Projex Solutions is a multi-discipline engineering business working across UK process manufacturing. We take projects from first idea through to a plant that runs, and we do it under one accountable team rather than handing you between separate consultants.
Our services fall into six areas. Most clients need more than one of them, and the value usually comes from the overlap: a design that already accounts for the process safety case, a construction package that reflects what the survey actually found, a project plan that a regulator would recognise. Choose an area below, or tell us the problem and we will point you at the right part of it.
Project management and execution
Structured project management for capital and improvement projects on operating plant, delivered under our ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System. This is the discipline that keeps a project honest: a defined scope, a plan people can work to, and change controlled rather than absorbed.
Covering: project methodology and standards (ISO 9001), project execution planning, quality assurance, HSE management, scope development, project planning, procurement management, risk management, cost management, communication and stakeholder management, change management, integration management, resource management, and Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) support and management.
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Engineering design
Process, mechanical and EC&I design coordinated in-house. Splitting these across separate suppliers is where most interface problems start, and they tend to surface on site, when they are expensive.
Process engineering: process design basis and calculations, PFDs, P&IDs, process safety and optimisation, control philosophies, and pressure relief.
Mechanical engineering: construction drawings and installation concepts, layouts for site, pipework and equipment, 3D scanning and 3D modelling, isometrics and line and valve lists, zoning drawings, as-built drawings, and concept design.
EC&I engineering: cable routing, sizing and power calculations, lighting layouts, LV power distribution, instrument block cabling and loop sheets, specifications, control panel and motor control specifications, and CompEx design.
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Engineering consultancy
Front-end work that tells you whether a project is worth doing, what it will cost, and what it will take. Capital committed on thin definition is the most expensive mistake available on a process plant, and it is almost always avoidable.
Covering: EPCM partner services, framework agreements and engineering support, feasibility studies, functional design specifications (FDS), concept screening and design, front end engineering design (FEED), factory layouts, logistics and relocation, project due diligence reviews, compliance with CIRIA C736, programme management support, gap analysis, project scope development, project blueprinting, design validation, vessel and containment inspection, sustainability planning, user requirements specification (URS) development, and equipment qualification (DQ, IQ, OQ and PQ).
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Process safety and plant operation
Hazard studies, compliance assessments and the engineering that follows from them. Done properly these are design tools, not paperwork, and the sites that treat them that way are the ones that do not get caught out by a change nobody reassessed.
Covering: ATEX compliance, DSEAR assessments, process manufacturing improvements, process hazard review (PHR), HAZID, HAZOP facilitation including chairing and scribing, LOPA, SIL determination, verification and design, functional safety, hazardous area classification (HAC) assessment and drawings, CompEx inspection, and lightning protection.
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Site and construction management
The stage where a design pack becomes a working plant, usually on a site that has to keep producing while the work goes on. We take CDM duty holder roles, manage construction, and see equipment through commissioning and acceptance.
Covering: construction design management (CDM), Principal Contractor and Principal Designer duties, site-based client project management support, construction management, commissioning support and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) management, CompEx inspections, and equipment improvement.
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Construction services
Civil, structural and architectural design for manufacturing facilities. On a process site the building is not a container the plant happens to sit in; get the two out of step and the building constrains what you can produce in it.
Civil and structural: project initiation, conceptual design, detailed design, permitting and approvals, procurement and contracting, construction oversight, industrial buildings, and environmental and regulatory compliance.
Architectural: building layout and spatial planning, architectural concept and design development, exterior design and facade development, interior design and space planning, workplace design, natural and daylighting strategies, environmental control and indoor air quality, accessible and universal design, and sustainable design and green practices.
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Our turnkey offering
Clients come to us for a single study as often as for a whole scheme, and both are fine. Where it makes sense we act as EPCM partner, taking engineering, procurement and construction management under one accountable team so that the interfaces are ours to manage rather than yours. We deliver projects up to around £20 million in value, and we are equally prepared to take on one-off, small-scale or awkward pieces of work that others have turned down.
Not sure which service you need?
Most enquiries do not arrive neatly labelled. If you know the problem but not the study, describe the plant and what is happening and we will tell you plainly what is needed, what is not, and what it is likely to involve.
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