EPCM. Outsourced project office for EPC project (copper refinery construction)

Subsoil user executing EPC-based copper refinery construction project. Required to outsource project management specialists.

• Lack of project team in Customer’s company, i.e. dedicated project management employees;
• Lack of dedicated experts inside Customer’s team (design engineers, construction engineers, project managers, etc.,);
• Minimum input data for starting of design works;
• Lack of through project execution plan and master budget;
• Limited project budget – savings required at each stage;
• Construction site is Brown Field, resulting in tight construction conditions;
• Low engineering competence in the region of construction;
• Tight schedule required parallel design and construction (at two-stage design).

• Established project team consisting of ANTAL GROUP employees;
• Put together and structured requirements to the construction objects from Customer’s specialists (technology engineer, electrical engineer, etc.);
• Formed both the whole project master schedule and detailed action plan for the upcoming year;
• Formed terms of reference for design, performed assessment of EPC contractors, selected EPC contractor;
• Negotiated with equipment suppliers;
• Formed master budget and justified it to the investors;
• Monitored project execution through all stages: design works, construction works;
• Arranged acceptance of EPC contractor’s works (drawings, construction works);
• Implemented complex optimization of design solutions in order to reduce project costs.

• No need to hire own project team for the Customer;
• The Customer gets solid qualified project team;
• ANTAL GROUP presents and justifies project budget to the investors;
• Project team is motivated to reduce project costs starting from the design stage;
• Use of digital project management technologies;
• The Customer is provided with daily online project reporting.