The 'E' in EPCC stands for Engineering and Engineering forms the basis which determines the success or failure of EPCC projects. The experience & adaptability of the engineering team will firstly determine whether the EPCC contract is won on L1 basis or not, secondly it will determine whether project site is supported with timely release of drawings and lastly but most importantly it will also determine whether or not the project is executed within the pre-bid stage BOQ. Every EPCC contractor will therefore agree that having a robust engineering team, either departmentally or through partnership with design-engineering firms is crucial for every project.
EPCC contractors as well as Turnkey Engineering Firms routinely experience ebb & flow in terms of workload for the engineering team. Deploying additional engineering resources for projects during peak load is essential but diverting the additional resources efficiently & immediately after the peak is next to impossible.Man-power consultants can often supply the bodies to match the head count required during the peak but are often unable to supply the experience & technical skills required, which can actually result in usable man-hours.
In such a scenario, small & medium sized firms who can support the primary engineering team and tackle the peak load effectively, are the need of the hour. The onus on these firms should be to ensure optimally designed, high-quality, well-coordinated delivery of designs and drawings with in stipulated project timelines.
Contours Consulting Engineers (CCE) is a mid-sized engineering firm, based in Mumbai, which is positioned to tackle this very requirement and has been doing so successfully, for over a decade. Since its inception in 2012, CCE , has been providing Civil, Structural, and Architectural design services for EPCC projects in a variety of industries such as Oil & Gas Refineries, Cement Plants, Chemical Plants, Water Treatment Plants, AirSeparation/Industrial Gas Plants, Pharmaceutical and FMCG manufacturing plants.
Contours Consulting Engineers have worked closely with all leading Consultants & PMC’s across industries, which include Engineers India Limited (EIL), Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), Aker Solutions, Worley Parsons, Jacobs, Mecon, Mott MacDonald, SNC Lavalin. Most of these
firms are now CCE’s clients. CCE’s client list has further expanded toinclude, to mention a few, ACC, Afcons, Air Products, Dodsal, GVK, L&T, Voltas, Lyondell Basell, Maire Tecnimont, Toyo, African Mechanical, and Superlift.
“A decade of flourishing relationships with our clients, culminating in repeat orders of increasing volume, attest to the quality and punctuality of our deliverables”, says Jay Joshi, Founder at CCE.
“Training, motivation and work-load management are essential for retaining talented employees in today’s market scenario. Exposure to project sites & the added responsibility of client-facing roles, then converts a talented resource into an outstanding one”, says Tushar Kantharia, Founder at CCE.
Forward Integration Of Services
As project requirements become increasingly complex and timelines become increasing aggressive, clients' reliance on reliable and trust-worthy engineering partners grows, thereby necessitating forward or backward integration of service providing capabilities by the partners. Accordingly, Contours Consulting Engineers which was established to primarily provide Civil, Structural & Architectural design services has now broadened its horizons to provide Turnkey Engineering services, assistance with Statutory Approvals, carrying out Soil Investigation as well as Topographic Survey & DGPS surveys.
In addition to conventional engineering services, CCE has competence in the design of Blast Resistant Structures, Dynamic Equipment Foundations, Seismic Retrofitting, and Non Linear Analysis for Seismic Dampers.
A Global Venture
CCE is conversant with International codal provisions and construction practices, which enables it to deliver engineering services for International projects along with Domestic projects. With project locations spread across the globe and time zones, including Middle East, Americas, Europe and Africa, CCE can boast that their project sites are working around the clock!
CCE can deploy teams Onsite for Smooth co-ordination within a multi-disciplinary engineering environment. Further, team CCE gives utmost importance to timely resolution of site queries, which are of paramount importance for keeping project timelines on track.
One of Contours Consulting Engineers’ major strengths has been the adaptation of leading plant engineering software tools and deploying these tools to their client’s benefit. Further, exposure across various industries has helped them to imbibe the best working practices and to build a vendor database spanning across sectors.
CCE is conversant with international codal provisions and construction practices, which enables it to deliver engineering services for international projects along with domestic projects
Path Forward
Contours Consulting Engineers view the present market scenario as ideal for expansion and CCE’s short term focus would be on doubling its team strength in less than five years. Discussions are underway with local partners to set-up one more office in Germany. Finally, CCE will be soon launching a new vertical which will focus on customized training and upskilling of fresh graduates.
The training programs which will be carried out during the final year of graduation, will be tailored to meet individual client requirements, whereby CCE will partner with EPCC contractors & Larger Engineering firms to train their recruits. Clients will save on training cost and time since fresh recruits will be capable of giving effective output from the date of joining, rather than after completion of their training period.
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