EPC for General Contractors
EPC for General Contractors
EPC and Data
The management mode of EPC general contracting combines the advantages of design and construction industry. It is a project contracting mode which takes the realization of "project function" as the ultimate goal of the whole process or several stages of the implementation stage, such as design, procurement, construction, completion test, project reception and post-completion test, etc.
Compared with the traditional mode of separation of design and construction, the owner can get rid of the messy affairs in the process of engineering construction and avoid the waste of personnel and funds, and the general contractor can effectively reduce the cost of engineering changes, disputes, disputes and claims. To make the links of capital, technology and management more closely connected; at the same time, it is more conducive to improve the degree of specialization of subcontractors, thus embodying the economic and social benefits of the general contracting mode of EPC projects. Therefore, EPC general contracting is more and more welcomed by contractors and investors, and is also valued and vigorously promoted by the relevant government departments. However, for the general contractor who is not familiar with or does not have the ability of "integrated management of general contracting projects", it will lead to many drawbacks, such as management disorder, cost out of control, construction delay, quality defects and so on.
Therefore, the application of modern information processing technology based on mobile APP, computer and network in EPC project management. It provides a new information management means for the informatization of large-scale EPC projects. firstly, big data, which is produced in the design, procurement and construction of EPC project, is stored in the cloud. Then the whole life cycle of its progress, cost, quality, safety, material, contract and other management contents is monitored and analyzed by big data. In this way, "management disorder, cost out of control, construction delay, quality defects" and many other drawbacks will be solved.
EPC Product function
One collaborative platform collaboration.
Let EPC side, designer, construction side, supervisor, supplier and so on work in a platform to form a multi-party cooperation platform.
Justwin software establishes a core information platform that covers the whole project life cycle, providing every benefit-relevant team with overall management functions. Through Justwin System, project message can be delivered and addressed timely in a precise way among different roles,such as investors, project managers, consultancies, designers, constructors, supervisors and operators. With the “Internet plus project management” method, Justwin software enables various spatially-apart projects to transcend the constraints of space as well as organizational boundaries and function together.
On one hand, the system delivers investment and construction information to each level of management immediately, helping leaders to get a full picture of the project investment and implement state, and save management cost.
On the other hand, our system assists leaders to manage financial and schedule risks in the key link before it’s too late, by means of standard workflow models, data recording, and online application-approval.
Double main lines of control
At some point in the course of the project, it is not possible to judge whether the investment is overspent or underspent by simply monitoring the planned cost expenditure and the actual cost consumption, as the high cost consumption may be due to advanced progress. It may also be because the cost exceeds the budget; and vice versa. Therefore, the software introduces cost and progress dual main line comprehensive measurement indicators and control methods to effectively monitor the cost and progress status of the project.
In principle, the double progress line control is to use the earned value analysis method to measure the progress of the project by replacing the amount of the project with the amount of money. it does not reflect the progress of the project in terms of the amount of money invested. It is a complete and effective monitoring index and method of engineering project, which is measured by the quantity that the fund has been transformed into the engineering achievement.
Three dashboards.
The dynamic KPI index is used in the dashboard of Justwin engineering. in the "management dashboard", the management index will archive the information of the past of the investment project, and calculate and predict the information of the future through the mathematical model. Automatically summarize internal information and mine external information from the Internet. According to these indicators, managers judge the advantages and disadvantages of the current status of each investment project, and adjust the business tactics of the investment in a timely manner.
As shown in the figure, the project information will be displayed to the manager in a graphical instrument, such as reflecting the EPC engineering dashboard information, just like the fuel meter of the car, and the manager will know the overall progress of each section according to the pointer of the cost instrument. In order to realize the earned value analysis mode of looking at the project quantity through the money quantity and observing the money quantity through the project quantity, so as to make the relationship decision between the project progress and the cost, in order to ensure that it is in the safe area.
Four early warning systems
Four early warning systems of Justwin investment engineering management software: time-out early warning system, overexpenditure early warning system, overtime early warning system, and out-of-limit / over-standard early-warning system.
Four early warning methods: WeChat prompt, APP prompt, SMS prompt on mobile phone, bubble prompt on computer end.
Such as: advance delay warning, cost overexpenditure warning, contract change and visa warning, payment over-settlement warning, material purchase time warning, purchasing over-budget warning, current work warning, safety warning, quality warning, and so on. A variety of early warning mechanisms will be concentrated on a single platform, turning passivity into initiative.
Five budget analysis systems
In the EPC project, the cooperative work mode of "Internet +" is adopted; in the construction of the EPC project, "Internet +" is not a simple sum of the two, but uses information and communication technology and the Internet platform to make the Internet and engineering construction deeply integrated. Produce chemical reactions to create new developmental ecosystems.
By adopting the "Internet + APP+EPC" mode, the EPC project is submitted for construction, design, procurement, construction site, project headquarters, and enterprise headquarters to connect everything through Justwin APP, and the links that restricted the innovation of EPC project management in the past are eliminated. Connect the island project department, let the project site drive the various functions, so that the investment company, command departments at all levels from top to bottom into a service-oriented department, all work for the project.
Ten core functions.
Design management.
The EPC project is led by design. The software provides a complete set of operation flow and management platform of design process from many aspects, such as the issuance of design task, quota design control, drawing review, design disclosure, design change, design progress, design dynamic report and design drawing file management, etc. Establish the construction investor, the design unit, the project general contract, the construction general contract and the project supervision coordination work and the information communication work system.
Recruitment management.
Bidding management.
The bidding system starts from the specific problems faced by EPC project bidding, based on B2B, O2O, mobile APP, to achieve bidding planning, bidding application, bidding preparation, sale of tenders, online question answering, bidding quotation, online bidding.
Procurement management.
Different EPC projects, materials centralized procurement management requirements are different, bulk raw materials, fixed assets and other high-value materials generally adopt centralized management model, administrative goods, low-value consumables and other general authority to purchase on their own. In general, the EPC procurement business can be abstracted into four patterns:
Mode A1: centralized procurement, decentralized receipt, separate settlement, respective use.
Mode A2: centralized procurement, centralized receipt, centralized settlement, internal redeployment.
Mode A3: centralized procurement, decentralized receipt, centralized settlement, internal receipt and payment.
Mode B1: decentralized procurement, decentralized receipt, separate settlement, respective use
Investment control.
The dynamic cost management of the whole project, including contractual cost, non-contractual cost and waiting cost, can be realized, and the dynamic cost of the project can be obtained at any point in the whole life cycle of the project. It is not necessary to wait for the completion of the settlement to understand the current expected cost of each side in real time, to achieve the comparative analysis of the current dynamic cost and the target cost, and to provide scientific basis for cost control and management decision-making.
Contract management.
The full information of the contract can be easily accessed through contract management. Including: contract information, contract changes, payment plans, payment audit, payment information, contract settlement, contract execution evaluation, contract analysis, contract cost split and material cost split, to achieve the sharing of information among the relevant business units. It avoids the phenomenon of repeated input and inconsistency of information caused by multiple accounts of various departments, and ensures the integrity, uniqueness and high degree of sharing of relevant information.
Construction site management.
Project inspection, image progress, photo monitoring, project reports, project meetings, on-site visas, design changes, work contact sheet, negotiation list, project measurement, construction log, project rewards and penalties, etc.
Schedule management.
The system establishes a three-level plan control system of "Control Plan-implementation Plan-Quarterly monthly Plan", which is led by EPC, assisted by supervision and attended by professional contractors. if there is an extension, it triggers a step-by-step early warning.
Fund plan.
Automatically collect and count the planned sum and detailed information of each month of the year according to the project and contract department as the annual fund plan; support the fund plan, the annual fund plan and the monthly fund plan. Quality safety.
The quality and safety management system is based on the latest standards and norms of the Ministry of Housing and Construction and local governments, including quality and safety specifications, quality and safety objectives, quality and safety assessment, quality and safety affairs, quality and safety inspection and other aspects of management.
Archives management.
Because of the inseparability of construction products, it is decided that data control must be regarded as a means of quality control and carried out in the whole process of engineering construction. there are multiple relations such as superior and subordinate relationship, cooperation relationship, constraint relationship and so on. It involves the cooperation and cooperation of various departments, and has a comprehensive, systematic and diversified management; it is an important basis for reflecting the quality and working quality of construction projects, and it is also an important basis for evaluating the quality level of construction and installation projects. It is an important archival material for the maintenance, construction, reconstruction and expansion of the unit project in the future.
Completion management.
Completion management is a process in which the contractor or the contractor organizes the completion acceptance in view of the implementation of the contract. With the characteristics of pertinence, variability, professionalism and systematicness, it is a complex and meticulous work. Including: delivery data, completion acceptance, completion settlement and so on.
