Power Plant Construction
Capital construction programs where procurement discipline, schedule certainty, and field execution determine delivery.
This interactive experience is the shipped product itself — the same application code customers run in production, mounted read-only in your browser over a real sample journey. Not a video, not a mockup: because the demo and the product are one codebase, it can never drift from the real thing.
Inside this journey
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Pre-Sales
Qualify and diagnose before investing in a full discovery cycle.
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Qualification
Confirm budget range, decision authority, timeline drivers (PPA/COD), and high-level risk tolerances before investing in a full discovery.
Qualification Questions
Project fit — schedule, performance, and high-level risks
- What is the binding date the project must be online by (for example PPA start, COD, regulatory deadline)? Please include the target date and which driver is binding.
- Which of the following performance commitments are non-negotiable for you at a high level?
- Which high-level risks would make you pause a full technical and commercial discovery?
Budget
- Is there an allocated budget range or target EPC cost range for this project?
Decision authority and influencers
- Who is the formal decision owner for awarding an EPC contract, and which roles materially influence that decision?
Readiness to proceed to full discovery
- If the basic fit checks align, are you ready to proceed to a focused technical and commercial discovery?
- What single piece of information, if provided now, would most help you decide whether to move to a full discovery?
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Site & Stakeholder Discovery
Map stakeholders, schedule constraints, site constraints, performance targets, and key technical and regulatory risks that must be resolved to proceed.
Discovery Questions
Site Snapshot to Get Started
- Tell me about your site profile: greenfield or brownfield, approximate acreage, and any existing major utilities or plants on site.
- Select the option that best describes your site's current electrical connection level.
- Estimate the number of separate laydown or staging areas realistically available on site.
- When is your target commercial operation date or PPA COD?
- Summarize any active site operations that must remain live during construction and their peak operating hours.
Who Actually Moves the Paper
- Imagine a single executive could delay award, who would that be and what specific concern would cause them to hold the project?
- List the formal approval gates between technical acceptance and contract signature and the typical duration for each gate.
- Which roles must sign the EPC contract and how many authorized signatories will be required?
- Name the procurement committee or board that makes the final call and the cadence of their meetings.
- How quickly could your team issue award instructions once commercial terms are agreed, in business days?
Hidden Site Constraints That Stop Schedules
- Identify the single site constraint that would force you to pause or cancel the project immediately.
- Detail access limitations we should plan for, including road weight limits, seasonal closures, and rights of way.
- Provide the count of major ground conditions investigated by geotechnical reports and the completion dates of those studies.
- Record any on-site utilities that will require relocation or protection during construction, and note the owner for each.
- Could crane placement, heavy haul routes, or river crossings secure special permitting within 12 weeks if required?
Performance and Outcome Non-Negotiables
- Suppose a guaranteed heat rate or net output misses target by 5 percent, could your organization accept a remedial plan or would that shortfall cause you to stop the project?
- Specify the minimum acceptable guaranteed net output at maximum continuous rating and any testing protocol you insist on.
- List the emissions limits and permit thresholds that are non-negotiable during performance testing and operation.
- State the months of liquidated damages or schedule protection you require in the event of delayed COD.
Stakeholder Map and Escalation Paths
- Name the stakeholder or committee most likely to challenge schedule or risk allocation and explain their primary concern.
- Walk me through the path of an issue escalation from field engineer to executive sponsor, including typical response time targets at each level.
- Who on your team will be the daily point of contact for construction coordination and who is their backup?
- Summarize community or local political stakeholders who could influence permitting or access during construction and the nature of their influence.
- Should a contractor-subcontractor dispute reach procurement leadership, which dispute resolution approach does your organization prefer?
Regulatory, Permitting, and Interconnection Roadblocks
- In the event the interconnection study requires a major transmission upgrade, can your organization fund or reallocate budget without changing project scope?
- Select the interconnection stage you are in and indicate when the last study was submitted.
- Choose the permits or approvals that remain outstanding for this project.
- Who owns permit delivery inside your organization and what internal approvals must clear before applications are filed?
- Identify any approvals that, if delayed beyond 6 months, would make the planned COD impossible.
Operational Readiness and Resource Constraints
- Can you confirm a single full-time commissioning owner will be available from award through COD?
- Provide the number of dedicated operations, maintenance, and commissioning staff you will assign or provide access to during handover.
- Which of the following digital as-built and asset data items are available now in editable format?
- Would absence of a named commissioning lead within 8 weeks of award pause construction start or require a different contractual approach?
- Explain the contractual or labor constraints that affect the use of your internal crews versus contractor crews on site.
The Other Options You're Weighing
- Outline the other procurement options you are actively evaluating and indicate which one currently feels most likely to win.
- Choose which alternative delivery paths you have considered for this project.
- Explain what would need to be true about the incumbent or internal option for you to stay with it rather than change vendors.
- Has anyone on your team proposed solving this without an outside EPC, and if so what scope did they propose?
- Assuming an internal option could match schedule and warranty, would that be sufficient to stay internal or are other factors decisive?
Decision Triggers and Next Steps
- When a focused proof test or short lead milestone validates performance, what would allow your organization to sign within seven days?
- Pick the minimum set of acceptance criteria you require before issuing notice to proceed.
- Point out the single contract term that would prevent you from signing this month.
- By when do you need commercial terms finalized to align with your internal procurement cycle?
- Outline the most likely next step your team will take after receiving a compliant commercial proposal.
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Solution Walkthrough
Translate the buyer's critical outcomes — schedule certainty, performance guarantees, emissions, and safety — into the seller's execution and commissioning approach using the customer's context.
Solution Experience
- Solution Walkthrough Session
- Confirm the current state and what it is costing you
- You confirm that the presented execution milestones and hold points protect your required PPA/COD date and quantify the remaining schedule risk.
- Provide the seller with the latest PPA/COD target dates, any non-negotiable milestone deadlines, and the interconnection milestone schedule.
- You confirm that the commissioning sequence and acceptance tests demonstrate how the seller will meet your heat rate, output, and emissions guarantees.
- Map critical schedule and milestone dependencies
- Seller to deliver a draft execution and commissioning milestone plan with named owners, hold points, and proposed acceptance test protocols within five business days.
- You confirm that the safety controls and named commissioning owners materially reduce your operational and reputational risk during construction and start-up.
- Provide the seller with the current permit and emissions testing status and any outstanding regulatory conditions that could affect commissioning.
- Show the commissioning approach tied to your performance guarantees
- You agree the list of remaining evidence and the timeline to deliver it so procurement and legal can proceed to Mutual Commit.
- Walk through emissions and regulatory compliance execution
- Seller to produce an initial risk mitigation summary for schedule, performance, and emissions showing contingency paths and estimated commercial impacts for known risks.
- Confirm a follow-up decision meeting date to review the delivered milestone plan and remaining evidence.
- Demonstrate construction and commissioning safety controls
- Validate the plan against your priorities
- Agree remaining evidence and next decision items
- Solution Walkthrough Session
- Solution Walkthrough Deck
- Solution Walkthrough Brief
- meeting
- slides
- document
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Solution Scope
Define the turnkey EPC scope, self-perform boundaries, key milestones, acceptance tests, and measurable performance guarantees.
Scope Configuration
- Procure and Deliver Turbine-Generator Package
- Procure and Deliver HRSG and Pressure Parts
- Civil and Structural Site Works and Foundations
- Heavy Mechanical Lifting and Equipment Setting
- Mechanical Piping Fabrication and Installation
- Electrical Balance-of-Plant Installation
- Instrumentation and Field Wiring Installation
- Controls and DCS Programming and Integration
- Pre-commissioning and Cold Functional Testing
- Wet Commissioning and Performance Testing
- Emissions Control System Installation and Compliance
- Operator Training and O&M Documentation Handoff
- Spare Parts Supply and Warranty Handover
- Grid Interconnection Testing and Utility Acceptance Support
- Prepare Tax-Credit and Incentive Qualification Package
Scope Questions
Procure and Deliver Turbine-Generator Package
- Provide the turbine-generator manufacturer, model, nameplate MW and the ISO conditions used for that rating.
- Specify the target vendor shipment date relative to your commercial operation date (COD).
- Which factory acceptance test (FAT) deliverables are required from the turbine OEM (for example vibration spectrum, balancing report, thermography, governor tuning record)?
- Identify any site-specific turbine package modifications required (exhaust duct orientation, lube oil heater voltage, package enclosure, ventilation/heater arrangements).
- What acceptance evidence will validate mechanical and electrical installation readiness for the turbine-generator (bearing clearance measurements, generator insulation resistance, coupling alignment reports, and FAT-to-site traceability)?
Procure and Deliver HRSG and Pressure Parts
- Provide the HRSG design basis including pressure parts materials, design steam pressures/temperatures, and required pressure part ASME code stamping.
- Which HRSG pressure part lead times and shipment milestones are acceptable relative to the project schedule?
- Identify necessary vendor-supplied documentation for pressure parts (material test reports, heat treatment records, NDE reports, ASME U/STAMP documents).
- Specify any site-specific HRSG attachments or scope splits that affect delivery (ductwork, stack adapters, modular skidding).
- List required spares or pressure-part replacement items to be delivered with the HRSG (tube bundles, gasket kits, superheater elements) and target spare lead times.
Civil and Structural Site Works and Foundations
- Provide the geotechnical report reference and key parameters we must design to (bearing capacity, groundwater depth, liquefaction potential).
- Specify foundation types and load cases required for major equipment (turbine pad, generator pedestals, HRSG supports, transformer foundations).
- Indicate required permitting or off-site approvals that affect civil works (grading permits, fill import restrictions, floodplain approvals).
- When is the site final grade and access road availability required for heavy deliveries and crane set-up?
- List site constraints that will influence foundation design or mobilization (existing buried utilities, rock outcrop, environmental buffers).
Heavy Mechanical Lifting and Equipment Setting
- Describe the heaviest lift and maximum lift radius expected on site and the crane class required (including any multi-crane tandem lifts).
- Specify crane pad and crane access requirements, including bearing capacity and laydown area sizes.
- Identify required lift plans and approvals we must deliver or integrate with your site safety plan (engineered lift calculations, certified rigging plans).
- Confirm if site requires taglines, wind monitoring thresholds, or restricted window lifts based on local ordinances or airport proximity.
- Detail the owner or contractor who will supply critical heavy lifting accessories (spreaders, synthetic slings, engineered shackles) and their certification status.
Mechanical Piping Fabrication and Installation
- Provide the applicable piping code and class for pressure piping on this project (for example ASME B31.1 power piping class and thickness drivers).
- Specify required welding procedure qualifications and non-destructive examination (NDE) levels for high-pressure steam and HRSG connections.
- Identify spool delivery expectations: shop-fabricated modules vs. field spooling, and any site preassembly constraints.
- List the hydrotest and flushing acceptance thresholds you require for steam and condensate systems (test pressure, acceptance hold time, allowable leakage).
- Describe any critical piping interfaces to third-party systems that require coordination (fuel supply skids, plant water systems, tie-in to existing plant piping).
Electrical Balance-of-Plant Installation
- Provide the primary electrical single-line diagram (SLD) point of interconnection and transformer ratings we must design and install to.
- Specify the switchgear and transformer delivery targets and whether factory FATs from the vendor are required prior to shipment.
- Identify required protection coordination studies and short-circuit/arc-flash analysis deliverables for the plant.
- Indicate grounding and lightning protection standards to apply (for example IEEE grounding practices, local utility requirements).
- Detail cable routing constraints, minimum separation requirements, and HVAC/electrical room capacities that affect installation sequencing.
Instrumentation and Field Wiring Installation
- Provide the expected I/O count and any safety instrumented system (SIS) loops that must meet SIL requirements.
- Specify field instrument standards and calibration tolerances (for example RTD class, transmitter accuracy, pressure transmitter range).
- Identify required field junction box locations, cable tray routing, and cable segregation rules that we must follow.
- Which instrument loop checks or continuity tests are mandatory before energization (wire megger, loop resistance, I/O mapping)?
- Describe your preferred tagging convention and the document we should receive as the master instrument index (tag list format).
Controls and DCS Programming and Integration
- Provide the DCS platform and version or the required communication protocols for turbine and balance-of-plant integration.
- Specify required logic deliverables: sequence of operations, alarm matrix, interlock descriptions, and loop diagrams to be delivered with the DCS.
- Indicate whether factory acceptance testing (FAT) of DCS logic with vendor emulation is required and whether we or you will witness it.
- Provide requirements for historian tags, data retention windows, and performance dashboards that must be deployed at handover.
- Describe any third-party control interface requirements (protective relays, independent safety PLCs, utility SCADA links) including protocol and tag mapping.
Pre-commissioning and Cold Functional Testing
- List the cold functional tests required prior to hot work (electrical insulation checks, motor no-load rotation, lube oil circulation dry-run).
- Specify required pre-commissioning deliverables such as as-built cable schedules, loop diagrams, and mechanical alignment records.
- Identify owners for test activities and who will provide test instruments and calibration certificates for cold checks.
- When must punchlist closure targets be met before proceeding to pressure or hot testing (weeks prior to hot commissioning)?
- What acceptance criteria will confirm cold functional testing is complete and ready for wet commissioning (loop checks passing, motor megger results within threshold, documented control interlock verification)?
Wet Commissioning and Performance Testing
- For performance testing, indicate the guaranteed net output, heat rate basis (ISO conditions), and auxiliary power assumptions to be used for acceptance tests.
- Provide the required performance test protocol and whether tests must be witnessed by a third-party tester or the utility.
- Indicate required wet commissioning milestones: fuel introduction, initial synchronization, stepped-load tests, and full-load acceptance runs.
- Provide constraints on ambient or auxiliary conditions for performance tests (ambient temperature range, barometric correction, fuel quality limits).
- What acceptance evidence will confirm the plant meets performance guarantees (performance test report with meter calibration certificates, fuel flow trace, heat rate calculation worksheets)?
Emissions Control System Installation and Compliance
- Provide the applicable emissions permit limits and stack testing intervals (NOx, CO, particulate) that the emissions control system must achieve.
- Which emissions control technology is included or expected (for example selective catalytic reduction SCR, oxidation catalysts, fabric filters) and any catalyst handling constraints?
- Identify Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) requirements including required analyzers, calibration gas intervals, and reporting frequency.
- Specify required compliance deliverables for permitting agencies (stack test protocols, CEMS certification, annual compliance reports).
- Describe any fuel quality or blending controls that affect emissions performance and must be reflected in the control system (fuel sulfur limit, biomass moisture content).
Operator Training and O&M Documentation Handoff
- Specify the operator training scope required: classroom hours, hands-on start-up sequences, and simulator sessions if needed.
- Provide the format and language requirements for O&M documentation deliverables (electronic PDF, searchable binder, native CAD/CADWORX files).
- List the minimum number of named personnel who must be trained and certified prior to handover and their roles.
- Indicate required training acceptance evidence (operator practical exam pass, signed training attendance rosters, simulator logbook entries).
- Describe required maintenance documentation content: preventive maintenance tasks, spare parts lists with part numbers, and critical vendor contacts.
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Mutual Commit
Finalize commercial and legal terms, schedule guarantees, warranty and performance obligations, and security or bonding requirements.
Agreement Modules
- Master Services Agreement (MSA)
- Statement of Work (SOW)
- Project Contract (Turnkey EPC Agreement)
- Price Schedule & Payment Terms
- Schedule Guarantee & Liquidated Damages
- Performance Security & Bonding
- Warranty & Performance Guarantee Addendum
- Acceptance & Takeover Certificate
- Performance Test Procedure
- Change Order Agreement
- Insurance Requirements Schedule
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Execution
Operationalize construction, commissioning, and go/no-go acceptance with readiness checks and safety gates.
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Pre-Deployment Readiness
Capture concrete readiness facts — permits, interconnection milestones, long-lead equipment status, site access, and named owners — the execution team needs locked before work begins.
Pre-Deployment Questions
Environment and site access
- Site access status (so we can schedule mobilization and heavy lifts)
- If access is partial or not granted, expected date full site access will be available (so we can plan mobilization)
Permits and regulatory approvals
- Overall status of required construction and environmental permits (building, grading, air emissions) that must be in place before work begins
- Named owner for permitting and regulatory inspections (name and role) — who will receive inspection notices and sign permit closeouts?
Equipment, interconnection, and long-lead items
- Status of long‑lead equipment procurement (major rotating equipment, HRSG, transformers) — select the best description
- Interconnection milestone status (studies, queue position, utility agreement) — choose the current state the execution team must assume
- If an interconnection date or utility-ready-for-commissioning date is committed, what is that calendar date? (so we can align commissioning windows)
People, responsibilities, and timing constraints
- Named execution owner for site construction mobilization (name and role) — who will approve mobilization and site changes?
- Named commissioning owner who will accept mechanical completion and performance handover (name and role)
- Hard schedule constraints or blackout windows the team must observe (PPA COD, seasonal restrictions, planned outages, regulatory deadlines) — list dates and the reason they bind the schedule
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Configuration & Logistics
Lock the exact configuration values the project requires — critical delivery windows, serial numbers, laydown plans, interface points, and commissioning windows.
Configuration Details
Project Configuration Summary
- Project site identifier (enter the buyer's canonical site ID; format: SITE-XXXX). This exact value will be used on logistics tags and manifests.
- Commercial COD date (format: YYYY-MM-DD) — Default: the COD date agreed in Mutual Commit. Enter the single date the deployment will target.
- Primary schedule baseline owner role (enter role only, e.g., Buyer Project Director or Seller Project Controls Lead). This role will receive schedule change notices.
Critical Equipment Delivery & Tracking
- Does this project include serialized long‑lead items that must be tracked (Yes/No)?
- Number of serialized major equipment items to track (numeric; e.g., turbines, HRSGs, generators). Default: 3 — enter an integer.
- Serial/tracking ID naming convention (enter the exact pattern to apply to tags; format guidance: e.g., TURB-#### or EQP-YYYY-LOC). This pattern will be applied verbatim.
Laydown Areas & Site Interfaces
- Primary laydown area identifier (enter buyer canonical lot name or GPS coordinate; format example: LOT-A or 34.1234,-118.1234).
- Maximum laydown storage duration for major equipment before installation begins (numeric days; Default: 30). Enter an integer.
- Is the buyer providing a finished utility interface point on site (Yes/No)?
Commissioning Windows & Handover
- Preferred commissioning start window (format: YYYY-MM-DD). Default guidance: 30 days before COD — enter the single requested start date.
- Preferred commissioning duration (numeric days; Default: 45). Enter the total calendar days the commissioning window must cover.
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Construction & Commissioning
Execute construction, heavy mechanical work, system integration, and commissioning with Gantt-driven tasks, owners, and safety controls.
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Commissioning & Acceptance Checklist
Mandatory pre-COD gate: verify safety sign-offs, mechanical completion, performance testing vs guarantees, emissions compliance, utility approvals, and named owner acceptance.
Checklist items
- Receive signed Safety Readiness Certificate
- Issue Mechanical Completion Certificate
- Verify lockout/tagout (LOTO) and isolation records for energized systems
- Complete system-level performance test report versus guarantees
- Deliver emissions test and compliance report
- Obtain written Utility Permission to Operate (PTO) and metering acceptance
- Complete protection, relays and controls validation and handover
- Confirm critical spare parts and vendor support agreements available
- Receive Operational Acceptance Certificate from named operations owner
- Provide required insurance, performance security and warranty documentation
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Post-Commissioning Success
Track plant performance vs guaranteed heat rate/output, manage warranty and punchlist items, and maintain a recurring review cadence for continuous improvement.
Success Reviews
- Post-COD Health Check (weeks 1-4)
- First Performance Measurement (weeks 4-10)
- 90-Day Performance and Warranty Review (around day 90)
- Monthly Operations Review (recurring, first 6 months)
- Annual Performance Review and Continuous Improvement (12 months)
Issues & Enhancements
- Update the punchlist tracker with completion evidence and revised target dates for remaining items.
- Schedule and execute follow-up performance tests per the agreed verification plan.
- Publish revised O&M checklists and operating-setpoint recommendations for operations staff to implement.
- This month's performance dashboard
- Ensure month-to-month performance is trending toward Solution Scope guarantees and surface any new risks early.
- Reduce open punchlist and warranty items through prioritized, timebound actions.
- Confirm upcoming maintenance windows and parts procurement to avoid avoidable forced outages.
- Reconfirm success criteria and named owners
- Place purchase orders for any long-lead spare parts required to support upcoming maintenance.
- Schedule the next monthly operations review and circulate the dashboard export in advance.
- 12-month performance summary
- Confirm whether the plant's 12-month average performance meets the Solution Scope guarantees or document residual liabilities and remedies.
- Agree a set of continuous improvement actions and process updates to reduce future warranty risk and improve availability.
- Set the ongoing review cadence and owner responsibilities for steady-state operations monitoring.
- Publish the 12-month performance report with a summary of warranty spend and remaining open items.
- Capture and distribute agreed O&M and commissioning process changes for implementation in the next operating cycle.
- Establish the steady-state review schedule and required dashboard exports for operational owners.
- All performance targets and acceptance owners from Solution Scope are confirmed and accessible to the operations and warranty teams.
- A clear list of immediate safety, instrumentation, and punchlist blockers is documented with remediation tasks and target dates.
- Incumbent wind-down approach is documented, including archive or read-only decisions and next steps where applicable.
- Publish the confirmed success-criteria and owner register from Solution Scope to the shared workspace.
- Create and distribute the initial punchlist with remediation tasks and due dates for the next monthly review.
- Log any safety incidents into the safety action tracker and confirm corrective actions are scheduled.
- Present measurement data and data integrity check
- Confirm validity of the measurement data for heat rate and net output with instrumentation checks completed.
- Identify and document the primary root cause(s) for any performance shortfall and a timebound remediation plan.
- Agree the verification method and date for re-measurement to close the identified gap.
- Execute instrumentation calibration or data-collection fixes identified during the data-integrity check.
- Implement the agreed tuning or corrective actions and schedule the follow-up performance test.
- Update the performance tracking dashboard to surface heat rate and net output variance bands for the next meeting.
- 90-day aggregated performance summary
- Documented remediation plan for each performance shortfall or open warranty item with target completion dates.
- Agreement on verification tests that will demonstrate remediation success and remove warranty obligations where appropriate.
- Updated O&M action list to reduce recurrence risk for identified root causes.
- Issue formal remediation tasks for each open warranty claim with required evidence and target close dates.
- Startup and control system validation
- Punchlist and warranty burn-down
- Warranty cost and claim summary
- Warranty and punchlist status
- Compare results to Solution Scope guarantees
- Root-cause diagnosis for any variances
- Remediation closure plan
- Lessons learned and process changes
- Safety and site incidents review
- Operational issues and root-cause updates
- Open punchlist and immediate blockers
- Short-term maintenance and parts planning
- Steady-state review cadence and escalation plan
- Agree corrective actions and verification steps
- Preventive maintenance and O&M updates
- Incumbent asset retirement and fallback closure