Epc contracting - Import export

Grand Voltage acts as a General Contractor, managing the overall coordination of a project. To this end, we are providing to our customers a full service based contract, offering engineering, a wide range of cables and electrical components, highly qualified workforce, as well as equipment, vehicles and tools.

The full turnkey construction contract also referred to as "EPC" (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) offers full guarantee of efficiency in the implementation of the project with minimal intervention on the investor’s side. Responsibility is centralized in De Smet Engineers & Contractors' hands and do not expose investors to risk inherent to contracts with equipment suppliers and site services providers. The EPC contract guarantees compensation for delays in project completion and also assumes full responsibility for overall project cost and performances as defined in the Contract. The single point of control over for the total plant design and project management provided by the EPC contract greatly favours the homogeneity of the plant concept as well as of equipment and materials in general.

The Semi Turnkey set-up is a Partial EPC contract whereby the investor procures directly some packages and services if it is felt by him to be more cost effective and presenting a level risk that he can control. De Smet Engineers & Contractor can nevertheless retain the overall assignment management and provide engineering, documentation and advisory services for all activities undertaken by the investor under an EPCM commitment. The Partial EPC contract can be applied for the construction of industrial plants in any of the main Sectors of Activities where DSEC offers its services like the following: Sugar Production & Refining Bio-Ethanol Production Biochemical Production Edible Oils & Fats Processing Bio-Diesel Production Biomass to Energy facilities To adapt to the needs of every client, in addition to the Semi Turnkey Construction DSEC offers different contractual alternatives: FEED, Pre-Engineering, Audits and Conceptual Engineering For & On Behalf Management EPCM and EPCM+® Full Turnkey (EPC) Construction

Thanks to its own sugar know-how, DSEC specialized in sugar plants EPC construction. The company acquired its expertise through the realization of many projects, ranging from audits of existing installations up to the turnkey construction of new industrial complexes. As for its other activities, DSEC is able to execute sugar related projects under the form of full EPC contracts, being familiar with all aspects of the project's implementation. DSEC not only masters specific sugar techniques and technologies but also all related process auxiliaries, civil works, steel structures, installation works, start-up and commissioning activities, including training of the client's personnel. DSEC’s project design and construction management gives paramount importance to the respect of health and safety and environment norms as well as to technical efficiency and ease of operation. The monitoring of project cost, time schedule and performances is the essence of any EPCM or EPC commitment. DSEC has developed proprietary technological and thermodynamic programs that very accurately simulate the operation of plants, from overall Heat & Mass Balances down to unitary process operations. In terms of drawings, DSEC uses a powerful 3D drawing and construction management tool (SmartPlan®) that dramatically improves material purchasing activity and site installation efficiency through a high level of prefabrication works. The importance of cogeneration and energy saving concepts has deeply changed the design of sugar plants construction and refineries over the last thirty years. DSEC is particularly proud of the results obtained in plants that have been built or upgraded in accordance with its studies and recommendations. DSEC’s independence from equipment suppliers and technology providers allows selecting the best possible technical solutions with a view of optimizing performances, energy recovery, maintenance and cost to the benefit of any project. In addition to state-of-the-art projects, DSEC’s engineering skills combined with agro process know-how have been selected by major players for developing large scale industrial units from laboratory developments and pilot plants. The projected increase in world sugar demand of 100 million tons over the next 15 years makes De Smet Engineers & Contractor’s knowhow in sugar plants EPC construction extremely valuable for the market.