In EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management) Project what should be the effort weightage distribution? Like Engineering how much percentage, Procurement how much percentage etc. of the
Partha AdhikaryAssociate Director| Jacobs Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.Panvel, Maharashtra, India
In EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management) Project what should be the effort weightage distribution?
Let say for a 200,000 man-hour (100%) Process Plant Project Engineering - X%, Planning - Y%, Execution (Procurement, Project Management etc.) - Z%, Construction Management - C%, Closing out - D%, so that X+Y+Z+C+D = 100%
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Hi Partha,
It is very difficult to be precise about those percentages as they differ from one project to another based on size and type but generally speaking I would say:
It's very hard to answer your question without reviewing the relevant estimates. You can refer to records in previous similar projects in terms of its amount and type. It might be totally different between Owner's view and Contractor's view in many projects.
One quickest solution is that you analyze the total amount of project and distribute the efforts based on key deliverables..
Based on given stages in your question from the contractor's perspective, I would roughly say:
1. Planning and Engineering including the design : 20%
2. Procurement: 40%
3. Construction : 30%
4. Closing(Commissioning and handing over): 10%
Above might be different based on the type of deliverables.
You might divide your project into phases like design phase, construction and procurement phase, and closing phase and they might be executed in overlapping ways. Majority of effort might be placed on construction and procurement phase. Each phase includes five process groups. Saving Changes...
Partha AdhikaryAssociate Director| Jacobs Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.Panvel, Maharashtra, India
Yes I do agree. This all depends on which project type. It's different for oil & gas, Power plant or say chemical or pharma plant. I am just looking average weightage distribution from this group's vast Project experience. Any body from Power Plant? I am at present looking for power plant ( lequid fuel / gas based) of capacity 50 - 100 MW.
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AKSHAY JAINPlanning Group Leader| YOKOGAWA, BahrainGwalior, Mp, India
Your terminology is bit difference and efforts varies from Project to project but typical range for a EPCM project and I assume construction management means actual construction works:
Initiation & Planning-5 to 10%
Design & Engineering - 10 - 25%
Procurement - 5 to 10%
Construction or execution - 60 to 80%
Closing - 5% Saving Changes...
Anonymous
Generally we can say any distribution, but actually Projects and objectives are different.so it doesn't apply everywhere. Saving Changes...
Peter RapinSubject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent ConsultantOntario, Canada
There are guidelines available in many jurisdictions. I would suggest you look archetectural organizations, construction associations, cost estimating handbooks and guides (Means).
As previous commenters have said - it depends. You need to factor in size, complexity, industry, location, market conditions.
I typically consider a 50/50 split between hard and soft costs. Hard being the actual cost of building with soft being everything else. Many organizations undervalue the soft costs believing that most of the costs should be in actually buying and laying bricks and such. However, my experience is that the less you pay for soft cost the more are the hard costs. Saving Changes...
imran naiyerProject Engineer| NoneUnited Arab Emirates
It Solely depend on nature of Project.Randomly can say
Intitiation 5
Engineering 20
Procurement-20
Construction-50
Close out-5 Saving Changes...
Amit DsouzaSenior Planning Engineer| Beumer Group04, Saudi Arabia
It depends based on type of project, scope, complexity, location etc.. even if power plants (productivity rate varies)
I suggest
Design & Engineering - based on manhours on deliverables / drawings
Procurement - based on cost
Project Management - based on effort (manhours)
Construction - manhours based on Quantities
Design Engineering - 8-12%
Project Management - 9% - 10%
Procurement - 45 - 60%
Construction - 30%
Commissioning - 8- 10% Saving Changes...
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