Rally’s Client required an increase to the ethanol blending capacity at their truck loading terminal. The scope was to replace the four existing ethanol blending pumps with larger pumps that could meet the increased flow requirements. First, Rally conducted a pre-FEED study to confirm if the existing infrastructure could accommodate the larger pumps, which would determine the scope of this project and provide a +50/-30 capital cost estimate. Following the study, Rally proceeded with front-end engineering design (FEED) and then detailed engineering.
The primary conclusions from the scoping study were:
• Procure new ethanol loading pumps to match new requirements (material requisition (MR) to be developed to “issued for purchase” (IFP)).
• Strategic upgrades to the existing infrastructure (such as foundations, power systems, control systems, and interconnecting piping).
The Client also wanted to lower the ethanol header pressure at each terminal. Rally explored this opportunity during FEED as it would resolve in lower energy demand from the blending pumps.
This FEED phase expanded upon the design basis and recommendations from the scoping study.
Rally proceeded into the detailed engineering phase to develop and finalize all engineering construction work package (CWP) and Material Requisitions (MR) to successfully construct the project.
Additionally, Rally provided a executed value engineering efforts to reduce CAPEX Estimates from +15% / -20% to +10% / -15% .
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