Consultancy

Our staff have over thirty years experience in the mechanical and electrical engineering design arena and during that time have worked in many areas including; foundries, aerospace, chemical process, industrial plants, food processing, green field installations, blue chip projects, and major infrastructure upgrades. These projects have involved work in Ireland, the UK and further afield.

Computer Aided Design (CAD) Support Services

IPS can provide CAD support services to clients. From concept sketches, electrical and mechanical schematics, P&IDs, layouts, templates and as installed drawings.
We can provide a team for any project large or small, so why not contact us to discuss your requirements.

IPS can provide various options for those looking for project planning support, we have outlined some of the key areas below, but please feel free to discuss any requirements you may have with us and we can develop a package to suit.

Some specialities include;

– Contract and Tender programmes (Engineeirng, Civil, Mechanical & Electrical, Rail, Testing and Commissioning)
– Resource/cashflow monitoring and forecasting for projects
– Creation of programme plans to support NEC3 structure
– Cause and Effect / Scenario Analysis / Delay analysis / Extension of Time (EoT) entitlement programmes
– Forensic plan analysis for NEC3 Claims
– Weekly/monthly progress reporting including programmes and dashboards or KPI’s
– Earned Value Management
– Team highly proficient in the use of planning tools including Primavera and Microsoft Project

The team have over twenty years experience in planning controls and techniques and have worked on large projects and bids across both Ireland and the UK.

IPS have experience with NEC3 contracts and have worked with various clients to evaluate NEC3 programmes and documentation pre and post tender and have been involved with claims analysis for prolongation claims during large projects.

We have prepared complex NEC3 programmes for large infrastructural projects for Tender submissions and Tender analysis with various consortium in Ireland and the UK.

Contract Structure
During its development, NEC developed a family of contracts including:

> The Engineering and Construction Contract
> The Engineering and Construction Sub-Contract
> The Professional Services Contract
> The Adjudicator’s Contract

The primary contract concerned is usually the Engineering and Construction Contract which supplies the main clauses common to the six Primary Options:

A. Priced Contract with Activity Schedule
B. Priced Contract with Bill of Quantities
C. Target Contract with Activity Schedule
D. Target Contract with Bill of Quantities
E. Cost Reimbursable Contract
F. Management Contract

We can help companies develop an integrated management system (IMS) that combines quality, occupational health and safety and environmental procedures into realistic business processes that any company can manage in order to become certificated.

The three standards covered are:

Quality Management ISO:9001
Environmental Management Systems ISO:14001
Occupational Health & Safety ISO:45001

We work alongside companies to develop a suitable system in order to achieve their integrated management certification and live it. We do not believe in producing a manual of procedures that will sit on the shelf gathering dust only to be unearthed prior to each external audit. Many companies require these three standards as a prerequisite to qualify for work with them. To achieve the standard is not as daunting as you would expect but applied using sympathetic methods it can transform a company.