delivering viable project

Panel Session: Delivering a Viable Anaerobic Digestion Project

Session Panelists

Dan Rathbun Business Development Manager

SEH Food and Beverage

Industry

Nick Rosenberry Business Development Manager

Harris Companies – Industrial

Group

Nick Brancale Pre-Construction Manager

Adolfson & Peterson – Energy

Group

Introduction of Firms

SEH - Our Company

Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) is an employee-

owned company of engineers, architects, planners, and

scientists serving public and private sector clients.

• In business since 1927

• Experience with designing, constructing, and

commissioning digesters for over 50 years

• Food and Beverage focus on solutions to reduce,

eliminate, or re-use waste streams

Steve, I feel this should have similar text to the website. The format in which info is listed should be consistent w/Harris &AP—sldies 6 & 4

SEH Sample Projects Photos: Update images below w/what I’ve placed in your transfer folder Rice Street Owatonna WWTF aerial (ideally the photo that is in the hallway by the receptionist). If we can’t locate that one the photo to the right will work. CF new office

Owatonna WWTP

A. Wastewater Treatment Plant Owatonna, Minn.

B. TH 36/Rice Street Interchange Ramsey County, Minn

C. SEH office opening June 2014 Chippewa Falls, Wisc.

A. B.

C.

Harris Mechanical - Our Company

Harris Mechanical is a full service mechanical contractor

and EPC firm founded in 1948.

• National presence

• Strong industrial and

process resume

• Safety focused

• Financial Strength

Steve, I feel this should have similar text to the website. The format in which info is listed should be consistent w/Harris &AP—sldies 6 & 4

Harris Mechanical Sample Projects

Otter Tail Ag Ethanol Plant

MET Council Environmental Services

A. Gopher Resources Tampa Bay, FL

B. Otter Tail Ag Ethanol Plant Fergus Falls, MN

C. MET Council Environmental St. Paul, MN

B.

C. A.

Adolfson & Peterson Construction

A&P is national general contractor and EPC firm with

headquarters in Minneapolis, MN and seven regional

offices.

• Founded in 1946

• EPC Contractor

• Anaerobic Digestion

• Pyrolysis

• Gasification

• Solar

• Strong Financial Position

A. New Belgium Brewery Asheville, N.C.

B. Blue Lake Anaerobic Digestion Wastewater Treatment Plant, Shakopee, Minn.

C. EnergyWorks GENRF ELM Gasification

Facility, Gettysburg, Penn.

A. B.

C.

A&P Sample Projects

Project Lifecycle | Selecting Your Team | Project Delivery Method

Setting the Stage

Project Lifecycle

Project Initiation:

Project Initiation

Business Case

Definition Feasibility

Project Design

Project Construction

Project Start Up 1. Identify project conceptual

description, drivers, and

goals.

2. Identify project team,

technology providers, and

potential partners.

3. Perform Fatal Flaws

Analysis.

Business Case

Definition

Feasibility ProjectDesign

ProjectConstruction

ProjectStart Up

Project

Initiation

Business Case Definition:

Project Initiation

Business Case


Project Design


Project Start Up

1. Engage EPC and technology

provider team

2. Identify potential sites, feed

stocks and off takes

3. Develop project pro forma

4. Create project schedule

5. Research potential funding

sources

Business Case

Definition

Project

InitiationFeasibility Project

DesignProject

Construction

ProjectStart Up

BusinessCase

Definition

Feasibility:

Project Initiation

Business Case


Project Design


Project Start Up

1. Develop preliminary general arrangement drawings

(GA) and conceptual basis of design

2. Refine Cost Estimates

3. Refine pro forma

4. Perform site assessments

5. Perform feed stock analysis

Business Case

Definition

Project

Initiation

ProjectDesign

ProjectConstruction

ProjectStart UpFeasibility

Project Initiation

Business Case


Project Design


Project Start Up

1. Develop detail design to establish guaranteed

maximum price (GMP)

2. Complete project responsibility matrix

3. Finalize construction schedule

4. Begin detailed permitting

5. Execute EPC contract Insert Respons. matrix

Project Design:

Business Case

Definition

Project


Construction

ProjectStart Up

Project Design

Project Initiation

Business Case


Project Design


Project Start Up

1. Procure equipment and contract with

key vendors and subcontractors

2. Finalize project design for design

build methodology

3. Value engineer throughout

construction process

4. Achieve substantial completion

Insert digester pics – A-P Blue Lake Project pics

Project Construction:

Business Case

Definition

Project


Design

ProjectStart Up


Project Initiation

Business Case


Project Design


Project Start Up

1. Training of operations staff

2. Commission each system of the facility.

3. Begin system loading / ramp-up.

4. Performance testing.

5. Begin full operations.

Generator Picture and startup training sample testing lab picture Training SOP manual

Keep Solids Sep image Include: green digester that appears on old F&B banner Wstwtr testing lab Training SOP manual (perhaps a generic 3-ring binder w/the word training on it?

Project Start Up:

Business Case

Definition

Project


DesignProject

Construction

Project Start Up

Things to Consider When Selecting the Team

Technology & Equipment Providers

• Track Record

– Based on your feed stocks and off takes

• Warranty / Performance Guarantee

– Strength to financially back

• Ability to Pilot Test

Engineering, Procurement &

Construction (EPC) Team

• Experience / Resume

• Financial Strength

– E&O insurance

– Bonding Capability

– Mechanical Guarantee

• Safety Record – EMR/MOD rating

• Familiarity with Geographic Region

Feedstock & Off-take Partners

• Financial strength

• Contract length

• Guarantee quality, consistency, and

volume

• Impact of regulatory drivers on project

inputs and outputs

Project Delivery Method

Thank You

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