Project Scoping & Costing Projects

Project Scope & Cost Development Projects

Following are examples of Project Scoping & Costing projects EFI Group has completed:

Design, commissioning and start-up of fully automated anode grooving, storage and handling system
Design and project planning for anode cover blending and transport systems – Two separate plants
Redesign of barge unloading hardware including boom, trolley, turntable, and winch systems
Analyze “Arc Flash” report and develop Implementation Plan and capital cost estimate
Investigate and develop options for capture of alumina “super fines”
Investigate and provide detailed design for rod mill expansion
Investigate rectifier cooling capacity and redesign circuit
Process flow and development of sizing & drying sand as Fracking Proppants
Wet resizing process development and project scoping for high purity silica
Long range expansion planning for calcium carbonate refining facility
Design of custom extraction system for feldspar dewatering vats
Reconcile and improve performance of a flash tube and a fluid energy dryer
Evaluate and recommended improvements for dust collection system for fluid energy dryer
Design and installation of an 80 tph dense phase pneumatic conveying system
Redesign of various portions of a continuous processing shingle line – entry and exit end
Redesign and replacement of Cooling Section including drive and controls upgrades
Redesign of high temperature limestone transport conveying pipeline
Investigate and reconcile the performance of fluidized hot oil limestone heater – Two lines
Designed and installed dust collection system for dry blending
Ion Exchange Project Development including: Plant Layout and Process Flow; Environmental requirements; Preliminary Cost Estimate and Preliminary Justification
Investigated, evaluated, and installed moisture sensing transducers
Investigate and estimate altering process
Equipment selection, line layout, and cost estimate for product conveying, case sealing, palletizing, and wrapping equipment
Problem/Opportunity resolution on Rice Vinegar filling line resulting in 45% rate improvement
Develop process and scope of work for power distribution to support additional flavor manufacturing cell
Design of flammable storage room
Removal/replacement of alcohol storage tanks
Contract Review for filling line for Hematology reagents
Specify, source and start up reagent filling line
Support FAT for Rotary Filling, Dosing and Capping Line
Review Pre-Bid Specifications for replacement Filling Line for Hematology
Support FAT for Multi-head Filling Line for Immunoassay reagents
Investigate wash/rinse water treatment for discharge to public sewer
Develop basic system design, equipment specifications, and cost estimate for a pressure test station
Multiple steel coating line projects for expansion and improvements
Analyzed production growth plans; Developed warehouse and shipping work processes and storage arrangement to improve Lead Time and Customer Service
Design and implement mixer inerting sensing system
Project management and machine/structural design for new dredge machinery
Installation and set up of pilot plant
Design for installation of a ceramic kiln
Develop process and costing for emergency handling of Powder River Basin coal storage
Process development and cost development for the manufactur of NiAl catalysts
Process flow, site plan and costing for the operations to manufacture fluid cracking catalysts
Establish a product cost model for custom made plastic tubes

We hired EFI Group to help us figure out a project and scope it, and I felt confident they would keep a keen eye on it. They had to deliver quickly and they did it well. They are especially good at project management when you don’t have the resources to do it internally. Reliability is the word I would use to describe EFI Group.

— Coatings Industry Professional

EFI Group is timely. We’ve had a lot of situations when we’ve been in a time crunch and they’ve responded very quickly. They are detail oriented and efficient. They’re a good group of people who also have a lot of strength in pre-engineering — the thought process to get to preliminary design and making sure we’ve investigated all the potential asks of a project to ensure we didn’t miss anything. They have great attention to detail up front which is very important to any project because having that detail-oriented deep dive into the pre-engineering phase sets the stage for the success of the rest of the project, making the process smoother and making it much easier to keep the project on schedule and on budget.

— Mike Quigley, Engineering & Maintenance Manager, Food Industry

I’ve worked with EFI Group for a while, so I know they have a good, knowledgeable staff. We know we’re going to get the results from them we expect. From my interactions with all the different EFI team members I’ve worked with, I know they have knowledge across many industries. Equally, I never have to follow up with EFI Group and, in some cases, they keep me on track.

— Ryan Fredsall, General Manager, Pacer Minerals LLC

We view EFI Group as a team that can dimensionalize our capability to execute projects. We can articulate what it is we want to do and they can take that input and run with it without much intervention from us. They’re able to move a project along independently and only engage us when it’s time to bring us up to speed or get more input to drive a project to conclusion. That’s one of the reasons I view them as an excellent contractor.

— Environmental Engineering Industry Professional

EFI Group has good engineers and good customer service. We know when we get an EFI engineer on a project, we’re going to a get a good job from them and it’s been a productive relationship for both of us — I genuinely like the people.

— Corporate Director, Project Management in Food & Flavors Industry