PPEI - Extreme Efficiency

Extreme Efficiency:

Far superior quality in less than half the time

Structured work process

Innovative and well designed work process drives extreme efficiency
An outline of the sequence of activities delineating responsibilities is depicted as a general guideline to be customized for a given job

Typical schedules - Industry Standard vs PPEI

PPEI delivers far superior quality estimates in less than half the industry standard time schedule
Time saved in producing FEED estimates has a direct impact on time available for Owner/Operating Company to review and prepare funding proposal for presentation to their board
Indicative time schedules for estimate preparation for different project size range are provided along with typical industry standard time for comparison

Estimate summaries in Client preferred formats generated instantly

PPEI’s NextGen Estimating incorporates granular coding which is mapped to the client coding structure right at the beginning for automatic generation of reports in client format. This is in stark contrast to typical industry practice of force fitting to client format reports as a post estimate activity

Estimate details mapped for seamless upload to client cost control tool

Mapping to client code of accounts right at the beginning makes upload to client cost control tool a seamless activity available simultaneously with the estimate completion. Typical industry practice involves significant effort and approximations in transforming estimate details to cost control inputs

Estimate breakdown by Budget Item for each RFQ and Contract

Client’s budget item id’s, RFQ and Contract numbers are integral to PPEI’s NextGen Estimating which results in BI reports, RFQ reports and Contracts reports in summary form and detail form available at the same time as estimate completion
Instant availability of such reports facilitate smooth functioning of Procurement and Contracts functions right from start

Estimate hours and quantities by Construction Work Package for resource loading

PPEI’s Interactive Estimate Reports include location man-hours by CWP and by Prime Account along with details of quantities and labor operations
Such detail reports are made available to the construction planning group in parallel with estimate production to facilitate integration of schedule and estimates

Estimate summaries by module and by location

Estimate summaries in client format can be viewed for any given module
PPEI’s Interactive Reports set includes module analysis reports by each module location providing project metrics such as man-hours/ton and dollar/ton for review and benchmarking purposes

Highly efficient work process for generating bid unit rates

Job specific bid unit rates generated in a structured manner

For module Yards and Construction Contractors bidding unit rates, PPEI’s NextGen Estimating produces full set of job specific unit rates efficiently

Multiple bid strategy options and corresponding bid rates

Provides multiple strategic bidding options based on critical analysis of MTOs identifying growth areas even within a short bidding period

Estimate recast to Module Yards/Construction Contractors control base instantly

PPEI provides seamless upload of estimate transformed to Module Yard or Construction Contractor’s cost control tool as the cost code mapping is completed right at start

Typical schedules for Unit Rates bidding