ESI

When ESI performs the design and engineering for a project, we carefully research and select the appropriate equipment and meticulously design our projects as if we were designing and constructing our own facility using our own funds. This translates into a high level of project quality, integrity, and consistency as well as only incorporating features in the design which we would be willing to purchase ourselves.

Our project execution strategy is to assign a team of highly trained engineers from each engineering discipline to the project under the leadership of a project manager. ESI is committed to the project management concept, where an individual with comprehensive and broad experience in steam and power plant technology is assigned to be responsible for providing overall direction of the project. Our project managers have many years of experience in the design, engineering, construction, and start-up of all types of steam and power plant equipment; including boilers, solid fuel and waste-handling systems, ash-handling systems, turbine-generators, and related equipment.

The ESI project manager is the prime focus and liaison between ESI and the client. All project managers report directly to the Vice President of Project Operations. This assures clients that top management attention will always be focused on their project. ESI's top management firmly believes that a successful project requires a constant check and balance by all personnel of the organization, thereby producing a successful project with a minimum of design, construction, and/or operational problems.

Within our ESI specialized teams, we have registered professional engineers in Architectural, Civil/Structural, Chemical, Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls,and Mechanical engineering. This is a major benefit for our client projects because all of our design engineering is done "in-house" under close supervision, including every aspect of the project, from site work to final emissions compliance measuring equipment. We also use the same engineers that design the systems to perform their initial start-up and operation. This ensures design sensitivity to the needs of operating and maintenance personnel including items such as maintenance access or the location of control valves, transmitters, or other access-critical components.

ESI will provide the client with every opportunity to review both preliminary and final design information prior to completion and issuance of the construction drawings and specifications. This will assure the client's representatives that specific requirements are being met and included in the design.

During detailed design, regular communication will be maintained with the client's representatives. This will assure the client of continued involvement in the design
process and also assure the client that specific plant and corporate requirements are included.

Detailed design activities typically include:

Final equipment sizing.
Final equipment specifications.
Finalization of client design criteria and requirements.
Preparation of P&IDs.
Preparation of electrical one-line diagrams.
Preparation of control logic diagrams.
Preparation of piping drawings.
Preparation of construction drawings for mechanical, electrical, and civil/structural aspects of the work.
Finalization of vendors for all equipment and materials.
Issuing contracts and purchase orders for equipment and materials.
Expediting of vendor information including drawings.
Vendor expediting and equipment surveillance.
Preparation of operating instructions and plant data manual.
Preparation of construction specifications.
Design constructability review.
Preparation of test procedures.

From our successful 20 plus years of experience in the design and construction of steam and power generation facilities, we have been able to identify crucial project specifications that ultimately have a major impact on performance, reliability, and maintainability.