Commissioning is a critical final step in hydropower and water supply projects, but it’s often overlooked until the last minute. We help clients plan, coordinate, and oversee commissioning from early in the project to deliver a smooth process. With experienced engineers leading the way, there’s no last-minute rush to assign responsibilities or manage testing.
Challenges in Hydropower and Water System Commissioning
Our experience shows us that most hydropower and water facility owners know how crucial commissioning can be. However, planning often falls to the wayside until it is imminent. Important questions for a Project Manager needs to answer include:
With the frantic pace of a typical construction or refurbishment project, these questions don't always get the needed attention early enough in the project. The project manager or one of the contractors ends up unexpectedly at the last minute to lead commissioning. This can lead to several challenges:
Our experience shows us that most hydropower and water facility owners know how crucial commissioning can be. However, planning often falls to the wayside until it is imminent. Important questions for a Project Manager needs to answer include:
- Is co-ordination of commissioning the contractor’s job, or do we need to step up?
- Does the commissioning team have the right experience and training?
- When should we start planning, and how do we go about it?
With the frantic pace of a typical construction or refurbishment project, these questions don't always get the needed attention early enough in the project. The project manager or one of the contractors ends up unexpectedly at the last minute to lead commissioning. This can lead to several challenges:
- The contractor may overloook items outside of their core expertise.
- The project manager may be too sidetracked by budgets and contracts to focus on commissioning.
- Complex multi-disciplinary projects may see tasks 'fall through the cracks' without dedicated co-ordination.
- Late planning may see project completion fall behind schedule.
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Standardized Approach to Commissioning
Recognizing these common challenges on hydropower, water supply, and wastewater projects, we have developed a standardized approach to commissioning that aims to minimize these common headaches. We recommend all our clients consider the following in their commissioning programs:
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Commissioning Quick Start
The traditional approach to engaging an external commissioning service provider is to appoint a dedicated commissioning agent. This is something we do, and it works for many projects. However, many of our customers have identified a shortfall in this traditional engagement - often times, there is a need for a smaller scope from a third-party commissioning specialist when decisions sometimes need to be made quickly. This is particularly true in the earlier stages of a project when project leaders might know they need to start thinking about commissioning, but don't have the time to focus on enlisting the full-service commissioning agent and defining their scope.
This is why we have developed a "Commissionnig Quick Start" program. For this program, we meet with you to review your commissioning objectives and any guidelines you adhere to. In addition, we identify key resources, constraints, stakeholders, and and key recommendations for your upcoming commissioning program.
This program is always a fixed price, and fixed duration. It allows you to make some quick decisions and to understand our approach before you determine what other support you need through your commissioning program.
Please connect with us to schedule a free consultation as soon as you start thinking about the commissioning phase of your next project.
The traditional approach to engaging an external commissioning service provider is to appoint a dedicated commissioning agent. This is something we do, and it works for many projects. However, many of our customers have identified a shortfall in this traditional engagement - often times, there is a need for a smaller scope from a third-party commissioning specialist when decisions sometimes need to be made quickly. This is particularly true in the earlier stages of a project when project leaders might know they need to start thinking about commissioning, but don't have the time to focus on enlisting the full-service commissioning agent and defining their scope.
This is why we have developed a "Commissionnig Quick Start" program. For this program, we meet with you to review your commissioning objectives and any guidelines you adhere to. In addition, we identify key resources, constraints, stakeholders, and and key recommendations for your upcoming commissioning program.
This program is always a fixed price, and fixed duration. It allows you to make some quick decisions and to understand our approach before you determine what other support you need through your commissioning program.
Please connect with us to schedule a free consultation as soon as you start thinking about the commissioning phase of your next project.