Technical Consulting

Forship offers comprehensive consulting services aimed to assure technical and economic feasibility and operational efficiency of major engineering projects, including regulatory compliance and sustainability assistance, as well as decision making support for financial institutions. Our ultimate goal is to provide reliable and cost-effective consulting services to our clients, helping them to design, finance, build, install and operate complex industrial units.

Project Analysis and Monitoring for Financial Institutions

In today’s dynamic technical and economic scenario, all players involved with complex projects (such as designers, operators, constructors, ship owners, shipyards, governmental funding entities, financial agents and insurance companies) face new challenges, commensurate with the size, complexity and degree of innovation of the involved projects.

Forship offers specialized technical consulting services aiming to provide support for critical business decisions, such as:

Technical and economic feasibility studies
Validation of business plan assumptions
Risk and impact analysis
Analysis of contractual documentation and support for contract amendments
Physical and financial progress follow-up of project implementation
Assessment and monitoring of environmental and socials standards, such as Equator Principles, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Global Report Initiative (GRI)

Commissioning Consulting

Based on its large experience in commissioning and operation of complex units, Forship may also support the development and implementation of its clients commissioning methodology.

Forship commissioning consulting services and products include:

Development and implementation of corporate commissioning methodology, involving guidelines, procedures, practices and tools
Development of responsibility matrixes for commissioning activities
Development of requirements and recommendations for contracting commissioning services
Development or review of commissioning engineering documentation
Support for the configuration and implementation of third-party commissioning management systems
Surveillance of commissioning activities
Certification of operability

Owner's Engineering

Owner's engineering services may provide decisive contribution to the success of the design, implementation or modification of industrial projects. With an experienced and multidisciplinary team, using effective tools and methodologies, Forship participates in the management, implementation and monitoring of key activities during the asset life cycle, such as:

Materials and equipment procurement, expediting, inventory and inspection
Supply chain and logistics management
Planning and monitoring of construction process
Planning and monitoring of commissioning, operation and maintenance events, such as start-ups, ramp-ups, shut-downs, overhauls, sea trials, and ship dockings.