Facility Planning & Design
Turn-Key Industrial Engineering Services uses professional design and project management techniques to deliver your new facility on budget and on schedule, while providing maximum operating efficiency once your project is complete. These techniques include Production Modeling, Preliminary Design Evaluation and Design/Build Construction. With our experienced team, we will explore all of your options and uncover the important issues in the Preliminary Design Phase of your project. By doing so, your project will go from concept to completion several months earlier and with much greater cost effectiveness compared to using the traditional “Plan/Spec Method” of construction management. These techniques are equally effective for new facility or building renovation projects.
After a preliminary design has been finalized, Final Design Services include Process Utility Design, Opinion of Probable Cost Report and Project Bid Services including developing RFPs for required equipment and analyzing the supplier responses using a Decision Matrix.
Project Design Services
Production Modeling
Turn-Key will develop a complete laundry facility production model that calculates the client’s current and future production requirements. This model will be used to determine the quantity and type of production and utility equipment needed to support both current and future production levels for the new facility.
Preliminary Design Evaluation
The next step is to develop a facility design that will achieve the desired production capacity while maintaining balanced production flow. During design development, Turn-Key will work with the client to determine the specific types of equipment and systems desired for each production process.
Preliminary design development will include a review of both laundry and utility equipment. Turn-Key will develop two preliminary layouts designed to meet the facility production objectives, and determine the advantages and disadvantages of each option. All preliminary designs will be reviewed with the customer and a design concept will be chosen.
Once a design concept has been selected, Turn-Key will develop a final design including building, production equipment, and utility equipment layout. The final design phase includes the following deliverables:
- Facility & Equipment Plans
- Office Plans
- Detail Drawings (e.g. floor trenches, pits, equipment foundations, truck docks, etc.)
- Equipment List & Utility Connection Schedule
- Project Schedule
During the course of the project, Turn-Key will coordinate and maintain the laundry equipment drawings including equipment lists, utility connection schedules, and equipment layout plans.
Process Utility Design
Turn-Key will develop a complete set of drawings and specifications for distribution of process utilities in the new laundry facility. Process utilities are defined as those utilities supplied to the laundry production equipment. The following utilities are included:
- Process Water Supply (including hot, tempered and reuse water)
- Steam Supply and Condensate Return
- Compressed Air Supply
- Natural Gas/Propane Supply
- Electrical Distribution
- Production Equipment Ducting and Ventilation
Opinion of Probable Cost
Based upon the information derived from the facility design, Turn-Key will develop an opinion of probable cost (OPC) that will approximate the cost of the new processing facility. The OPC will outline typical project costs including:
- Building Design and Construction
- Production Equipment
- Utility Equipment
- Mechanical, Electrical, and Piping (MEP) Systems
- Office Equipment and Furniture
Project Bid Services
Production and Utility Equipment RFP’s
Once the final design is complete, Turn-Key will develop request for proposals (RFP’s) for the long-lead equipment including the soil/clean monorail systems, washroom equipment, automated garment sorting, garment trolley system, process water system, and the waste water treatment system.
Each RFP will include the following information:
- Project Overview
- Project Document Information
- Bid Specification Information
- Equipment Vendor Submittals
- Equipment Installation Specifications
- Equipment Controls System Specifications
- Equipment Description
- Operational Description
- Capacity Specifications
- Technical Specifications
- Controls Specifications
- Utility Requirements
- General Specifications
The RFP’s will be submitted for pricing to the client’s preferred vendors. Turn-Key will review the proposals and perform a detailed analysis to make sure each of the proposals meets the RFP specifications. Items that do not meet the specifications will be identified, and clarification questions will be sent to the vendors. A final report will be developed, including a Decision Matrix, to compare each of the proposals and identify areas of non-compliance. Turn-Key and the client will review the proposals and comparison report, determine the best-value vendors, and perform final negotiations. The successful vendors will be notified, and the client will purchase the necessary equipment.