Owner's Engineering for Process Solutions

Exceptional project performance defines Owner's Engineering. To achieve this standard, engineers serve as owner's representatives, performing early-stage project activities and monitoring detailed engineering and construction functions that are carried out by other contractors.

During early project stages, the owner's engineers:
* Define the project scope aligned with business objectives
* Perform market forecasts and competitive assessments
* Prepare capital budgets
* Identify and evaluate technological alternatives, and scope additional technology development as required
* Prepare owner's design criteria for use in detailed engineering
* Prepare project scheduling and cash flow projections

These activities make it possible to "freeze" the project scope so that further changes are few.

In later phases, the owner's engineers perform part, or all of the development and detailed engineering, oversee the work of other engineers or contractors, and represent the owner's interests throughout project execution to keep the project true to business objectives, schedule, and budget.

Many companies today, do not maintain their own engineering staff. Owners increasingly turn to contractors for assistance with both detailed design and construction. For these companies, Harris Group offers a cost-effective, high-value approach to owner's engineering: the owner's virtual process engineering group.

During the past decade, Harris Group has built a highly qualified process engineering group experienced in performing owner's engineering functions, supported as needed by Harris Group engineers specializing in architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation engineering. This virtual engineering group functions as the owner's personal engineering team on process-driven projects and is integrated within the owner's organization. Harris Group works with owners to identify, manage, and/or provide engineering and project management services at each stage of a capital project.

 

Biorefining
Chemical and Other Process Industries
Energy - Power and Gas & Oil
Forest Industries
Industrial Manufacturing
Microelectronics
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Problems arise when owners fail to provide for the owner's engineering functions. Without owner's engineering, companies lack the ability to define projects at the front end. During later stages, these companies become overly dependent on their detailed design and construction contractors, whom they are ill equipped to manage.

Bob Harris
Chairman
206.494.9401
robert.harris@harrisgroup.com

Doug Dudgeon
Manager
206-494-9519
doug.dudgeon@harrisgroup.com

John Jobe
Director, Capital Projects
800.488.7410
john.jobe@harrisgroup.com