OUR SERVICES

SWAT developed Client Services to bring the necessary structure, skills, and execution methodology to the Clients. This division within SWAT houses the core project and technical teams for execution of the niche areas of the business. We deploy the core aspects of technical, project, and field services to ensure we easily align with the project/scope requirements. The team is structured with a simple philosophy of quality people able to deliver on multiple tasks and skill sets. We do not set up disciplines, SWAT believes in a versatile approach to work, thus giving the Clients the “experience” they require and desire for the projects. SWAT brings the “right size, right team” approach to the work. Using this approach, SWAT is able to be more strategic and aligned with the client’s needs, and we are able to keep core people at the forefront of execution with the clients. Providing certainty around what we do, people, and execution we feel creates the necessary value for clients long term.

Client Services has capability across all technical disciplines of Process, Mechanical, Civil, Integrity, and EIC. Design work is managed through the Design Services team. Project Management and project engineering functions are at the core of the client services team. We have staffed this team with people that have multiple skill levels to suit our niche areas of the business. When the client gets a project manager, they get a multi versatile individual able to scope, work with field people, deliver on project functions, and tap into a technical background that all works together to compliment the delivery of a quality product and customer experience.

Client Services is set up to deliver in the following Niche Areas:

• Small Projects
• Scoping
• PMT/Owner Rep
• Simple Service
• Field Services 

Small projects take a unique team and approach to deliver success. SWAT believes you cannot just throw anybody at this work, you need to have a team that has the proper experience, and a team that has the right chemistry through a long term growth and build plan. If you make this work a core to our business, we will be successful at it, and provide the Clients a long term positive experience. SWAT also believes that with the industry trends, operations style work is going to be more important than ever today, and well into the future. SWAT’s position is to build the team, plan, and methods around this style of work to make sure we are a service company that can be trusted in delivering on this unique and sensitive project environment. SWAT has the capability and capacity in house to execute small project(s) or portfolios that scale into the $10MM range, with an understanding most of these projects/portfolios fall under $5MM in capital. With this philosophy we can build small and effective teams around this work with the client, and deliver on the expectations long term. By creating this core piece to the SWAT business, we are positive the Clients will believe in the delivery model and gain the certainty they need long term.

Small Projects has a strong focus on mature asset project and technical support.

Small Projects include areas such as:

• Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Capital
• Management of Change (MOC)
• Brownfield Debottlenecks
• Turnaround Project/Technical Support
• Sustainable Capital Programs
• Small Development Capital Programs

SWAT has a team with many years of experience in both operations engineering and project delivery. Members of this team are a natural fit for scoping early projects and/or developments with the clients. SWAT wants to help clients get projects to a more defined and confident state before the real horsepower starts. By engaging a small and aligned team with the client, and integrating that team into the scoping stages, SWAT believes the client is able to achieve a long term consistency and streamlined approach in project scoping. This approach offers the right people and ensures the right scope of services is supplied to meet the Clients gate/approval requirements. Before ever engaging an EPCM culture into the work, the client gets the benefit of a small tight knit team for increased definition and certainty around the project going forward. With scoping being the primary service in this model, the range of capital can vary as “small and qualified” teams is the name of the game for this niche service.

What is a Project Management Team (PMT)? What problem does it solve for the Clients?

Well usually when a Client embarks on a project, usually of a large capital spend, the go to process is to engage a full scale EPCM firm. SWAT is trying to enhance this common approach by introducing a PMT for the Client, and provide a higher level of certainty around the project execution and success. There are many aspects to a full project than just the engineering component, and SWAT sees the ability to help influence execution in a positive way by inserting a qualified PMT to act in the owners best interest throughout the project, and balance the accountabilities across all parties. Keeping responsibilities aligned is at the heart of this model, and by offering Project Management, Project Services, Procurement, and Technical insight to represent the Clients best interests it will keep the execution in check and the accountabilities in the right spots. By setting up this approach for project delivery the Client is able to benefit from:

• Streamline and conscience execution approach (cost savings)
• More ownership on project services and procurement
• Tapping into qualified technical insight
• Enhancing qualifications of people
• Managing the staffing requirements and peaks (without having to hire)
• Access to packaged team (PMT) approach, or going fit for purpose (just a Project Manager)
• Trusting a team that is aligned with your business goals

In this model, SWAT provides a small team (or person) to come in and manage the project from start to finish. We work with the client to collaborate and/or select core service companies to build a full scale team around the execution. SWAT will then act in the owners best interest throughout the project by managing all the service companies.

SWAT believes in the long term for this model as Owners continue to determine the best ways to execute work in the future, which offers them the best flexibility in managing their organizational needs and reliance on service companies. Building this model now, offers the positioning necessary in future years.

SWAT sees distinct characteristics of this model:

1. It challenges the “classic” way of doing work to try and find a more competitive and Client focused solution
2. Teams are able to integrate with Clients and “learn” about each other, which makes this model sustainable with the people involved
3. The PMT/Owner Rep is a natural progression from the Scoping Team identified earlier as a SWAT niche. The two are not necessarily a package, but the can work well when combined.

SWAT realizes that sometimes all a Client needs is a “one of” request, or what we call a simple service. This could vary in scope, but in general it could be a cost estimate, a schedule, a secondment for specific duration, a process calculation, review of a document, etc…. All of these items we view as a simple service. It gives the Client the ability to request a specific service without much complexity. The client deals with one person, one skill set, one deliverable and it is done. There is no more commitment on either party, just a simple service and it is done.

SWAT understands the importance of field technical and project support and making sure that field services required by the Client can be properly supported. SWAT has the ability to provide qualified people for field support on projects and specific asset requirements for engineering. In our model, SWAT is open to field/site assignments as required by the Client.

SWAT has taken the field support model one step further by launching our Remote SWAT Office, located in Whitecourt Alberta. This office is ready to go as of October 4th, 2015. The remote office is set up to handle field support with project management, engineering, and design. The main areas of focus will be small projects, O&M work, MOC, turnaround support, and integrity. We have chosen Whitecourt to be strategic in our growth and help support an area of Alberta which not only can support the activity in Central Alberta, but also has the abilities to extend north into Alberta and BC. SWAT main philosophy is to bring the services to the Clients that they need, and we feel bringing project and engineering capabilities right to the doorstep of the owners allows SWAT to work where owners work, and provides an opportunity for owners to streamline their business and costs at site.

The remote SWAT office is run by one of our core principals, Troy Nichol.

Our multi-disciplinary project experience enables SWAT to establish right-sized teams to meet our Client’s Design needs. These range from small MOC, maintenance capital/Opex projects to fully executed engineered small projects (<$10MM TIC). Our strategic relationships and business model allow us to be scalable and reactive to our Client’s needs, regardless of project size. Creating quality construction-ready drawing packages is our goal. Services include:

• Process Flow Diagrams
• Piping & Instrument Diagrams
• Field Verification for P&ID As Building
• Plot Plan
• Plant Layouts
• Equipment Layouts
• Isometric Drawings/MTO’s
• Piping Plans and Elevations
• Pipeline Riser/Tie in projects
• Pipeline Alignment Drawings
• Tie in Location & Detail Drawings
• Civil and Structural Location/Detail Drawings

Our multi-disciplinary project experience and approach, coupled with our hands-on field and facility experience, allow SWAT to execute designs efficiently. We aim to deliver a high quality product while striving to meet the milestones and budgets set by our Client’s. SWAT also has experience using point cloud models from laser scans. This helps us add value to projects by minimizing field time required by designers while improving the quality of the final product. This minimizes clashes and improves accuracy of layouts and tie ins.

SWAT utilizes the following software:

• AutoCAD 2015
• Cadworx Plant 2015
• Autoplant Modeler
• Navisworks Simulate

Cost certainty is one of the most important aspects of an oil and gas project. Whether it is an oil battery in southwest Saskatchewan, or a Insitu SAGD Well Pad in Northern Alberta, SWAT Projects can help you develop a Capital Cost Estimate for your project.

We have developed an in-depth database of material and labor prices specific to Western Canada as well as in house tools to aid in the development of Budgetary, AFE, and Control level Estimates. Our full suite of Capital Cost Estimating includes:

• Estimate Preparation Plans
• Capital Cost Estimates – Class V, IV, III, II
• Cost Estimate Basis
• Benchmarking / Cost Data Analysis
• Cost Estimate Variance Reports
• Budget Allocation Support
• Estimate Audits and Reports

Whether it is planning the execution of detailed engineering and design or planning the detailed execution of a major plant turnaround. SWAT Projects can add value. Drawing from our vast network of experience we can have the right people, with the right skills and experience provide a solid plan for your project.

Procurement services are often viewed as an unnecessary cost to a project due to the high number of hours a procurement team made up of a manager, buyers, expeditors, and administrators can consume during the execution of a full procurement cycle for even the simplest project requirements.

SWAT understands that without effective procurement the design of a project cannot become reality in the field. In order to ensure that procurement is adding value to a project instead of adding hours SWAT has developed a fit for purpose approach to procurement.

The cost of procurement to the project is reduced significantly by only executing the procurement activities that make sense for the size, scope, and complexity of each project. In addition to this each of SWAT’s procurement team member’s acts in all of the procurement roles allowing a single team member to execute all of the procurement needs for many of our projects.

Some companies will try to sell you a bulky set of project controls/reporting tools, sometimes eating up as much as 5-10% of the project engineering budget.

SWAT is utilizing cloud based project time reporting which integrates with simple project reporting dashboards to communicate key project data such as Earned Value, Cost Performance, Forecast at Completion, and Change Orders.

The cost to the project is reduced significantly compared to the large companies that have a team of project controllers billing to your project, and allows Project Managers to spend their time, actually managing your project.