI-Process & Industrial manages the competing demands of safety, quality, scope, schedule and cost to deliver "best-in-class" project management services to our clients. CDI-Process & Industrial project managers have a proven track record of executing small to mid-sized, cost-driven projects to enhance client facilities in order to optimize production by utilizing the following:
  • - Exceptional safety standards
  • - Disciplined work processes
  • - Detailed execution plans
  • - State-of-the-art tools
  • - Captured lessons learned
  • - Focused training programs
  

We also offer complete lifecycle services, including:
  • - Feasibility Planning
  • - Front-end Design
  • - Detailed Engineering at all phases of a project
  • - Pre-construction Planning and Constructability Review
  • - Construction
  • - Procurement
  • - Start-up and Commissioning
  • - Operations and Maintenance
Project Controls

CDI-Process & Industrial has complete project controls capabilities to support client needs ranging from the front-end conceptual phase to funding, detailed engineering, procurement and construction. We utilize industry "best practices" and the latest technology enablers to ensure client project cost and schedule targets are met. Specifically, we offer the following:
  • - Scope Development and Funding Services
    • - Establish control budget and target schedule
    • - Develop conceptual TIC estimate and cost trend as scope definition progresses.
    • - Develop funding grade TIC estimate
  • - Project Execution Services
    • - Establish detailed control budget and target schedule.
    • - Conduct Interactive Planning Session.
    • - Develop detailed CPM schedule
    • - Measure productivity and schedule performance throughout design and construction.
    • - Monitor changes to control base, actual cost, progress and schedule.
    • - Identify trends and anomalies
    • - Assist in identifying and mitigating risk
  • - Project Closeout Services
    • - Recap project history and cost
Material Management

CDI-Process & Industrial consistently develops innovative methods to optimize customer value, not only in its engineering and construction management efforts, but also through the strategic procurement of capital goods. Utilizing a coordinated multi-office, multi-project delivery approach, CDI-Process & Industrial helps clients meet cost and schedules objectives on all projects, regardless of size or scope.

Using advanced sourcing processes, market knowledge and purchasing volume, CDI-Process & Industrial seeks to obtain the best pricing, quality, and service available for clients. These services are delivered through procurement professionals who work as a team to communicate local project needs and regional resources to ensure CDI-Process & Industrial clients receive the highest quality materials at the best available price.
Construction Management

CDI-Process & Industrial provides a full range of Construction Management services. Depending on project size, complexity and contract type, CDI-Process & Industrial can fully staff projects from a single construction manager to a complete field construction management team. All Construction Management personnel utilize best practices and are knowledgeable of the various construction disciplines as well as material management, cost control and procurement practices. By combining this understanding of the construction process early in the project-planning phase, CDI-Process & Industrial personnel review "constructability" issues to ensure engineering deliverables are developed to facilitate the construction phase. The results are construction projects executed correctly, on time and on budget.
Commissioning & Start-up

The project support services offered by CDI-Process & Industrial include complete commissioning and start-up support. We work closely with owners and/or operators to ensure that each facility is brought on-line in accordance with their expectations. Specifically, CDI-Process & Industrial provides the following services:
  • - Pre-commissioning preparation
  • - Staffing
  • - Commissioning strategy
  • - Process plant and machinery-specific issues
  • - Management, planning and control
  • - Risk management
  • - Post startup
Turnaround Services

CDI-Process & Industrial has an experienced Turnaround Services team that offers complete turnaround planning, management, and execution solutions. Proprietary tools and processes, such as the Turnaround Definition Rating Index (TADRI™), are used to maximize efficiency and project execution.
  The CDI Turnaround Definition Rating Index

Developed by CDI-Process & Industrial, the Turnaround Definition Rating Index (TADRI™) is an easy-to-use tool for measuring a facility's level of turnaround readiness. Based on the Construction Industry Institute (CII) Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI), TADRI identifies critical elements and allows the turnaround team to predict factors impacting turnaround risks. The TADRI consists of ten categories that are further broken down into 342 elements and sub-elements.
Manufacturing Services

Increasing cost pressures related to staff size, combined with turnover issues and availability of effective talent, have resulted in manufacturers needing to outsource positions that have been historically staffed with in-house individuals. CDI-Process & Industrial can supplement a manufacturing client's personnel requirements with temporary resources to cover unexpected vacancies or to address a specific need of limited duration.

Examples of potentially outsourced functions include:
  • - Experienced technical functions such as laboratory chemists and technicians, reliability engineers, etc.
  • - Experienced operations specialists to assist with start-ups, turnarounds, training or special projects
  • - Experienced operations engineers to handle troubleshooting
  • - Experienced operations engineers equipped with methodology to perform improvement audits and help define and implement opportunities
Environmental Consulting

CDI-Process & Industrial provides full environmental consulting services, including technical and compliance overview for all CDI internal engineering projects and for clients needing environmental assistance. Up-to-date with federal, state, and local regulations, CDI-Process & Industrial makes each client aware of all applicable environmental issues so that their business decisions regarding each project include the cost and schedule related to permitting to ensure current and future compliance.
Telecommunications

CDI-Process & Industrial provides technical solutions for the following telecommunications disciplines:
  • - OSP engineering, design, ROW, CAD drafting and as-built services
  • - COE and remote equipment installation and detail engineering services
  • - Network support services
  • - Network technology services
  • - Construction management services
  • - Professional engineering services
  • - Life cycle services
Staffing Services
Technical / IT Staffing

CDI-Process & Industrial offers integrated staffing solutions such as technical / IT staffing, and permanent placement services. These include:
  • - Staffing Services: CDI-Process & Industrial has staffing specialists who source, recruit and place highly skilled professionals on a contract basis, allowing clients to build up staff for priority projects, or fill gaps caused by staff turnover.
  • - Managed Staffing: CDI-Process & Industrial can assume management responsibility for a customer's contract staffing function, at one site or multiple sites, including the management of other secondary staffing suppliers.
  • - Integrated solutions: CDI-Process & Industrial provides resources and work processes between client sites and our full service engineering centers to augment on-site client operations.
 
 
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