Construction Management

The bulk of our scope happens during construction at site where we provide construction management service, as owner’s representative. Praetorian performs multi-discipline construction management and project management. Some highlights of what we do, and the disciplines breakdown are captured below:

Survey & Mapping – Design Support

Praetorian’s Survey and CAD Modelling Management team provides a construction focus that is able to clearly identify changes in conditions and facilitate alternatives for offsite designers.

The drawing information provided by the Praetorian team gives a clear understanding of the changes that are not easily communicated with pictures and text. This, in turn, assists in expediting solutions in order to maintain construction schedules.

Through manipulation of the collected data, our Survey and CAD Modelling Management group is able to assist both our client and the designers with feasibility- level three dimensional conceptual plans, site layouts, volumes of earthworks to facilitate estimates and as-built information for regulatory agencies.

Survey & Mapping – Construction Support

Contractor production monitoring is a focus of Praetorian’s Survey and CAD Modelling Management group. This provides real-time monitoring of unit cost consumptions, volumes, as well as production rates for planning estimates and forecasts. The result provides a progressive record of installation as the earthworks is undertaken by the contractors or client.
Services provided by Praetorian’s survey and data management group on new, expansion, and reclamation projects:

• As-built surveys and volume calculations
• Material estimates from design drawings
• QA survey monitoring to confirm installation compliance with design
• Earthwork layout and planning – provide survey layout for contractor and client forces
• Aggregate production and stockpile monitoring
• Survey data management – collate data from multiple survey groups
• Preliminary topographic survey of original ground features
• Establishment of initial project survey control for new sites- Electronic base mapping of topography, facilities, utilities, and as-built earthworks that can be used for sustaining capital and future expansions
• Drawing production – for as-builts and construction planning
• Electronic archiving of each stage of earthworks construction
• Digital records of utilities – buried and above ground
• Quantity verification for unit price contracts
• Liaise between engineers and specialist survey companies
• Data interpretation and analysis – cross-sections and profiles
• Training of local surveyor’s during construction to support the client in developing their own teams for operations
• Praetorian uses the latest software and technologies.

Civil & Earthworks

Praetorian’s selection of civil and earthworks team members for a project is based on a client’s specific needs and the team members’ experience and skills relevant to the project being undertaken.

One unique aspect of our construction management team is the ability to provide supervision, survey and data management support to a client’s mining project. In the case of a major mining project, Praetorian has significant experience in facilitating the construction of mine site heavy earthworks projects. This experience includes the evaluation of large dam and earthworks facilities that can be easily translated to water management projects as well as large hydro electric reservoir projects.

Logistics and resource management become paramount in a remote operation. Praetorian’s experience enables us to properly tailor the project team to a variety of conditions and client demands.

Foundations and Concrete

Praetorian personnel ensure that a project’s concrete foundation design is optimized for construction installation. This optimization begins in the constructability review and translates to the field where we consider items such as anchor bolt placement, pour sizes, the impact of adverse weather conditions and hoarding requirements, if necessary. We work with geotechnical engineers to ensure that concrete mix designs are optimized to utilize the materials at hand when at remote sites.

In the field, we monitor the installation to ensure the work is competently installed according to the drawings and specifications.

Praetorian also provides clients with our skills and systems to provide or establish plans for:

• Rebar Preparation and Safety considerations
• Hoarding requirements and materials coordination
• Batch Plant and materials transport coordination
• Project Execution
• Inspections
• Testing
  • Concrete breaks
• QC / QA

Structural

Praetorian personnel are involved in the constructability review of the structural design of a project to ensure that it is optimized for construction installation as well as transport requirements. Other considerations also include assembly sequence and equipment availability to optimize the use of onsite resources. Praetorian also determines the optimum build sequence while taking the placement of large equipment and structural pre-assembly into account. In the field, we will continue our commitment to monitor the installation, verifying that the work is competently installed according to the drawings and specifications.

Praetorian also provides clients with our skills and systems to provide or establish plans for:

• Project Execution – Erection Sequence
• Inspections
  • Bolt Tension
  • Weld Examination
• QC / QA

 

Mechanical

Praetorian works with the client’s design group and purchasing personnel to ensure mechanical design and equipment selection is optimized for construction installation as well as transport requirements.

We follow up on the client’s equipment purchases, assembly and transportation requirements. Praetorian will review transportation considerations and coordinate the receipt of equipment on site to ensure it arrives in the condition as specified by the design requirements.

In the field, we monitor the installation of the equipment ensuring the work is competently installed according to the drawings, specifications and vendor requirements.

Praetorian also provides clients with our skills and systems to provide or establish plans for:

• Project Execution
• Inspections
  • Mechanical Alignment
  • Equipment Specific Inspections
  • Weld Examination
• QC / QA

Electrical and Instrumentation

Praetorian personnel bring their industrial electrical expertise to each project assisting the designer and client in the overall review of the project’s power requirements. Power distribution methods and routes are analyzed by the Praetorian team to identify the most cost effective and safe methods for bringing power to where it is needed.

While doing the review of a project’s electrical requirements, the standard operating voltages at a specific site are taken into consideration along with available existing equipment and lead time and availability of new equipment. Once in place, electrical distribution systems require rapid and effective controls for efficient and stable operation. Our knowledge of electrical instrumentation ensures proper equipment is both specified and installed.

In the field, Praetorian works with the electrical contractors to ensure that the installation is completed in a safe and efficient manner. We work with design engineers to review the workmanship and confirm that all has been installed to code.

Praetorian also provides clients with our skills and systems to provide or establish plans for:

• Project Execution
• Inspections
• Testing
  • Megger
  • High pot
• Equipment calibration certification standards
• QC / QA

Piping

Praetorian reviews the constructability of the engineering piping design searching for opportunities to minimize field work through optimized pipe routing, shipping load size considerations and modularization opportunities.

In the field, we monitor the installation to ensure the work is competently installed according to the drawings and specifications.

Praetorian also provides clients with our skills and systems to provide or establish plans for:

• Project Execution
• Inspections
  • Weld Examination
  • System walkdowns
• Testing
  • Hydro, Pneumatic and In-Service Testing
• QC / QA