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Services

Service areas.

Engagements are scoped around the decision the owner is required to make. The eight service areas below are grouped by project stage and may be appointed individually or maintained continuously across a project.

Stage 01 — Development

Feasibility studies

Early-stage assessment of whether a project can be built, connected and financed. Technology and site options are screened against common criteria so that the resulting comparison is defensible at approval.

  • Technology and site screening
  • Preliminary design and major equipment selection
  • Capital cost ranges and economic evaluation
  • Documented recommendation to proceed or stop

Grid interconnection studies

Connection is the most common cause of delay for generation and storage projects. VRV Associates manages the study sequence and the interface with transmission and distribution operators.

  • Connection strategy and point-of-interconnection options
  • Study management and application support
  • Substation and transmission interface scope
  • SCADA, protection and control coordination

Stage 02 — Planning & controls

Project planning & scheduling

Conversion of an approved concept into a plan that can be executed and measured, with a reporting structure that identifies drift early rather than at year end.

  • Scope development and scopes of work
  • Schedule development and milestone structure
  • Progress reporting and change control
  • Interface and stakeholder management

Cost estimating & capital budgeting

Capital estimates prepared to a stated class and basis, structured to match the client's approval and funding process.

  • Capital cost estimates and basis of estimate
  • Economic evaluation and sensitivity analysis
  • Budget structure and cash flow profile
  • Contingency basis and drawdown tracking

Risk management

Risk registers are developed with the parties who carry the exposure, quantified where material, and reviewed on a fixed cycle rather than at handover.

  • Risk identification workshops
  • Register development and ownership assignment
  • Cost and schedule contingency basis
  • Mitigation tracking through execution

Stage 03 — Execution

Procurement & contract support

Preparation and administration of the commercial package, undertaken on the owner's side of the table.

  • Tender packages and technical specifications
  • Bid evaluation and recommendation
  • Contract administration and change orders
  • Vendor and long-lead equipment tracking

Construction management & commissioning

Site-based oversight from mobilisation through commissioning and turnover, holding contractors to the scope that was procured.

  • Construction oversight and field engineering
  • Quality, inspection and site instruction records
  • Commissioning planning and execution
  • Turnover, documentation and close-out

Across all stages

Technical advisory

Independent engineering opinion for owners, lenders and boards, whether at investment decision or on a project already in motion.

  • Design and drawing review
  • Equipment selection and specification support
  • Technical due diligence
  • Independent review of cost and schedule

Appointments are made either as a defined study with fixed deliverables, or as ongoing owner-side representation for the duration of a project.

For assistance identifying the appropriate scope, please describe the decision currently in front of you.