Financial Consulting Services
Harris Group provides complete due diligence and owner's engineering services, providing lenders, investors, developers, and owners assistance with the development, financing, acquisition, divestiture, and monitoring of industrial facilities. As a leading independent engineering firm, Harris Group is well regarded in the financial markets and by the rating agencies. Our clients include the world's largest banks and project finance lenders, institutional investors, equity financiers, public and private developers, utilities and municipalities, and Fortune 500 corporations.
Recently, Harris Group provided independent engineering services to three Project Finance "2005 Deals of the Year." The Financial Consulting group played a role in three projects that received awards sponsored by Project Finance Magazine (PFM). The three deals were:
North American Refinancing - 240-MW - Crocket Cogeneration Refinancing
North American Single Asset - 1,022-MW - La Paloma Power Acquisition Financing
North America Renewables - 180-MGY Hawkeye Ethanol Project Financing
To learn how Harris Group integrates the critical components of alternate fuels projects, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click on "Turning Dreams Into Reality."
We serve customers in the following industries:
Electric Power: all generation technologies utilizing solid, liquid, and gaseous fossil fuels, geothermal, hydro and renewable energy.
Natural Gas/LNG, Oil Production, and Refining: natural gas processing and gathering systems, storage, pipelines and pipeline facilities, NGL recovery and LNG facilities, petroleum production, refining, transportation, and by-products.
Ethanol and Biomass: ethanol and biomass conversion projects, and developmental processes.
Forest Industries: pulp and paper mills, secondary fiber, bleaching, wood products mills and power-related projects.
Industrial Manufacturing: aerospace manufacturing and assembly, vehicle production, factory layout and automation, microelectronics, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical production.


Due diligence
Independent engineering reviews
Design review
Commercial evaluation
Technology assessment
Feasibility assessment
Project development services
Owner's engineering services
Contract review, development, and negotiation
Cost and schedule analysis
Operation and maintenance reviews
Environmental compliance assessments
Permitting and environmental studies
Pro forma review and development
Construction progress monitoring
Change order review
Performance test monitoring and development
Ongoing project monitoring
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Ed Portaro
Financial Consulting
(303) 291-0355
ed.portaro@harrisgroup.com








