Facilities
HPCS has a strong technical and compliance track record, together with proven project management expertise which combines to deliver the best overall package for facilities and new construction.
After years of assisting clients in "fixing and troubleshooting" on new construction to ensure delivery of the expected user requirements and regulatory compliance, we are now ideally placed to assist clients to "get it right from the start". Many problems "built into" new facilities due to lack of thought or process knowledge can never be remedied cost effectively, but this remains a classical and common dilemma for many companies across the industry.
Process Mapping
Beginning with a detailed process map and definition involving all disciplines ensures that the facility is designed around the process, rather than the other way around. As with all of our project activities, this attention to detail up front delivers the most cost-effective, user-friendly and regulatory compliant solution. In some cases, this process map needs to be based on very little data, e.g. for a new product which has never yet been scaled up. Our experience in new product introduction and product transfer projects helps to deliver the project definition required.
This process map is the backbone of the project definition and will develop into a more complete picture as the project proceeds. On projects that deliver right through to a validated process, the process map will be a live document throughout the project and will not only deliver the right facility, but also the right services / utilities capacity to avoid any production limitations. The process map will challenge all stages of the process, looking at work flow as well as value added / non-value added activities.
We have the in-house expertise and specialist networks required to carry out detailed design and specification of processes, in order to ensure optimal solutions are delivered as part of a successful project outcome.
Architectural Services, Civil Works and Construction
The architects that we have worked with over the years need an accurate project definition and constraints document / specification to allow them to deliver the most efficient facilities design. This will marry aesthetics to planning restrictions and process requirements.
Similarly, contractors perform best when they have a good , clear design and specification, and are well managed and supported throughout the construction phase. Misinterpretations by contractors can be very costly and may threaten process efficiency and regulatory compliance.
Utilities
Utilities requirements are often very difficult to estimate up front in a facilities design, and represent a very common failure on many new construction projects. If utilities are not sized properly, either in terms of generation or distribution, it can be a very expensive fix later in the project and often leads to a compromise in production flexibility, due to a lack of space or time for a permanent solution. Needless to say, our experience over many years in specifying and engineering steam, water, compressed air and other utilities has led to a confidence that we are in the best possible position to estimate the production requirements and the requirements between services (e.g. WFI and plant steam requirements for pure steam).
Project Management
Nowhere is strong and effective project management more necessary than for a new facilities construction. The number of variables are generally at their greatest throughout the initial design and construction of the facility. Control and management of these variables is the greatest challenge to ensuring the facility is delivered to plan. Our proven track record in strong project management under difficult circumstances delivers here - achieving on time, on budget outcome through detailed, up front design and planning.