Electrical Department

Activity in an EPC Company

TYPE OF WORK WE DO
Proposals
FEED (Front-End Engineering Design)
Detail Engineering
Procurement Assistance
Construction Support
Training for Clients on Major Electrical Equipment
Pre-commissioning Activities
Close-Out/As-Built
Proposal
Identify scope of work & Major
Equipment


Contract Document Review
including Technical documents
Technical Queries
MTO (Material Take-Off)
Costing of Major Equipments
Thru quotes received against Inquiry
In-house cost data
Cost Estimate
Currency for cost estimate
Material Cost
Construction Cost
Proposal
Transportation/ Vendor visits for
discussions, Inspection, testing &
Commissioning
Site visits for data collection
Man-hour
Cost Estimate (Cont.)
Proposal
Preparation of Technical Proposal
Scope Description
Qualifications/Deviations
Proposal
Identification of scope of work & major
equipment
Preliminary Plot Plan
Preliminary Load Calculations
Design Basis
Preliminary Equipment layout & Bldg
Sizing
FEED (Front End Engineering Design)
Conceptual Key Cable Layouts
Data Sheets for major equipments
Single Line Diagrams (SLD)
Typical details of Electrical Installations
FEED (Front End engineering DesignZ
Cost Estimate
Material cost
Construction cost
Man-hours
Cost of Commissioning & Startup
spares
Cost of Supervision for erection,
Testing & commissioning by Vendor
FEED (Front End engineering Design
Develop SLD (Single Line Diagrams)
Data Sheets
Verification of FEED/Proposal &
Endorsement
Detail Engineering Design
Engineering & Design Calculations
Transformer sizing
HV & LV Switchgears sizing
AC & DC UPS sizing
System Studies (Short circuit, Load flow,
stability thru ETAP)
Cable sizing
Detail Engineering Design
Engineering & Design Calculations (Cont.)
Indoor & Outdoor lighting
Safety Earthing
Lightning Protection
Detail Engineering Design
Equipment Sizing
Procurement
Inquiry
Bid review & TBE (Tech. Bid Evaluation)
PR (Purchase Requisition)
Vendor Drawing Review
Vendor Inspection/Testing
Substation Sizing
Plot Plan Input
Detail Engineering Design
Cable Schedule
Interconnection Schedule
Detail Layout Drawings for cabling,
lighting, earthing, Lightning Protection
Heat Tracing
Cathodic Protection
Schematic drawings
Detail Engineering Design
DESIGN
BASIS
ELECTRICAL DEPT. ACTIVITIES
FLOW CHART
ONE
DIAGRAMS
LINE
EQUIPMENT
SIZING,
CLIENT
INTER-
DETAILED
CHECK
DISCIPLINE
APPROVAL
DRAWINGS /
DOCUMENTS
ISSUE
SPECS
AND
PURCHASE
TO BIDDERS
INQUIRY
BID
EVALUATION
TECHNICAL
DELIVERED
TO SITE
EQUIPMENT VENDOR
REVIEW
DRAWING
INSPECTION
AT
FOR
AND OTHER
INPUTS FROM
OTHER DISCIPLINES


INPUTS REQUIRED FROM OTHER
DISCIPLINES FOR PREPARING ELECTRICAL
DOCUMENTS
Electrical Engineering


Electrical Engineering
Input From Process Discipline
No From To
Electrical
Document
Information
For Process
1 Process Electrical Preparation of
Electrical Load list
Process dept. furnishes the Equipment
list identifying all the electrical
consumers (loads) including package
auxiliaries with approx. kW ratings,
working and standby equipment &
emergency requirements.
2 Process Electrical Preparation of Heat
tracing Inquiry
Process dept. provides PFD & P&IDs
with markup of all the lines and vessels,
etc. required to be heat traced. Also
Process advises temp to be maintained
on pipes by heat tracing.
3 Process Electrical Control Schemes P&IDs will indicate the point of control
for each motor driven equipment.


Electrical Engineering
Input From Process Discipline
No From To
Electrical
Document
Information
For HSE
4 Process Electrical Electrical
Hazardous
Classification
Drawing
Process provide PFD and Hazardous
area classification Source List with details
of Equipment and carbon contain.


Electrical Engineering
Input From Rotating/Static Discipline
No From To
Electrical
Document
Information
For Rotating / Static
1 Rotating Electrical To prepare Electrical
Load Calculations &
SLD.
Process furnishes equipment list.
Rotating equipment group furnishes
motor KW ratings based on vendor
data.
Load list used for sizing transformers, DG
sets, switchgear, cables, etc.
2 Rotating Electrical To prepare Inquiry &
Purchase specs. of
Emergency
Generator sets
Rotating group provides mechanical
engine data sheets & specification of
relevant systems.
3 Static Electrical For preparing CP
inquiry for tank
bottoms
Static group provides details of tanks
material, dimensions, coating, etc.
4 Static Electrical Lighting layouts Details of platforms on tanks/vessels by
Static group.


Electrical Engineering
Input From Instrument/Telecom Discipline
No From To
Electrical
Document
Information
For Instrument/Telecom
1 Instrument/
Telecom
Electrical AC/DC UPS Inquiry
requisition, issue of
SLD, Load
Calculations
Instrumentation/Telecom provides number
of UPS & NON UPS power consumers with
details of kW, redundancy requirements
and backup time.
2 Instrument/
Telecom
Electrical Cable BOQ/sizing &
Inquiry requisition
Instrumentation/Telecom provides the
location of the electrical consumers by
marking on the plot plan.
3 Instrument/
Telecom

Electrical Earthing design Instrumentation/Telecom provides type &
no of earth systems required for their use
(viz. earthing, safety earthing) with
earthing resistance.
Instrumentation provides the earthing
philosophy.


Electrical Engineering
Input From Instrument/Telecom Discipline (Contd)
No From To
Electrical
Document
Information
For Instrument/Telecom
4 Instrument/
Telecom
Electrical Earthing layout &
procurement
Inst/Telecom provides number of earthing
points/items with location of IS and clean
earth. A mark up on the plot plan layout is
generally provided by inst.
5 Instrument/
Telecom

Electrical Process Cable
Trench/Cable
routing layout
drawings
Input is taken from Inst/Telecom dept
regarding their proposed cable trench route
on the plot plan and Electrical trench routes
are fixed such that there is no interference
between the Electrical & Inst trenches.
6 Instrument Electrical Substation
Equipment & cut
out layouts
drawings
Inst provides requirements of instrument
panels to be located in S/S viz IRP. F & G
panel, etc. a mark up on the substation
equipment layout is provided by Inst.


Electrical Engineering
Input From Instrument/Telecom Discipline (Contd)
No From To
Electrical
Document
Information
For Instrument/Telecom
7 Instrument Electrical MCC design /Inquiry An Inst/Electrical interface dwg is prepared by
instruments in consultation with Elec
addressing the following requirements:
Start/Stop control from DCS; Status
requirement on DCS; Trip requirements on
DCS; ESD requirements etc.
8 Instrument Electrical For Heat tracing
inquiry
Inst dept provides the list of instruments to be
heat traced.


Electrical Engineering
Input From Piping Discipline
No From To
Electrical
Document
Information
For Piping
1 Piping Electrical Cable Route,
Lighting and
Earthing Layouts
Piping provides plot plan & other individual
area layouts These are required for
preparing electrical layouts viz. trench,
lighting & earthing layouts.
2 Piping

Electrical For Preparing Heat
Tracing Inquiry
Piping provides specification of thermal
Insulation. Approximate pipe lengths are
marked up on the Line list for all pipes to
be heat traced. This is required for Heat
Tracing design.
3 Piping

Electrical Heat Tracing
Drawings (by
Vendor)
Piping provides isometrics which are
forwarded to Heat Tracing vendor, based
on which the vendor prepares Heat Tracing
detailed drawings.
4 Piping

Electrical For Preparing CP
Inquiry for buried
Pipes
Piping provides buried pipe coating
Philosophy along with pipe material. This is
required for Cathodic protection design.
Electrical Engineering


Inputs from Electrical to other Disciplines
Sub-station building dimensions
Transformer dimensions and weight for foundations and walls (if
required) around transformers
Sub-station layouts for cut-outs and panel fixing
Cable trench type, routing and dimensions
Overhead cable tray layout and loading
Outdoor lighting layout for pole foundations
Switchyard equipment foundations
Steel requirement
Any other outdoor electrical equipment foundations or excavations,
where required.
Inputs to Civil
Electrical Engineering


Deliverables & Activities of Electrical Department
Design Basis
Single line Diagram
Calculations
Load List
Equipment sizing
Short circuit load flow studies and Transient
Stability (ETAP) Relay setting and co-ordination
Electrical Engineering


Deliverables & Activities of Electrical Department (Contd)
Specifications / Datasheets / Requisitions
Indoor substation layout drawing
Outdoor switch yard layout drawing (if required)
Cable Layouts
Lighting & Earthing Layouts
Cable & Interconnection schedules
Electric Heat Tracing Drawings
Vendor Drawing Reviews
Inspection at Vendors works
Field Co-ordination
Electrical Engineering


Proposal Work
Carryout all the activities listed earlier for estimation
of cost of electrical activities.
Estimate engineering man-hours to carryout regular
job.
Prepare Inquiry Requisitions, Evaluate (Technically)
Vendor offers and prepare
Purchase Requisitions (Actual Procurement of
Equipment through Procurement Department)

Procurement Assistance
Construction support at Site
Construction, Testing & Commissioning
support from Home Office
(Some candidates may be ultimately placed in
our construction / commissioning department)
Construction, Testing & Comissioning Support
Coordinate with Equipment Vendor
Preparation of Training Manual
Type of Training
Identify Major Equipment
Class Room
On the Equipment
Operation & maintenance
Training For Client on Major Equipment
Identifications of system packages
Energization of Electrical Equipment
Input to Pre-Commissioning &
Commissioning Manual
Verifications of Check list
Pre-commissioning & operation Activities
Close out of Punch List Items
Close out report & Site Hand Over to
Client
Clearance of Site
Mechanical Completion
Close-Out/As-Built