"ECAD are Engineers, Consultants And Designers"

Which form a Collaboration of Small to Medium Enterprises (SME), enabling us to delivery of small projects to large capital investments

(from £1k to c.£6m)

Engineering skills range from; Process, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Control and Automation

Management skills range from; Project, Construction, Commissioning, and Lean

Other Key Skills; Heath & Safety, MPS, PUWER, ATEX Environment, Site Safety Audits.

Pulp & Paper Industry

(Pulp, Tissue, and Board Manufacturing and converting)

Specialist Paper Manufacturing

Dairy Food Manufacturing

Vegan Food Manufacturing

Chemical Industry

(Hot, Cold mixing, Reactors, Powder Plants)

ECAD Focus on the Engineering Detail at the Pre-Capex stage.

This reduces risk on design, cost, and timeline

We identify Roles & Responsibilities required to deliver a project, then highlight the capability gaps, e.g…

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Project Engineering (Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and control)
• Designers (Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and control)
• Principal Designer & Principal Contractor
• Construction Management
• Commissioning Management
• Compliance Management (ATEX, PUWER, UKCA…)

Understand the needs of the client – “no two projects are the same”

Focus on Risk not initial Cost (e.g., actual cost to the business)

Understand OPEX costs and LEAN opportunities

We look for Capability first, and then work out how to make them Available

• Full Time
• Part Time
• Retired
• Stay at home parents
• Graduates

We use the latest IT Tools & Software, e.g.

• 3D Plant Design
• MS Teams
• Laser Scanning
• 3D Plant Design
• HoloLens Remote Assist
• Simul8

• Relocate food manufacturing site from Dartford to Kirkby during Covid – Duration 6 months cost £1.2m involvement CAPEX through to Commissioning (Project Engineering & Project Management)
• Stock preparation (OCC) plant upgrade Birmingham – Duration 16 months cost £3.6m involvement CAPEX through to Commissioning (Project Engineers & Project Managers) – completed during Covid
•  Specialist Paper Coatings (Banknotes) Overton – Duration 12 months cost £2.2m involvement CAPEX through to Commissioning (Project Engineers & Project Managers)
• Vegan food manufacturing (high-care) Bute – Duration 16 months cost £4m involvement CAPEX through to Commissioning (Project Engineering & Project Management)
• New Chemical Factory (oil mixing & powder mixing ATEX) Blackburn – Duration 36 months cost +£5m involvement CAPEX through to Commissioning (Project Engineering & Project Management)
• New ECO Pulping Plant – Duration 18 months involvement CAPEX/OPEX through to Commissioning (Engineering Director, Project Management & SME)

• Meeting with Clients Subject Matter Experts – Develop Design Brief
• Develop Engineering Works Packages (EWP)
• Identify gaps, risks, timescale, and compliance requirements
• Create a Resources Plan (Roles & Responsibilities)

• Determine via scoping how to minimise the CAPEX risks
• Create detailed scopes, and contracts on behalf of the client
• The scope would include layouts, fabrications drawings, cable schedules, etc… with enough detail to obtain competitive bidding (bid analysis)
• The contracts are designed so that the ownership of the risk is with the supplier



Analysis Evaluate Risks on;

• Gaps
• Suppliers
• Timescale
• Compliance
• Budget

Project Delivery

• Place orders, contracts & use smart documents for change management
• Create Story Board installation plan – Health & Safety Plan
• Work with compliance subject matter experts – PUWER, DSEAR, etc…
• Site support & management