TURNKEY PROJECT

A turnkey project could involve the following elements depending on its complexity:

 Project administration
 licensing-in of process
 design and engineering services
 subcontracting
 management control
 procurement and expediting of equipment;
 materials control
 inspection of equipment prior to delivery
 shipment, transportation
 control of schedule and quality
 pre-commissioning and completion
 performance-guarantee testing
 inventorying spare-parts
 training of owner's/plantsub-systemoperating and maintenance personnel
 Advanced Loop Schemes (primary used in the Electric Utility Industry)

The turnkey-contractor furnishes a wide variety of warranties and guarantees and accepts
several liabilities. These include :

 (a) warranties for the timeliness of deliveries of equipment, of erection and of

completion times of civil and mechanical works;
 (b) warranties for workmanship in construction and erection of the
works,according to specifications, and warranties guarantees that proper
standards will be used
 (c) liability for property or equipment under the control of the engineering
company who contracts out the agreement to the turnkey-company
 (d) proper safety standards being implemented
 (e)civil and mechanical engineering warranties; in the latter case the turnkey-
contractor undertakes to assure that mechanical performance will be
maintained for a definite period
 (f) training warranties of operating personnel in charge of specific operations,
and
 (g) the very important process warranties and guarantees.