GADGETS SUPPLY

Lorenz Intel LLC obtained an operated 40% interests in Areas 114 and 119 and a 100% interest in Area 122. The contracts were formally ratified in October 2019 and continues to assess opportunities from these licences.

REFINE PLANT IMPROVEMENTS

Our client approached us with the requirement of improving their existing, and fully operational, refinery plant in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. These improvements were to bring the plant in line with the latest international safety standards including NFPA and Euro Codes. What’s more is that these improvements must be made without interfering with current operations. Of course, we were happy to help! We were engaged to tackle the detail design for the improvements to the high capacity foam monitor system for crude oil and gasoline tank farm areas within Refinery Plant. In addition we also managed the schedule and optimised the costs for the work, which is due to be completed at the end of August 2022.

From our initial discussions with our client, we were keen to demonstrate our expertise and experience in this field, having worked on numerous refinery projects previously. We are also well-versed in working while plants remain operational, and have a great deal of experience when it comes to meeting international safety standards. We were delighted to be chosen for this project with our client citing their reasons as our specialist capability working in Oil and Gas, as well as our capacity as a consultancy firm to effectively take on the project with our in-house expertise. We are delighted that this project is well underway.

DE HEUS FEED MILL

Partnering with De Heus on multiple projects in Ivory Coast, Vietnam, and Cambodia, this time the IntES team is proud to continuously support our client with their next feed mill in Kenya. This project marks the first dedicated animal feed plant in this country, designed to cater to the current needs of the country’s farmers and agribusinesses. Initially, we took the recently completed feed mill in Ivory Coast to be the reference. The detailed BoQ (Bill of Quantities) provides a comprehensive breakdown, requiring our partner in Kenya to price it accordingly. Our expert team members dedicated significant time to reviewing the input and discussing the pricing to ensure the most appropriate consideration.

The first thing the team did was to adapt project requirements to the most suitable plot in Kenya, with these adjustments approved by the client. Subsequently, some specific items required in the previous Ivory Coast project, such as the retaining wall, were not applicable and the site location/setting was prepared. Additionally, more items specifically required for this feed mill in Kenya, such as different foundations, piling, etc. are added as they play a crucial role in this project. Furthermore, based on our experience from numerous feed mill construction projects, we assisted the client in considering the level of contractors, contracting strategies, and tax exemptions.

DIAPER RECYCLING PLANT

With this being a highly innovative new process, our client engaged us to provide critical discipline engineering and high value non-critical discipline engineering. The initial FEL 1 concept design and costing provided our client with a high-level unrefined concept design and +/-50% TIC (Total Installed Cost); a process design model with sufficient detail to provide each engineering discipline with valid information for costing purposes. Working with our partners and collaboratively with our client’s team, this front-end loading activity examined all areas of the project including project management, process, mechanical piping and layout, electrical, control & automation, buildings & building services, health safety and environment, and quality assurance.

Following the FEL 1 study, our client needed to further prove that each of the recycling streams produced by the process can be suitably cleansed of all pathogens and pharmaceutical content. This needed to be achieved to the crucially meticulous specified levels in order to meet the standards required so the materials can be safely re-used.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

For this project, we provided our Project Construction Management service. The new wastewater treatment plant has the capacity of treating 1200 m3 of wastewater per day. The project was not without challenge, as the site was located in a very remote area which was not easily accessible, making transportation and construction freight more difficult than a standard construction site. Our team works closely with the team from the client and contractors to make sure the work is delivered on time and correctly. From the initial engineering to the construction phase, our dedicated team has worked effectively with all parties to ensure the project’s progress and adherence to the timeline.

Having just successfully completed the construction phase, the next steps will be the ME stage, electrical installation, followed of-course by commissioning. Our pride comes from what we have achieved together: high growth, strong culture, human-centric leadership, emotionally connected teams, strong partners, hard-working farmers, resilient suppliers, great support from the US Embassy and local Government.

PROCESS LINE

The project involved converting an existing process equipment line into another beverage product processing line. The existing line had no mixer, therefore Lorenz Intel LLC, had the idea to install an existing mixer from another line and then re-design the machine position, process pipes and utility piping system, as well as sort out the pipe insulation. The requirements of the project demanded a very high level of engineering, including thermos expansion in the pipeline, stress analysis and pressure drop calculation, as well as complex constructability study due to the existing site condition. So the project was not only highly specific in its needs, but also very interesting and multifarious in nature.

Despite a potentially complicated time schedule, we were delighted to finish the project ahead of deadline by one fifth of the overall project timeline. Completing just in time for the Vietnamese New Year holiday – a shorter overall project timeframe by 20%, with no accidents or incidents; all to the delight of our client who kindly awarded us an ‘Appreciate of Achievement’ for the project which was gratefully received by our happy and hardworking team.