Strategy, Concept & Feasibility
Establish the business need, compare credible options and decide whether there is a viable project to define.
Explore objectives and outputsCapabilities
Practical engineering and dependable project execution.
JCMCE supports projects from early definition through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, handover and operation. Engineering disciplines can be commissioned individually or combined into a high quality multidisciplinary scope.
Project lifecycle
Understand the decisions, overlaps and release points.
The stages are a navigation framework, not a waterfall. Detailed design, procurement, supplier design, assurance, Approved for Construction release, manufacture, construction and commissioning overlap by package. Select a phase below to examine its objectives, evidence and decision points. Terminology is aligned to the client and sector, including FEL, concept, select, define, FEED, the RIBA Plan of Work, Network Rail PACE, legacy GRIP, client stage gates and regulatory hold points.
Indicative workstream overlap
Release follows evidence, not a calendar boundary.
The exact overlap depends on package strategy, delivery model and long lead equipment. Bars show where work normally spans more than one lifecycle stage.
Lifecycle stages: 01, Strategy, Concept & Feasibility; 02, Definition & FEED; 03, Detailed Design & Assurance; 04, Procurement & Construction; 05, Commissioning & Handover; 06, Operations & Asset Support.
- Strategy, concept and definitionBusiness need, options, design basis and FEED.
- Client and lead designer engineeringDetailed engineering develops as systems and packages are defined.
- Package procurement and order placementTendering, technical and commercial evaluation, clarification and award.
- Supplier package design and interfacesPost order calculations, drawings, data and interface definition.
- HAZOP and technical assuranceReview and revalidation follow design maturity, including supplier packages.
- AFC release, manufacture and inspectionPackages are progressively released against evidence and controlled restrictions.
- Construction, commissioning and handoverInstallation, testing and turnover overlap by system and workfront.
- Operations and optimisationOperational readiness starts before handover and support continues through asset life.
Definition & FEED
Develop the selected concept to a decision ready definition with a controlled technical, safety and execution basis.
Explore objectives and outputsDetailed Design & Assurance
Develop the design, support package procurement and progressively assure information as the supply chain is appointed.
Explore objectives and outputsProcurement & Construction
Appoint and control suppliers, integrate their design and execute manufacture and construction through progressive package release.
Explore objectives and outputsCommissioning & Handover
Demonstrate that systems are complete, safe, functional and capable of meeting their intended performance before transfer to operations.
Explore objectives and outputsOperations & Asset Support
Protect safety, reliability, compliance and asset value through disciplined engineering support and controlled change.
Explore objectives and outputsNot sure which phase applies? Start with the business decision or delivery problem, not the terminology.
Help me find the right starting pointScope configuration
Structured around the project and its required outcomes.
The scope is built around the engineering decisions, quality requirements, risks, interfaces and delivery outcomes the client needs.
Defined engineering scope
Commission a discipline, study, design package or assurance activity with clear deliverables.
Integrated design and delivery
Coordinate engineering, quality, controls and commercial delivery through one accountable scope.
Client side support
Strengthen delivery through Owner’s Engineer, PMC, project management and independent review roles.
Delivery and commercial arrangement
Project stage and contracting model are separate decisions.
The project lifecycle describes when the work is undertaken. The contract defines who is responsible, how the services are delivered and how risk is allocated. JCMCE can provide a defined engineering discipline, an integrated design scope, project management, independent assurance, Owner’s Engineer support or PMC services. We can also work within EPC and EPCm delivery teams. Every appointment sets out the scope, interfaces, deliverables, programme, quality requirements, change control and commercial terms.
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Find the expertise you need.
Explore scope, deliverables, lifecycle application and sector context.
Scope a requirement
Tell us what must be achieved.
We’ll help define the right technical scope and delivery model.