Services
Planning and Consulting Services
We act as the Owner’s engineer or as the lender’s technical advisor on power and energy projects where we offer a full range of planning and consultancy services at every stage of the value creation process.
Feasibility Analyses
We take your concept and develop it into a project through detailed assessments of technical as well as financial plausibility to ensure that it is viable for project funding. The range of services offered at this stage include:
- Market analyses
- Siting studies
- Power and energy demand assessment and forecasting
- Energy resource assessment and yield calculations
- Site investigations and studies
- Preliminary design
- Grid connection and impact studies
- Master plans
- integrated infrastructure concepts
- Due diligence
- plant operations concepts
- Financial analysis
- Compilation of project feasibility report
Engineering and Procurement Support
Based on our conceptual or detailed engineering planning, we create the fundamental planning documents to support project regulatory approvals and permit application. This initial documentation is also used to create tender documentation, either for a general contractor appointment or for contract award. We also provide assistance during tendering and contract award to guarantee procurement to the required quality and at a reasonable cost within the designated period. Services provided at this stage includes:
- conceptual or detailed engineering
- approvals and permit application planning and management
- drawing up plant specifications / compiling a requirements portfolio
- compilation of tender documents
- evaluation and comparison of bids
- assistance during contract negotiations
- recommendation for contract award
- contract formulation
Project Execution
Through our project management teams we carry out detailed engineering reviews under EPC contracts, review Guaranteed Technical Particulars (GTPs) for equipment prior to commencement of manufacturing, witness factory acceptance tests on behalf of our clients, witness all routine site inspections and provide site supervision strictly in accordance with contract requirements. Our activities include:
- project management
- project governance and interface coordination
- quality control
- construction oversight, site supervision and specialist supervision
- overseeing shop and final acceptance tests
- coordinating commissioning
- supervising commissioning and trial operation
- verifying plant output and performance
- compiling documentation
- warranty support
- safety analyses
- coordinating workplace health and safety
- training of operating staff
Asset Performance Management
We help our clients make the most of their resources during the operating period of plant and after. This includes:
- Management of defects established during project implementation in accordance with works contracts.
- Monitoring asset performance through measurements and analysis and supporting our clients on management of equipment warranties prior to the expiry of the warranty period.
- Witnessing periodical inspections if stipulated in works contracts
Business Advisory
Our consultants deliver technical and commercial advisory services to developers, lenders and utilities to support decision making. Such support includes:
- Evaluation of investment projects
- Technical due diligence
- Tariff analyses
- Revenue protection studies
- Power system network analyses
- Independent engineer (where required under power purchase agreement)
- Regulatory approvals and permit application for power and energy projects
- Energy audits and energy management
- Revenue protection & energy loss reduction studies
- Power Purchase Agreement advisory services
- Energy Metering Audits
- Power system network inspections and audits
- Earthing Studies
- SCADA & Protection System Design
Sectors of Specialization and Range of Services
KATCHCON provides a wide spectrum of services covering the entire project cycle, including project conception, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, field investigations, computer modelling, design, preparation of tender and contract documents, tender evaluation, contract management and construction supervision, quality assurance, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and training, as well as overall project management.
- Power and energy demand analysis and forecasting
- Solar and wind energy resource assessment, energy yield calculation and park design
- Grid connection and power system studies
- Solar energy asset performance monitoring
- Substation design
- Transmission line and distribution network design
- Design and construction supervision for building and industrial electrical services
- Planning and design of street lighting systems
- Reliability and power quality studies
- Optimal sizing of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
- Feasibility studies for wind, solar, small hydroelectric power plants, transmission and distribution systems, energy efficiency and BESS projects.
- Evaluation of investment projects and technical due diligence
- Tariff analyses and studies
- Revenue protection studies
- Regulatory approvals and permit application for power and energy projects
- Energy audits and energy management
- Revenue protection & energy loss reduction studies
- Power Purchase Agreement advisory services
- Earthing Studies